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Linaria Polona (VV. Marshall).—Noteworthy for the transformation 
in the form of the corolla, which is conical. The flowers are lemon 
yellow borne in spikes (first-class certificate). 
Rose Clio (W. Paul & Son).—This is a Hybrid Perpetual of sterling 
merit. The blooms snown were large, of good form, blush pink in the 
centre, the outer petals being white (award of merit). 
ROSE SHOWS. 
DISS.— July 5th. 
The Diss Horticultural Society is unfortunate. The date of fixture 
for its summer Show generally invites Jupiter Pluvius, and he seldom 
refuses to put in an appearance. The Committee depend upon the 
attendance of the gentry in the neighbourhood, but a soaking afternoon 
frightens away the ladies, and makes cautious those who realise 
the dangers of thin soles on wet turf. Beginning this year with an 
adverse balance of £26, the constant and heavy rain on the afternoon 
of the 5th July will greatly add to the financial burdens of the Society. 
We were all sorry indeed for the plucky Honorary Secretary, but the 
Rev. F. Page-Roberts is not one to give in easily, and doubtless his 
untiring energy, combined with his wide popularity, will “ bring the 
ship round.” 
Roses and other cut flowers, fruit and vegetables, table decorations, 
plants in pots, and the usual cottagers’ classes, all went to make a very 
good Show, the quality being generally very good. As for the Roses, 
in five out of the six classes the competition may be described as a tussle 
between Suffolk and Norfolk parsons. For thirty-six distinct single, 
(open), the first prize was won by Mr. Benjamin Cant, very closely 
followed by the Rev. F. A. Foster Melliar, Messrs. Prior of Colchester 
being third. In Mr. Cant’s stand were—Back row : Etienne Levet, 
Mrs. J. Laing, Earl of Dufferin, Viscountess Folkestone, Auguste 
Piganeau (very good), La France, Victor Verdier, Dupuy Jamain, 
Frangois Michelon, Le Havre (good), Innocente Pirola, and Maurice 
Bernardin. Middle row : Marchioness of Dufferin, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Pride of Waltham, Fisher Holmes (good), Niphetos, Marie Baumann, 
Duchesse de Vallambrosa, A. K. Williams (good), Madame de Watteville, 
M. de St. Amand, and Prince Arthur (good). Front row : Thos. Mills 
(very good), Annie Laxton, Reynolds Hole, Heinrich Schultheis, Victor 
Hugo (grand), Germaine Caillot, Madame Desir, Merveille do Lyon, 
Horace Vernet, Marechal Niel, Lady Helen Stewart, and Gabriel Luizet. 
In the second prize stand were very good Roses, but Mr. Foster Melliar 
had kept his best for the next class with the idea of taking back to 
Sprougnton Rectory the splendid silver cup which he had brought in the 
morning. However, he was only a very little way behind Mr. B. Cant. 
He had a grand Gabriel Luizet, while Dr. Andry, Marie Van Houtte, 
Marie Baumann, The Bride, Duke of Teck, Mrs. Paul, and E. Y. Teas 
were very good. In the third prize stand Prosper Laugier, Madame 
Cusin, and Alphonse Soupert were very fine. 
The next class created most excitement, as the winner holds for a 
year a splendid challenge cup, value £10, given in memory of the late 
Rev. Henry Temple Frere. Mr. Foster Melliar has now won it a second 
time. His Roses were remarkable for their size, colour, and freshness, 
very superior to any he had at the Crystal Palace the Saturday before. 
A few we must mention as particularly fine : Gustave Piganeau, A. K. 
Williams, Mrs. Baker, Eugene Fiirst (very rich), Her Majesty, Mrs. Paul, 
Star of Waltham, and Marie Verdier. The Rev. H. A. Berners of Hark- 
stead Rectory was a good second, being very strong in Teas. In this 
box a bloom of Jean Soupert won the silver medal as the best H.P. in 
the Show. The Rev. A. L. Fellows was third, and the Rev. F. Page- 
Roberts fourth ; verily a parson’s competition. For twelve distinct the 
Rev. F. Page-Roberts was first with a very good box indeed, very bright 
and clean ; the second and third prizes going to Geo. Palmer, Esq., and 
E. N. Bunn, Esq., of Harleston respectively. There were some respect¬ 
able flowers shown in the local classes. 
The Teas were excellent. The Rev. H. A. Berners was easily first 
for twelve distinct, his flowers having great depth, substance, and colour. 
This was a splendid box :—Back row : Comtesse de Nadaillac (silver 
medal for best Tea), Innocente Pirola, Ethel Brownlow, Etoile de Lyon 
(beautiful). Middle row: The Bride, Souvenir d’Elise, Madame Hoste 
(very fine), C. Mermet. Front row : Souvenir d’un Ami, Marfichal 
Niel, Hon. E. Gifford, and Francisca Kruger. The Rev. the Hon. 
Secretary was second with smaller and not quite so clean flowers. 
However, Innocente Pirola, La Boule d’Or, and Niphetos were beauti¬ 
fully represented. The third prize Rev. A. Foster Melliar gained. 
Alfred Bobby, Esq., the Rev. A. Farquharson, and the Rev. A. L. 
Fellows were not successful in this excellent class. 
Your reporter cannot but endorse the opinion of many good judges 
present, that the herbaceous flowers were most excellent and interesting, 
and he has much pleasure in reporting here the success of the Rev. 
F. Page-Roberts. 
BAGSHOT.— July 5th. 
Tp Surrey does not send forth the Roses which secure the leading 
prizes of the year, it has a numerous contingent of what may be termed 
second class growers, and their numbers are added to by cultivators in 
the neighbouring counties. At Bagshot Show the most prominent 
rosarians were not present, but their places were creditably filled by 
smaller growers, who exhibited amongst them some admirable blooms. 
This applies particularly to the amateurs. 
In the trade class for forty-eight blooms there was unfortunately no 
competition. This was partly owing, no doubt, to the fact of the fixture 
clashing with the Show at Earl’s Court, where the numerous large 
classes placed no inconsiderable strain on the resources of the growers. 
In the leading amateurs’ class some admirable blooms were shown by 
F. \V. Flight, Esq., Cornstiles, Twyford, who achieved a highly credit¬ 
able victory. W. Colin Romaine, Esq., The Priory, Old Windsor, was 
second, and he also had some good blooms, Mr. J. T. Strange, Alder- 
maston, being third. T. W. Girdlestone, Esq., Sunningdale, won with 
twelve Teas or Noisettes : he had a delightful stand, the flowers being 
noteworthy for freshness and beauty of tone. Amongst them was a 
splendid bloom of Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, which secured the National 
Society’s silver medal, and as will be seen from our report of Windsor 
Show the same flower won a similar honour there. Mr. Flight was 
second, and Mr. Page third. There were some good flowers in the class 
for six blooms, Mr. Girdlestone being again first, and Mr. Morsman 
second. The stands of Messrs. Flight and Romaine were so close that 
they were placed equal first. 
The Connaught challenge cup was in competition in a class for 
twenty-four blooms confined to growers within a radius of twelve miles, 
and Mr. Romaine secured it with an excellent stand. His blooms were 
fresh and well finished, the best being a very fine Sir Garnet Wolseley, 
which won the N.R.S. silver medal as the best H.P. in the Show. Mr.' 
Page was second. The flowers were not so good in the class for twelve, 
and only second prize was awarded, this going to Mr. J. W. Wix. Messrs. 
Page, Popple, and Wix secured the prizes for six. Mr. Romaine won 
with Teas and Noisettes, Mr. Page following. The prizes for growers 
within a five-miles radius went to Messrs. Page, Popple, Wix, Christina 0 , 
and Twort; and those in the cottagers’ classes to Messrs. Higgs, So.in, 
and Baigent. 
In the classes for plants, fruit, and vegetables there was some excel¬ 
lent produce, especially in those where the special prizes offered by 
Messrs. Carter & Co. were in competition. 
GLOUCESTER.— July 5th. 
(From a Correspondent 
The rain and the Roses had a hard fight on the occasion of the 
Glocestershire Rose Society’s Show this year—the former by pouring 
incessantly during the whole time the Exhibition was held, tending to 
keep the public away, the latter to draw them to it. 1 hardly know 
which had the better of it; that will transpire in the balance sheet, 
no doubt, but if the attendance was not so large as it would have been 
had fine weather prevailed it might have been far worse. Those who 
braved the rain were rewarded by seeing an admirable display of 
flowers, and were more than satisfied, even if, like myself, they had to 
put up with a soaking. 
Mr. iFrank Cant came out strongly in the principal class, which 
was for seventy-two blooms, having bright, fresh, well-finished examp'es; 
his Ernest Metz, Marie Baumann, Pride of Reigate, G6nfiral Jacqueminot, 
Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Horace Vernet, Caroline Kuster, Alfred Colomb, 
and Gustave Piganeau were excellent. The English Fruit and Rose 
Growing Company were second, and Messrs. Cooling & Son third. The 
latter won with forty-eight, and if hardly up to Mr. Cant’s form they 
were still a very good collection. Their Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
Innocente Pirola, and Mrs. J. Laing were very good blooms, although, 
so far as I have seen, the last named is not quite up to the usual 
standard this year. The English Fruit and Rose Company were second, 
and Messrs. W. & J. Jefferies third. Mr. Frank Cant secured his second 
premier award in the class for twenty-four trebles, and there was no 
gainsaying the quality of his flowers, albeit he is not generally seen 
at his best with threes. His A. K. Williams, Ernest Metz, Heinrich 
Schultheis, and Gustave Piganeau were very good. Messrs. Cooling and 
Son were second, the English Fruit and Rose Company third. Messrs. 
Jefferies, Mattock, and Treseder secured the prizes for thirty-six 
singles in the order named. The classes for blooms of one variety were, 
as they always are, very beautiful. Mr. Frank Cant had the best twelve 
of a dark variety, A. K. Williams representing him. Mr. Drew was 
second with Marie Baumann, and Messrs. Cooling & Son third with 
Abel Carri&re. Mr. Budd was first with twelve of a light variety, winning 
with a charming box of the Hon. Edith Gifford, Mr. Frank Cant being 
second with Madame de Watteville, and Mr. Treseder third with Lady 
Mary Fitzwilliam. Marfichal Niel in fine condition secured the first 
prize for Mr. Hill Gray in the yellow class, Mr. G. Prince being second 
with Comtesse de Nadaillac, and Mr. Mattock third with Marshal Niel. 
Mr. Hill Gray also won with six each of the Hon. Edith Gifford and 
Anna Ollivier, of which he had very chaste blooms. Mr. Mattock was 
second, and the Rev. F. R. Burnside third. Mr. Gray’s next victory was 
with six of any Tea, in which class he exhibited Comtesse de Nadaillac 
in beautiful condition. Mr. Burnside also had the Comtesse in his 
second prize box, the English Fruit and Rose Co. coming in third with 
The Bride. 
Mr. Geo. Prince showed Teas splendidly in the open class for 
eighteen, and fairly beat Mr. Frank Cant. His Souvenir d’Elise 
Vardon, Ernest Metz, and Comtesse de Nadaillac were a beautiful 
trio. Mr. Mattc^k won with twelve, Messrs. Jefferies being second, 
and Messrs. G. & W. H. Burch third. Messrs. Cooling & Son were first 
for garden Roses, and I could find no other box, Mr. Mattock had the 
winning basket. Mr. W. Drew won the N.R.S. medal for the best H.P. 
with A. K. Williams, and Mrs. Cuthbert that for the best Tea with 
Innocente Pirola. 
Mr. Conway Jones, Mr. T. A. Washbourn, Mr. Hopton, Mr. D. T. 
Mitchell, Mr. H. M. Hartland, Mr. T. Thorpe, and Mr. J. Middlecote 
had some excellent flowers in other classes, 
