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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
P July 12, 18?» 
seeming to have suffered more severely in the stormy weather, but the 
specimens of Ulrich Brunner, Prince Arthur, Alphonse Soupert. and 
Duchesse de Morny were excellent. A. Slaughter, Esq., Jarvis Villa, 
Stcyning, was third, and T. B. Hall, Esq., Larchwood, Rockferry, was 
fourth. 
Only four stands of twenty-four varieties, three trusses each, were 
staged, Mr. E. N. G. Baker again leading with bright rood examples 
of the undermentioned in two rows. Back row : Ulrich Brunner, Duke 
of Edinburgh, Merveille de Lyon, Madame Victor Verdier, Francois 
Michelon, La France, Prince Camille de Rohan, Etienne Levet. A. K. 
Williams, Marquise de Castellane, Charles Lefebvre, and Alfred Colomb. 
Front row : Auguste Rigotard, Madame Eugene Verdier, General Jac¬ 
queminot, Mdlle Marie Verdier, Thomas Mills, M. E. Y. Teas, White 
Baroness, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Dr. Andry, Marie 
Baumann, Duke of Wellington. Mr. W. G. Grant was second, blooms 
of Dupuy Jamain and Duke of Edinburgh being very notable. Mr. 
S. P. Budd, Bath, and Mr. A. Slaughter followed with smaller blooms. 
There was the same number of exhibitors in. Class S for thirty-six 
single trusses, Mr. J. Ridout, gardener to T. B. Haywood, Esq., Wood- 
hatch Lodge, Reigate, winning first honours with an excellent collection, 
in which the blooms were distinguished by their good colour. The 
varieties were arranged in this order -Back row : Mrs. Baker, A. K. 
Williams, Madame I. Pereire, Captain Christy, Etienne Levet, Mrs. J. 
Laing, Marie Baumann, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Comtesse d’Oxford. 
La France, Horace Vernet, and Franqois Michelon. Middle row : 
E. Y. Teas, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Louis Van Houtte, Madame Marie 
Verdier, Alfred Colomb, Duke of Bedford, Mdme. Eugene Verdier, 
Mdlle. Marie Rady, Dr. Hogg. The Bride, and General Jacqueminot. 
Front row: Comtesse d’Oxford, Ferdinand Lesseps, Dupuy Jamain, 
Mrs.. Laxton, Charles Lefebvre, Princess of Wales, Devienne Lamy, 
Xavier Olibo, Duchesse de Caylus, Richard Laxton, Earl of Pembroke, 
and Lord Macaulay, Mr. E. B. Lindsell, Bearton, Hitchin, was second, 
Devoniens'.s, A. K. Williams being uncommonly good, but others had 
suffered materially. Mr. J. Brown, gardener to Mrs. Waterlow, Great 
Doods, Reigate, was third, and Mr. Harrington, gardener to E. Mitchell, 
Esq., Corbets Fey, Romford, was fourth. 
Mr. Ridout was again successful in class 9 for eighteen distinct 
varieties, three trusses each, the blooms being as notable for their 
colour as in the preceding class. These were as follows—Back row : 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, Senateur Vaisse, Ladv Mary Fitzwilliam, A. K. 
Williams, Captain Christy, Etienne Levet. Marie Baumann, Mdlle. 
Marie Finger, and Alfred Colomb. Front row : M. E. Y. Teas. Madame 
Lambard, Horace Vernet, Mdlle. Marie Verdier, Louis Van Houtte, 
Francis Michelon, Xavier Olibo, Comtesse d’Oxford, and General 
Jacqueminot. Messrs. Lindsell and Brown were second and third, the 
fourth prize being withheld. 
Seven stands of twenty-four varieties, single trusses, -were staged in 
Class 10, Mr. R. E. West gaining premier honours for fresh and admir¬ 
able blooms rather more even in quality than in most other classes. 
The varieties were—Back row : Etienne Levet, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Captain Christy, Maurice Bernardin, Dupuy Jamain, Charles Lefebvre, 
C amille Bernardin, and Madame I. Pereire. Middle row : Senateur 
Vaisse, Marie Verdier, Comte Raimbaud, extremely fine ; Francois 
Michelon, Marie Baumann, Madame Gabriel Luizet, A. K. Williams 
and one incorrectly named Duke of Wellington. Front row : Countess 
of Rosebery, Innocente Pirola, Duke of Teck, Louis Van Houtte, Dr. 
Andry, Xavier Olibo. Her Majesty, and Prince Camille de Rohan. The 
Rev. H. A. Berners, Harkstead Rectory, Ipswich, was second with neat 
blooms of Horace Vernet, A. K. Williams, Duke of Edinburgh, and 
Mdlle. Marie Verdier. The Rev. A. Foster-Melliar, Sproughton Rectory, 
Ipswich, was third ; and Mr. J. Gurney Fowler, Woodford, was fourth. 
Amongst four exhibitors of twelve varieties, three trusses each 
(Class 11) Mr. R. E. West continued his success, and won the first prize 
for substantial blooms, some of which were rather weather-beaten. The 
varieties were Etienne Levet, Marie Baumann, Louis Van Houtte, La 
trance, Dr. Andry, Duke of Edinburgh, Madame Victor Verdier, 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, A. K. Williams, Frainjois Michelon, General 
Jacqueminot, and Le Havre. The Rev. A. Foster-Melliar ; Mr. H. 
Evans, Marston, Oxon ; and Mr. G. Christy, Westerham, followed in 
that order. 
C lass 12 was provided for eighteen distinct varieties, single trusses, 
and the nine stands shown made a good display. Mr. M. H. Foster, 
Ashford, Kent, was first for a beautiful collection comprising very fine 
blooms of dark varieties. Back row : Marguerite Brassac, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Dupuy Jamain, Marie Baumann, Captain Christy, and 
Ulrich Brunner, Middle row : Mdlle. Marie Verdier, A. Iv. Williams, 
Baroness Rothschild, Duke of AVellington, Madame Victor Verdier, and 
Empress of India. Front row ; Eugene Fiirst, Madame Lambard, 
Pride of Ashford, Bouquet d’Or, Prince Camille de Rohan, and Rubens. 
Ihe competition was also keen in Class 13, for twelve distinct, single 
trusses, eight boxes being shown. The Rev. Alan Cheales, Brockham 
A icarage, Surrey, was adjudged first honours for an effective stand of 
the undermentioned varieties, the blooms fresh, and with one or two 
exceptions, of moderate size. Back row—Camille Bernardin, wonder¬ 
fully handsome, unusually large, and first rate in substance and colour, 
well deserving the silver medal awarded it as the best H.P. in the 
amateurs classes ; A. K. Williams, Duke of Edinburgh, and Etienne 
Levet. Middle row—Beauty of Westerham, Marie Baumann, La France, 
and Alfred Colomb. . Front row—Duke of Wellington, Dupuy Jamain, 
Madame Victor Verdier, and E. Y. Teas. Lieut-Col. F. Standish 
Hore, St. Asaph, secured the second place; Mr. H. AVallis, Cornsland, 
Brentwood, and Mr. R. L. Knight, Sittingbourne, were third and fourth 
respectively. 
AA r ith nine varieties the Rev. T. S. Taylor, Littleton Vicarage, 
Evesham, was placed first, his varieties being Ulrich Brunner. La France, 
and Mdlle. Marie Verdier in the back row ; Marechal Kiel, Camille 
Bernardin, and Charles Lefebvre in the middle row ; and Madaxne- 
Gabriel Luizet, Madame Lambard, and Baroness Rothschild in the front 
row. The six other stands mostly contained small blooms. Mr. C. E.. 
Cuthell, Chapel Croft, Dorking, and Mr. L. C. Times, Hitchin, secured" 
the remaining prizes. Five boxes of six varieties were entered, Mr. 
F. E. Coleby, Rosenheim, \A T orple Road, AVimbledon, leading with. 
Comtesse d’Oxford, La France, Pauline Talabot, Ulrich Brunner, Victor- 
Verdier, and Louis Ahm Houtte. The Rev. E. G. King, Madingley 
Vicarage, Cambridge ; Mrs. Ponsford, AVray Park, Reigate ; and Mr. G. 
Crofts, gardener to AV. D. Freshfield, Esq., Parkside, Reigate, followed iis. 
the order named. Mr. H. Foster had the best six triplets, comprising; 
Duke of Edinburgh, Madame Gabriel Luizet, A. K. Williams, Ulrich- 
Brunner, Marie Baumann, and Dupuy Jamain. Ifhe Rev. Alan 
Cheales was a good second ; Mr. C. E. Cuthell and Mr. W. Narroway, 
Oxford, taking third and fourth places amongst seven competitors. 
EXTRA CLASSES. 
Most of these were small classes, the competition moderate except in- 
one case. For six blooms from amateurs who had never won a prize ah- 
the National Society’s Shows Mr. Percy Burnand, Reigate, won the^ 
premier award with very creditable examples of Marie Baumann, 
Duchess of Bedford, Auguste Rigotard, Duke of Edinburgh, Etienne 
Levet, and Ulrich Brunner. Mr. G. Moules, Sun Street, Hitchin, was- 
second ; Mr. AV. J. Dart, Melrose Villa, Heathfield Road, Cr-oydon, and 
Mr. H. V. Machin, Gateford Hall, AVorksop, won the other prizes in that 
order, most of the blooms shown being of fair merit. There were five- 
competitors in that and the following class for six varieties grown within, 
eight miles of Charing Cross. Mr. AV. Northover, 20, Queen’s Road,. 
AVimbledon, won the leading prize with excellent blooms of Louis Van 
Houtte, Charles Lefebvre, Dr. Andry, Marie Baumann, Comte Raim¬ 
baud, General Appert. Mr. Coleby, Mr. G. Barker, Blackheath, and 
Mr. G. A. Marshall, 7, Seymour Villas, Anerley, were second, third, anef 
fourth for satisfactory blooms. Only one stand of six new varieties 
was shown, Mr. T. AV. Girdlestone, Sunningdale, Berks, winning first 
honours for neat blooms of Souvenir de Gabrielle Drevet, Clara Cocht,. 
Silver Queen, Souvenir de A r ictor Hugo, Victor Hugo, and Mrs. Johiv 
Laing. 
The competition was very keen in Class 20 for six trusses of any 
Hybrid Perpetual Rose, fourteen boxes being staged. Mr. T. B. Hall r 
Larchwood. Rockferry, won the premier prize for fresh, substantial, hand¬ 
some examples of Madame Gabriel Luizet. Mr. AV. J. Grant won second 
for even bright blooms of A. K. AAGlliams. Mr. G. Christy followed 
with Duke of Edinburgh, very rich in colour ; and Mr. E. P. Budd was 
fourth for Ulrich Brunner ; the Rev. F. Page Roberts having an un¬ 
recognised but admirable stand of Dupuy Jamain. 
Class 21 was for twelve blooms, six of any H.P. and six of any Tea. 
Mr. A. Slaughter had the best of the half-dozen exhibits, fine blooms of 
General Jacqueminot and Marie Van Houtte. Mr. AV. J. Grant had the 
second place with A. K. Williams and Marie Van Houtte ; the Rev. IX 
Page Roberts being third for the same two varieties. 
TEA AND NOISETTE CLASSES. 
The effects of the dripping weather were more apparent on these 
delicate blooms than on their larger, stronger, and darker congeners, 
the H.P.’s. 
Class 22, twenty-four blooms, distinct.—In this class of four stands 
Mr. G. Prince well won the first position with Alba Rosea, good - r 
Catherine Mermet, Princess Beatrice, a charmiDg soft yellow bloom 
Anna Ollivier, Niphetos, Sunset, Hon. E. Gifford, Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
handsome ; Madame C. Kuster, Amazone, Cornelia Koch, Souvenir 
d’un Ami, Rubens, Marie Van Houtte, Jules Finger, Innocente Pirola, 
Madame Cusin, The Bride, Madame Lambard, good; Souvenir de 
S. A. Prince, the fine sport from Souvenir d’un Ami, Princess of AVales, 
Marechal Niel, Adam, and Jean Ducher. Mr. B. R. Cant was second 
with an even stand, Madame Lambard and Catherine Mermet being the 
best blooms. Third, Mr. Frank Cant with neat medium blooms. Fourth, 
Mr. G. AV. Piper, Uckfield, smaller, but cleaner. 
Class 23, eighteen distinct trusses, seven excellent stands. The 
premier position was won by Mr. J. Mattock with Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
Madame Bravy, Souvenir d’Elise, Madame AVillermoz, Catherine 
Mermet, Jean Ducher (silver medal, fine), Madame Welch, Souvenir 
d’un Ami, Madame C. Kuster, Madame Lambard (very rich), Innocente 
Pirola, Princess Olga, Amazone, Devoniensis, Souvenir de Madame 
Pernet, Hon. Edith Gifford, Marie Van Houtte, and Cornelia Koch. 
Mr. G. Mount, Canterbury, was a very good second, Messrs. Keynes & Son 
a close third, with the cleanest blooms of all, and Mr. C. Turner fourth. 
Class 24, twelve blooms of any one variety. First, Mr. G. Prince, 
with excellent full blooms of Hon. Edith Gifford. Mr. B. R. Cant second 
with Catherine Mermet, Mr. C. Turner third (very close) with the same 
variety, and Mr. F. Cant fourth with Souvenir d’un Ami. Six stands. 
In Class 25, for eighteen Teas or Noisettes, three trusses of each, Mr. 
G. Prince won the chief position with good examples of Alba Rosea, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Rubens, Souvenir de G. Drevet, Anna Ollivier, 
Niphetos, Souvenir d’un Ami, and The Bride. Mr. Frank Cant was an 
exceedingly close second, with fresher and cleaner blooms as a rule, but 
some rather small; Madame AVillermoz was particularly fine, and Madame 
Lambard, Rubens, and Madame Cusin very good indeed. Third honours 
