July 28, 1887. 
JOURixaL of horticulture and cottage gardener. 
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■and a grand display of the queen of flowers was made both as regards 
quantity and quality. The flowers were shown by nurserymen, gentle¬ 
men’s gardeners, and noted rosarians. Messrs. Calam of Heath Nursery, 
who are extensive and successful Rose growers and exhibitors, showed a 
stand of twenty-four magnificent Roses, and they were! greatly admired. 
The flowers staged by some of the amateurs .were remarkably fine, 
particularly a collection shown by Mr. George Bott, schoolmaster, 
Walton, who has for the past quarter of a century devoted considerable 
attention to the cultivation of this favourite flower. Mr. H. Oxley, one 
of the Vice-Presidents, occupied the chair, and Mr. Bott acted as Vice- 
Chairman. There was a large attendance of the members, together with 
the President and several of the members of the Morley Paxton Society, 
and Mr. S. Ballinger, of Elmhirst, Barnsley, Honorary Secretary to the 
Yorkshire Association of Horticultural Societies. A long and most in¬ 
teresting discussion then took place on “ The Rose.” The discussion was 
opened, by request, by Mr. Ireland, head gardener to Baron St. Oswald, 
of Nostell Priory, and he gave some valuable advice as to how to grow 
Roses in beds for exhibition purposes. A large number of questions 
were put to Mr. Ireland with respect to pruning and budding Roses, 
&c., dealing with mildew, fly, all of which he promptly, fully, and 
clearly answered. At the close of the discussion, in which Messrs. 
Simpson (Walton), Fenner (Sandal), Garnett, and others took part, 
the President of the Morley Society expressed their thanks to the 
Wakefield Society for the assistance and advice they at Morley had 
received, and he also said they had been pleased with the grand display 
and the interesting discussion that evening. On the motion of Mr. 
B. Whiteley, seconded by Mr. Hugo Green, a very hearty vote of thanks 
was given to Mr. Ireland for opening the discussion and answering 
questions, and to the exhibitors for the beautiful display of Roses. 
ROSE SHOWS. 
CHRISTLETON.— July 18tii. 
In the grounds attached to the charming rectory of Ohristleton, which 
"the Rev. Lionel Garnett threw open for the use of the Rose Society, the 
annual Show of this Society was held under the most favourable auspices. 
The weather was all that could have been desired, the rain of the previous 
day had cooled the air and refreshed the g r ound, a nice breeze tended still 
further to the comfort of those who frequented the Show, while the 
Exhibition itself, although not extensive, cont fined some really excellent 
blooms, and to many of us an additional feature of great interest was added 
in the prizes offered for hardy cut flowers. The rectrry garden is well 
known for its valuable collection of herbaceous plants, and in the neigh¬ 
bourhood genrrally there is an evident healthy taste in this direction, as 
no less than nine collections were set up by amateurs in the classes for 
thirty-six, twenty-four, and twelve varLtif s. 
Like many other exbibit'ous, Christht >n fe’t the effects of this most 
disappointing Rose season. It has been a great difficultv, for small growers 
especially, to get blooms fit for exhibition owing to the intense heat and the 
very rapid manner in which flowers developed, the bud of the morning 
being fully expanded and gone by night ; nevertheless, as I have said, some 
very excellent stands were shown. In the nurserymen’s class Messrs. Mack 
and Son of Cbtterick Bridge, and the two firms of Dicksons of Chester 
-competed in the class for thirty-six distinct, single trusses, the first prize 
being awarded to Messrs. Mack & Son for a good stand consisting of the 
following flowers :—Due de Rohan, Etienne Levet, Pierre Notting (a fine 
bloom), La France, Frangois Lacharme, Due de Wellington, Pride of 
Waltham, Cha les Lefebvr-*, Comtesse de Serenye, Alfred Colomb, Baroness 
Rothschild, Countess of Rosebery, Dr. Andry, Frangois Louvat, Benoit 
Comte, Niphetos, John Stuart Mill, Frangois Fontaine, Horace Vernet, 
Duchesse de V-dlombrosa, Prince Humbert, Marie Verdier, Barthelemy 
•Joube t. Marie Rady, Le Havre, Merveille de Lyon, Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
A. K. William^, Emilie Hausburg (very tine), Louis Van Hontte, Exposition 
de Brie, Lady Sheffield, Marie Baumann, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Macaulay, 
and Catherine Mermet. This was the only c’ass open to nurserymen. 
In the amateurs’ classes the first prize for twenty-four single blooms, 
distinct, was taken by T. B. Hall, Esq., Rockferry, Birkenhead, with a very 
good collection of flowers of the following varieties :—Innocente Pirola, 
Alfred Colomb, A. K. Wdliams, Baroness Rothschild, Beauty of Waltham, 
Captain Christy, Charles Darwin, Comt-sse de Camardo (a very fine 
flower), Comtesse do Serenye, Di ke of Edinburgh, Duchess of Bedford, 
Emilie HauBburg,EtienneLevet, Fisher Holmes, Horace Vernet, John Stuart 
Mill, Julius Finger, Madame Charles Crapelet., Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
Marie Rady. Merveille de Lyon, Paul Neyon, Prince Arthur, and Star of 
Waltham. These were some of the best flowers I have ever seen Mr. Hall 
stage, and it is remarkab’e how some of the flowers have come to the front 
this year. Comtesse de Camando, Prince Arthur, and Emflie Hausburg 
have esp cially, wherever shown, been very fine, and I have no doubt these 
variet’es will be looked up for another year. Mr. C. J. Day was a good 
second, and the Rev. Lionel Garnet third. In the class for twelve distinct 
the first prize was taken by Colonel Standish Hore of St. Asaph with good 
blooms of Alfred Colomb, Etienne Levet, Fisher Holmes, Baroness Roth¬ 
schild, Marie Rady, Eugene Verdier, Princess of Wales, Star of Waltham, 
and Francieca Kruger. In the c’ass for six blooms Colonel Hore was again 
first with Abel Carriers, Alfred Colomb, Charles Darwin, Beauty of Wal¬ 
tham, Hon. Edith Giffard, and Louis Van Houtte. In the class for 
twelve bloom9 of any one Rose the first prize was won by C. J. Day, Esq., 
with Innocente Pirola. In the class for twelve Teas or No’settes Mr. Day 
also won the first prize wi'h fresh but not large, b'ooms of Madame ae 
Watteville, Innocente Pirola, Mardchal Niel, Niphetos, Caroline Kuster, 
Souvenir d’un Ami, Rub ns, Catherine Mermet, Madame Lambard, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Midame Bravy, and a pretty bloom of Sunset. In 
the class for six distinct Teas or Noisettes, the first prize fell to the Rev. 
Lionel Garnet for Francisca Kruger, Catherine Mermet, Souvenir de 
There=e Levet, Hon. Edith Giffard, Marie Van Houtte, and Comtesse de 
Nadaillac. 
The division allotted to cut flowers of hardy perennials was a very in¬ 
teresting one, and many of the flowers shown manifested a high class of 
cultivation, as well as being in themselves beautiful. The first prize in the 
collection for not more than thirty-six varie ies was awaided to the Rev. 
Lionel Garnett for a very beautiful stand, consisting of the following 
varieties—Lilium testaceum, Lilium croceura, Lilium pardalinum, Lilium 
longiflorum, Galega officinalis, Pentstemon barbatrs, Pentstemon Cobcea, 
Potentilla Dr. Andry, Coreopsis lanceolata, Phlox Lady Napier, Gladiolus 
cardinalis, Gladiolus Colvillei (The Bride), G'adiolis ins’gnis, Eryngium 
araethystinum, Centaurea macrocephala, Campanula persicifolia A.-pi., 
Doronicum plantagineum exce'sior (or Harpur Crewe 1 , Lis Krempferi, 
Alst’ oemeria chilensis, Lychnis Haageana, Campanula Hendersoni, Gaillardia 
grandiflora. Catananche ccerulea, Chrysanthemum maximum, Campanula 
sarmatica, Delphinium sinense, Scabiosa caucasica, finer than I ever recollect 
seeing it; Gaillardia aristata, Platycodon gradiflrrum, Bupthalmum salici- 
folium, and a very beautiful light blue seedling Delphinium, Crinum 
capense. The second prize was awarded to J. Garnet, Esq., Wyre Ride, Lan¬ 
caster, and the third to Mrs. Townsend Ince. In the class for twenty-four, 
the first prize was awarded to Mrs. T. luce for a very good stand containing 
Delphinium Mons.de Bihan, Delphinium grandiflorum plenum, Delphinium 
Cantab, Achil’ea ptarmica fl.-pl., Iris Kaempferi Rutherford Alcock, Lilium 
testaceum, Lilium candidnm, Pentstemon Hartwegi coccinea, Spiraea 
Filipendult, Phlox Mrs. McKeller, Lychnis chalcedon’ca, Li ium auratum, 
Campanula persicifolia alba, Coreopsis lanceolata. Lathyrus Sibthorpi, very 
pretty and sweet-scented ; Pink Mrs. Sinkins, Gladiolus insignia, •'■’piraea 
palmata elegans, Gladiolus Queen Victoria, Alstrcemeria chilensis. Geranium 
pratense fl.-pl., CEnothera Youngi, and Lathyrus Ltifo’ius albus. In the 
collection for twelve, annuals were admit el, and three pretty greups were 
staged. 
Messrs. Mack & Son exhibited a box of a new seedling Rose called 
Duchess of Leeds, a cross between La France and Prince Camille de Rohan, 
retaining, however, no trace of the latter parent. It is something of the 
colour of Marie Finger, not large, very floriFerous, and sweet-°cented. It 
will probably make a good bright garden Rose, but I doubt i*s coming into 
the list of exhibition Roses. They also showed some blooms of their new 
seedling Sir Rowland Hill, but not in as good form as it was shown at 
Edinburgh. 
There was a necessity for the Show being held on Monday, and this 
doubtless prevented several from a distance from coming, and this, w th the 
very trying season, made the entries less numerous than usual; but in a 
neighbourhood like this, where there are good growers such as the Messrs. 
Jas. Dickson and Messrs. F. and A. Dir kson it Sons, and such amateurs as 
the Rev. Lionel Garnet and Mr. Day, the love of the Rose is sure to be 
kept alive, and I hardly know a more attractive little show than this of 
Christleton, or one which is so thoroughly well car ied out.—D., Deal. 
WIRRAL.— July 20th. 
Since the day, some years ago, when I put the geographical puzzle before 
the readers of the Journal as to the locality where the Show was to be held 
it ha9 passed through many vicissitudes. It hs changed its name more 
than once ; it has held sh ws where the collections of Roses were numerous, 
and where the most celebrated growers, both amateur and professional, 
have exhibited, but where the flowers far outnumb red the visitors. It has 
had a tolerably good experience of wbat a rainy day cm do to dimage the 
best laid plans ; it has bad often to tell of funds falling sho’t and of 
exhibitors being disheartened, hut still it has held on its way, and probably 
in one sense, and that a very important one, it has never bad a greater 
financial success than in the show of the p esent year. It must, however, 
be frankly confessed that the competition fell far short of what was 
anticipated and hoped for. Like all other Rose shows, the influence of the 
very hot weather we have experienced told heavily on many who have 
always put in an appearance, and when I say that amongst nurserymen 
neither Paul, B. R Cant, F. Cant, Cranston, or Prince were represented, and 
that there was only one exhibitor in the classes for seventy-two singles and 
eighteen triplets, it will be readily seen how much it suffered. Am .Lurs 
were better represented, a’though there was also a falling off here : still I 
think that it was a surp ise to many, especially to those who grow Roses 
themselves, that such excellent blooms should have been ftiged. 
The Exhibtion was held in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, wh re it has 
been held for the la«t two yeais, and is unquesth nab’y the most suitable 
place for it of any that have been made use of. The surroundings perhaps 
are not so pretty as those of Birk nhead Park, but it is more manageable, 
not int°rfered with by other things, and near to the railway s-tition and the 
ferry for Liverpool. The arrangements were we'l carrnd out, and the 
comfort and conven’ence of visitors well provided for. 
In the larger classes for nurserymen Messrs. Harkress & Sons, the 
champion growers of the year, were the only exhibito‘8 ; their b’ooms were 
wonderfully fresh and good, and consisted of the following flowers, those 
marked with an * being especially fine :—Marie Baumann, *Dr. Sewell, 
Paul Neyron, Countess of Rosebery, Princess Beatrice, Prince Camille re 
Rohan, Madame Therese Levet, Ulrich Brunner, Alfred Dume-<nil, Dr. 
Andry, Frangois Miohelon, Le Havre, Merveille de Lyon, Auguste Rigotard, 
Baroness Roth'child, Madame Hansmann, Queen of Queens, Abel Carriere, 
Duchesse de Morny, Alfred Colomb, Heinrich Schultheis, ComteEse de 
Serenye, Et enne Levet, Magna Cliarta, Charles Darwin, Madame de 
Wat'eville, Horace Vernet, Jean Ducber, Due de Rohan, Marechal Niel, 
Due de Wellington, *Emilie Hausburg, Prince Arthur, Souvenir d’un Am’, 
Dupuy Jamain, Marie Finger, Devienue Lamy, Madame Eugene Verdier, 
Madame Victor Verdier, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Marie Verdier, Madams Bravy, 
Marie Rady, Dr. Sewell, Captain Christy, Charles Lefebvre, Caroline 
Swailes, La France, *Fisber Holme*, Pride of Waltham, *Lord Macaulay, 
Duche°s of Edinburgh, *Duke of Connaught, Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
Lady Sheffield, Lady Ma'y Fitzwilliam, Gloire de Bourg la Reine, Penelope 
