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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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the outside, stating that when on the outside the rains washed it 
off. This, I believe, must have been owing to some mistake in the 
process. Besides, the moisture inside, especially when much of the 
syringe was used, would be apt to bring the material about the 
plants, and render them unsightly. In my own practice, I do not 
■get rid of it until after the rains of autumn, when placed on the 
outside. Of course, a little whiting water, put on in a moment 
with the syringe, is washed off with the first shower. I may, there¬ 
fore, repeat the essentials necessary for sizing the outside of the 
glass. Double or jelly size is used ; that is heated nearly to boiling 
point, without any water being put with it. When the glass is 
"thoroughly dry, and the sun not shining strong, it is put on the 
glass in the hot state, by means of a brush pulled briskly along it. 
This will give a roof resembling thin rough sheet. When a little 
•more shade is wanted, the size of a marble of whiting is dissolved 
in the size, and when still more shade, the size of a walnut of that 
material. This sticks so fast, when so put on, that I have fre¬ 
quently had to use a little soda, in water just warmed, to remove it 
■entirely when the dull days of autumn came. 
From trying various experiments, I can recommend another 
mixture, chiefly the invention of a respectable young painter. The 
mixture is as follows :—One quart of water, one pound of size, 
the jelly kind, one pint of turpentine, the size of a walnut of 
whiting, and half a tablespoonful of oil, all blended together, well 
•stirred, and put on with a brush when hot. I am just now looking 
into a small greenhouse with a west aspect so done. For the glass 
of the roof, the brush was dipped in the mixture and then pulled 
quickly along it. For the upright front sashes, the squares were 
thus painted, and then quickly daubed with the points of a dry 
brush, which gave it a slightly mottled appearance. When standing 
*-t a short distance, you cannot perceive that anything has been 
done to the glass, and yet in the strongest afternoon suns, the shade 
has been quite effectual, and secured a luxuriant blossom, in the 
case of Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, Cactus, &c. There seems no like¬ 
lihood of rains washing it off. A damp from the syringe, and a 
rub with a cloth or brush, easily removes it. I think that the 
Iiloom is better coloured, and longer preserved, than by any other 
mode of continuous shading. A little goes a great way. The 
turpentine and oil prevent all danger to the paint. In dull weather 
you can scarcely perceive that the house is shaded. No cloth of 
any kind could do it so finely, and then all the trouble is saved. 
I do not think that more light will be wanted until the end of 
October. 
ROSE SHOWS. 
THE EDINBURGH SHOW OF THE NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY. 
FTER holding a number 
of provincial shows in 
England, for the first 
time in its history the National 
Rose Society ventured across 
the Tweed and held its pro¬ 
vincial Show on Wednesday, the 
13th inst., at Edinburgh, in con¬ 
nection with the summer Show 
of the Royal Caledonian Horti¬ 
cultural Society. The classes, as will 
be seen by the prize list following,"were 
generally well filled. Something like 
330 entries were made for the National 
Rose Society’s prizes, and about another fifty 
for those offered in connection with the legitimate Show 
cf the local Sooiety. It was very interesting to note the 
points of differ! nee in so many Roses, brought as they were 
from places so far distant from each other as Wale’, Essex, 
Aberdeen, and Ireland, and in this feature, no doubt, the Exhib'- 
tion was unique, affording an opportunity of comparison which 
has never occurred before. The English blooms were characterised by 
compactness of build, brilliancy of colour, and general high finish, wanting 
in the Irish and Scottish flowers, more particularly as referring to the 
■darker coloured varieties. The blooms of the northern growers were fuller, 
looser, larger in petal, but in the case of the dark sorts altogether deficient 
in the richness of hue which gave tin southern flowers so much of their 
charm. Owing to the rapidity of access from the south by means of the 
night trains, the English growers, though generally farther distant, had the 
advantage of their northern confreres, who in most cases would find it 
necessary to reach Edinburgh the evening previous to the Show. The 
blooms were stag 'd and ready for the Judges in good time, the prize cards 
Were placed on the boxes without unnecessary de’ay, and it goes without 
saying that the Auld Reekie folks were delig'itel with the treat afforded 
them, and took advantage of it so fully as to render access to the tables a 
matter of some difficulty. It is regretable that, owing mainly to the in¬ 
discretion of some of the exhibitors, the close of the Show was rendered 
somewhat unruly, visitors snatching the blooms out of the boxes and making 
matters uncomfortable for those who wished to save their blooms. 
Undemoted is the prize list:— 
Nurserymen's Classes. 
Jubilee Class. Thirty-six, distinct, single trusses, open to all nurserymen, 
the winner of the first prize will hold for the year a challenge trophy, v lue 
£50, and £3; second £3; third £2; fourth £1. For this valuable prize there 
were nine entries, the trophy being well won by Messrs. Harkness A Son, 
Bedale, Yorkshire, with blooms which, though not large, were very bright 
and fresh. The varieties staged were Etienne Levet, Pierre Notting, Alfred 
Colomb, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Stir of Waltham, La France, Charles 
Lefebvre. Captain Christy, Louis Yan Houtte, Merveille de Lyon, Duchesse 
de Morny, Beauty of Waltham, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Abel Curriere, 
Innocente Pirola (very fine), Duke of Connaught, Ulrich Brunner, Penelope 
Mayo, Marechal Niel, Madame Hausmann, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Due de 
Rohan, Queen of Queens, Dr. Andry, Jean Ducher, Marie Verdier, Catherine 
M' rmet, Charles Darwin, Mar e Finger, Marie Baumann, Baroness Roth¬ 
schild, Harrison Weir, Annie Wood, Reynolds Hole, and Auguste Rigotard. 
Messrs. R. Mack & Son, Catterick Bridge, Yorkshire, were second with 
fresh buds, but smaller than the first prize ; third Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester; 
and fourth Mr. John Cranston, King’s Acre, Hereford. 
Division A.—Seventy-two, distinct, single trusses. First prize is a piece 
of plate presented by some amateur members of tbe Royal Caledonian 
Horticultural Society, with £4 added by the National Rose Society ; secon 1 
£5; thi d £3. There were six entries for the seventy two’s, Messrs. 
Harkness & Sons repeating their victory. Many of the blooms were very 
large and fine, and the colours fresh. The sorts were Fr^ngois Michelon, 
fine ; Star of Wabham, fine; Baroness Rothschild, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Madame Eugene Verdier, John Bri ht, Captain Chris y, Charles Lefebvre, 
Count ss of Rosebery, Marie Verdier, E. Y. Teas, Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
Gloire de Bouig la Reine, Catherine Mermet, Dr. Sewell, Magna Cbarta, 
Dupuy Jamain, Thdre 3 e Levet, Niphetos, Duke of Teck, Madame Cusin, 
Prince Arthur, La Boute d'Or, Harrison Weir, Paul Nerun, Mrs. C. Swail s, 
Marie Hausmann, Souvenir d’un Ami, Alfred Colomb, Henrich Schultheis, 
Rosieriste Jacobs, Auguste Rigotard, Prince Camille de Rohan, Madame 
H. Jamain, Penelope Mayo, Jean Ducher, Marie Rady, fine ; Marie Finger, 
Fisher Holmes, Royal Standard, A. K. Williams, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, 
Marquise de Castellan-, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Sir Garnet Wolseley, 
Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Antoine Ducher, Violette Bouyer. Mr. B. R. Cant 
was second with a stand in which were some eood b ooms. Notably so wete 
Her Majesty, Merveille de Lyon, Queen of Queens, and Madame de Watte- 
ville. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, Herts, third, with small but 
remarkably fresh blooms and of fine colour. 
Thirty-six, distinct, three trusses of each. First £5, second £4, thi d 
£2.—Only three exhibitors staged for these prizes, the first going to M>. 
B. R. Cant. The blooms being rather unequal in quality, some being rather 
passed though large, and others being rather smalt. The sorts were Pride 
of Waltham, Camille Btrnardin, Merveille de Lyon, Abel Curriere, Souvenir 
d'un Ami, Star of Waltham, Madame Hippo!) te Jamain, Abel Carr ere, 
Ulrich Brunner, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen <f 
Queens, A. K. Wdliams, Madame de Wa'.teville, La Boule d’Or, Prince 
Arthur, Mardchal Niel.Mons. E. Y. Teas, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Ma ie 
Van Houtte, Duke of Wellington. Her Majesty, Dr. Sewell, Souvenir d’Ehee, 
Marie Rady, Comtesse Serenye, Madame Cusin, Madame Hippolyte Jamair, 
Innocente Pirola, Madame Charles Wood, Madame Caroline Kuster, Marie 
Baumann, Marguirite de St. Amand, and Fisher Holmes. Messrs. Paul and 
Son, Cheshunt, were a very close second, and Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belfast, 
third, with large blooms, rather lacking in colour and finish. 
Twenty-four, distinct, single trasses, open only to nurserymen resident in 
Scotland. First prize a piece of plate, with £2 added, second £3, third £2. 
—Six of the Scottish nurserymen staged, and staged well in this class. Tue 
blooms were mostly large and full petalled, but awanting in the fin bIi 
apparent in the English blooms. Messrs. James Cocker & Sons, Aberdeen, 
bad the first prize awarded to their Rot-e-r, the whole of the blooms being 
fine and of a large ar.d even size. The varieties included Magna Oharta, 
Charles L°ftbvre, Constantine Pretiakoff, Francois Michelon, Her Majest , 
Comtesse d’Oxford, Baroness Rothschild, Alphonse Soup rt, Merveille de 
Lyon, Exposition de Brie, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Senateur Vaisse, Lslia, 
Baron Hausmann, La France, Prince Camille de Rohan, Etienne Levet, 
Madame Victor Verdi r, A. K. Williams, Marguerite de St. Amard, 
Marquise de Ca’tellane, Duke of Edinburgh, Madame Hippolyte Jamaii , 
and Mons. E. Y. Teas. Mr. W. Montgomery, The Glen Nursery, Cardroes, 
second, with a lot scarcely inferior to the first, and third Mr. D. Robertsor, 
Mossend, Helensburgh, also good. 
Division B.—Tbe classes ia this divLion were open only to the trade 
growers who did not compete in the corresponding classes in Division A* 
Class 4, thirty-six, distinct, single trusses, first £4, second £3, third £2. 
On'y three exhibitors staged for these prizes, and to Mr. John House, 
Eastgate Nursery, Peterborough, the first prize was awarded. The buds 
were rather small, but fresh, the most notable kinds represented betng 
Francisca Kruger, Matechal Niel, CatherineMermet, and Niphetos. Mes-rs. 
J. Cranston & Co., Hereford, were second ; and Mr. Fret ingham, Beeston, 
Notts, third. , „ 
Claes 5. eighteen, distinct, three ttusses of each, first £3, second £2, 
third £1.—There were again three entries for these, Mr. House again being 
first, Merveille de Lyon, Catheiine Me met, and Jean Durher being his most 
noteworthy blooms. Mr. Frettingham was second in this class, and Messrs. 
J. Cranston & Sons third. 
Tea and Noisette Division. 
The Teas, to judge by tbe limited number of exhibitors, one of the 
classes being without entries and the other only poorly filled, were not in 
good condition at time cf show. The quality of the blooms shown lent 
