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twenty-four varieties, single trusses, Mr. R. E. West had a stand of 
beautiful flowers, Francois Michelon (extremely beautiful), Gdmiral 
Jacqueminot, Merveille de Lyon, Duke of Edinburgh, Marquise de Castel- 
lane, Prince Camille de Rohan, Etienne Levet, Comte Raimbaud (very 
tine), Marie Baumann, La France, Camille Bernardin, Duchess of Bed¬ 
ford, Madame Isaac Pereire, Charles Lefebvre, Madame Victor Verdier, 
Dr. Andry, Comtesse d’Oxford, Louis Van Houtte, Countess of Rosebery, 
A. K. Williams, Marie Finger, Baroness Rothschild, and Madame Prosper 
Laugier. In Class 4, for twelve, Mr. A. Mason was first with Baroness 
Rothschild, Etienne Levet. Niphetos, Louis Van Houtte, Souvenir d’Elise, 
A. K. Williams, Thomas Mills, Senateur Vaisse, La France, Duchesse de 
Caylus, Madame Gabriel Luizet, and Duke of Edinburgh. In Class 5, 
for nine varieties of Teas, the Rev. F. A. Burnside was first with a very 
pretty box of the following :—Marechal Kiel, Madame Cusin. Souvenir 
d'un Ami, Madame de Watteville, Hon. Edith Gifford, Mareellin' RhoJa, 
Catherine Mermet, and Rubens. In Class 6, for six Roses of any one 
variety, dark, Mr. Fuller, The Vicarage, Bexley, was first with fine 
blooms of Charles Lefebvre ; and Geo. Christy, Esq., first for six light, 
with highly coloured blooms of Marechal Niel. In Class 8, for twelve 
varieties, Mr. Fuller was first with good blooms of Dupuy Jamain, 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, Xavier Olibo, Pride of Waltham, Ulrich 
Brunner, Merveille de Lyon, Etienne Levet, Louis Van Houtte, Alfred 
Colomb, Heinrich Schultheis, Baroness Rothschild, and A. K. Williams. 
In Class 9, for nine varieties of Roses, Mr. T. Barker was first with 
Senateur Vaisse, Pierre Carnot, Gloire de Bourg-la-Reine, Earl of Pem¬ 
broke, Thomas Mills, Merveille de Lyon, Dr. Sewell, Madame Hunnebelle, 
and Prince Camille de Rohan. In Class 10, for six varieties of Roses, 
Mr. Hardwick was first with Marechal Niel, Lord Macaulay, A. K. Wil¬ 
liams, Annie Laxton, Dukeof Edinburgh, and Fisher Holmes. In the class 
for six varieties of Teas Mr. A. Wallace was first with Etoile de Lyon, 
Souvenir de Therese Levet, Catherine Mermet, Niphetos, Madame 
Margottin, and Anna Ollivier. 
The decoration classes are always a strong feature at the Farning- 
ham Show, and although some of those who used to send some of the 
most beautiful arrangements have passed away, yet there was no 
diminution in the interest; and some most beautiful stands, bouquets, 
sprays for ladies’ dresses, buttonhole bouquets. Ac., w r ere set up. The 
principal honours were divided between Mrs. Hugh Smith, whose set of 
three stands for centre of dinner table was most tastefully arranged ; 
Miss Hassell, who carried off no less than four first prizes ; Mrs. Mug- 
geridge, and Miss Reynolds. Thera were eight tables arranged, some of 
which were very pretty, others the reverse. Mr. Seal carried off the firsf. 
prize, Miss Hassell the second, and Mr. Abbott, gardener to Sir W. 
Hart Dyke, the third There was a fair display of cottagers’ produc¬ 
tions, but not so good as I have sometimes seen them. Strawberries 
were very fine, but though Farningham is in the very centre of the 
Strawberry district, the only kind exhibited was Sir Joseph Paxton. 
On my way to the station I dropped in for a short visit to the Home of 
Flowers, where Mr. Cannell has always something to show one. It is 
impossible to exaggerate the beauty of some of the flowers which I saw. 
I had only time to run through the grand Pelargonium house, the Ivy¬ 
leaved Pelargoniums, and the single and double Begonias, but what a 
blaze of beauty there was ! Then when one recollects the old Ivy-leaf 
Pelargonium, and sees the wondrous trusses of double flowers, such as 
Madame Thibaut, Souvenir de Charles Turner, and some especially beau¬ 
tiful colours which are yet to come out, we wonder what will follow. 
The same may be said of Begonias. The marvellous single and double 
varieties are bewildering in their beauty, variety of colour, &c. There 
was also a grand new Heliotrope which seemed to me to be finer than 
anything I had seen. Had I been able to remain I should doubtless 
have seen many wonderful things, but I saw enough to convince me that 
the Home of Flowers is in no danger of losing its reputation. 
HITCHIN. 
Owing- to the indefatigable zeal of the Secretary of the Hitchin 
Rose Society, the Rev. F. H. Gall, who quaintly described himself as the 
most enthusiastic and the most unsuccessful of Rose exhibitors, this 
Society still maintains steadily its position, and around its man}’ dis¬ 
couraging circumstances succeeded in bringing together a goodly 
number of exhibitors. Its principal local exhibitor, Mr. E. B. Lindsell, 
was this year not able to hold the position which he under ordinary 
circumstances would be able to maintain, but his garden being exposed 
and of a heavy character his blooms were not open. I went through it the 
night before in order to advise as to whether he should exhibit in the 
highest class at the National on Saturday, and I was quite surprised at 
the backwardness of his plants. Most vigorous and healthy they were, 
indeed could not be well better, each with fine fat buds, but even then 
as it was blowing hard I could see how terribly they were switched 
about, and how impossible it would be for him to attempt the higher 
flight to which he aspired. 1 also had an opportunity of seeing Mr. 
Gall’s new garden, where I think he ought and will grow Roses better 
than he has ever done. He is one of those conservatives who stick to 
the standards, but if he goes in for dwarfs I see no reason why with his 
enthusiasm he should not take a higher position than he has hitherto 
done. Other good exhibitors were present in the—(I was going to say 
person—but to my great regret he himself was absent)—well, in Roses 
of my old friend, Mr. Curtis of Chatteris, the Rev. W. H. Jackson of 
Stagsden, Dr. King of Madingley, and the Rev. O. Fisher, known to 
many Rose growers by his excellent little book on Rose culture. Thus 
there were the elements of a good Show, and despite of many drawbacks 
it deserved that character. After the judging was over the Rev. F. H. 
Gall entertained the exhibitors at a luncheon at the “ Sun Hotel,” a 
hostelry well known to travellers of the olden time. 
The Show was held as before in the grounds of J. Delmd Ratcliffe, 
Esq., and the tent was fairly well filled. There were three competitors 
in the nurserymen’s classes—Mr. Burch of Peterborough, Mr. Burrell of 
Cambridge, and Messrs. Paul & Son. In the highest class for forty- 
eight single the prizes were awarded in the order named. Messrs.. 
Burch’s flowers consisted of Madame Victor Verdier, Niphetos, Francois 
Michelon, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, I’erle des Jardins, Magna Charta, 
Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier, Marie Van Houtte, Duchess of Bedford, Mons. 
Noman, Xavier Olibo, La France, Constantine Tretiakoff, Madame Lam- 
bard, Madame Charles Wood, MadameG. Luizet, Madame Bravy,Louis Van 
Houtte, Barthelemy Joubert, Rubens, Star of Waltham, Lady Mary Fitz- 
william, E. Y. Teas, Violette Bouyer, Catherine Mermet, Marguerite de 
St. Amand, Senateur Vaisse, Comtesse de Serenye, Marie Baumann, Queen 
of Queens (dingy), Captain Christy, Camille Bernardin, Madame 
Willermoz, Jean Ducher, Alfred Colomb, Marechal Niel, Madame Cusin, 
Marie Verdier, Anna Ollivier, Louis Van Houtte, Grace Darling, A. K. 
Williams, Innocente Pirola, Prince Camille de Rohan, and Comte de 
Paris. In class 2, for twelve trebles, Mr. Burch was again first with 
Marquise de Castellane, Niphetos, Francois Michelon, Madame G. Luizet, 
Marie Verdier, Madame Bravy, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Ulrich 
Brunner, Henri Schultheis, Anna Ollivier, Innocente Pirola, and Exposi¬ 
tion de Brie. 
In the amateurs’ class the first prize for twenty-four single^ was 
awarded to Mr. J. L. Curtis of Chatteris for a beautiful stand, con¬ 
taining A. K. Williams, Baroness Rothschild, Louis Van Houtte, Her 
Majesty (a very good bloom, uncommonly like Marie Cointet), Marie 
Cointet, Etienne Levet, Ulrich Brunner, Marguerite de St. Amand (very 
fine), Alfred Colomb, Niphetos, Duke of Edinburgh, Catherine Mermet, 
Comtesse de Nadaillae (very lovely), Duke of Wellington, Madame 
Cusin, Madame G.Luizet, Reynolds Hole, Le Havre, Innocente Pirola, Fran¬ 
cois Michelon, Niphetos, Jean Ducher, and Madame Victor Verdier. Mr. 
E. B. Lindsell, second, had an excellent box, containing amongst others 
a perfect bloom of Charles Lefebvre, which gained the National Rose 
Society’s silver medal for the best Hybrid Perpetual in the amateurs’ 
class, as did Mr. Curtis’s Comtesse de Nadaillae for the best Tea. Mr. G. 
Fowler, of Woodford, was third. In Class 4, for twelve trebles, Mr. E. B. 
Lindsell was first with fine blooms of Charles Lefebvre, Marechal Niel, 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Countess of Rosebery, 
Duke of Edinburgh, Grace Darling, A. K. Williams, Marie Van Houtte, 
Dr. Sewell (very good), and Marie Finger. The Rev. W. H. Jackson o2 
Stagsden was second. In the class for eighteen singles Mr. Turner was first 
with good blooms of Madame G. Luizet, Etienne Levet, Alphonse Soupert,. 
A. K. Williams, Magna Charta, Dr. Sewell, Duke of Wellington, Ulricb 
Brunner, Dr. Andry, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Francois Michelon, Com¬ 
tesse d’Oxford, Marquise de Castellane, Fisher Holmes, Dupuy Jamain, 
Mons. Noman, Annie Laxton, and Madame Lambard. The Rev. F. H. 
Gall was second, Marie Baumann, Dupuy Jamain, La France, Abel 
Carriere. M. Alphonse Soupert, Reynolds Hole, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 
Merveille de Lyon, Captain Christy, Duchess of Bedford, Souvenir de 
Thhrhse Levet, John Stuart Mill, Masterpiece, and Ulrich Brunner:. 
The Rev. J. Lambert was third. In the class for twelves, the Rev. 0. 
Fisher was first with La France, Etienne Levet, Comtesse de Nadaillae. 
A. K. Williams, Her Majesty, George Moreau, Souvenir d’Elise, Abel 
Carriere, Mdme. G. Luizet, Ulrich Brunner, Catherine Mermet, Madame 
I. Pereire. The Rev. Dr. King was second, and Mrs. Times third. In the 
class for nine Miss Annie Lucas was first with A. K. Williams, Victor: 
Verdier, Horace Vernet, Captain Christy, Louis Van Houtte, Merveille 
de Lyon, Dr. Andry, Marquise de Castellane, and Duchess of Bed¬ 
ford. Miss Bailey Denton was second. In the class for sixes the Rev. 
E. L. Carey was first with Rubens, Madame Lambard, Souvenir de Paul. 
Neyron, Marquise de Castellane, and Beauty of Waltham. 
In the classes for Teas some very beautiful flowers were shown, and 
considering the showery weather, in remarkably clean condition. The 
Rev. Dr. King was first for eighteen with Marie Van Houtte, Caroline 
Kuster, Madame Lambard, Marechal Niel, Princess of Wales, Catherine 
Mermet, Souvenir d’Elise, Souvenir d'un Ami, Madame Bravy, Jean 
Ducher, Adam, Hon. Edith Gifford, Francisca Kruger, Comtesse de 
Nadaillae, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Rubens, Anna Ollivier, and 
Niphetos. The Rev. W. H. Jackson was second. In the class for twelve 
Teas Mr. Jackson was first with fine blooms of Francisca Kruger, 
Souvenir de Madame Pernet, Souvenir d’un Ami, Catherine Mermet, 
Marechal Niel, Comtesse de Nadaillae, Innocente Pirola, Hon. Edith: 
Gifford, Madame Cusin, Rubens, and Madame Lambard. Mr. E. B. 
Lindsell was second. In the class for six Teas the Rev. O. Fisher was 
first with Grace Darling, Caroline Kuster, Catherine Mermet, Souvenir 
d’Elise, Comtesse de Nadaillae, and Souvenir d’un Ami. In the class for 
any other variety Mr. Curtis was first with Marie Cointet, and Mr. 
Wilkins second with A. K. Williams. For the best six Teas of any one 
vrriety Mr. Curtis was first with Caroline Kuster,and Mr. Parker second 
with Marechal Niel. The silver medal for the best Hybrid Perpetual 
was awarded to Mr.Lindsell for Charles Lefebvre(a magnificent bloom), 
and that for the best Tea to Comtesse de Nadaillae. Unfortunately the 
weather was not propitious, heavy showers having fallen all through the 
morning, and the marvel was that with such weather the flowers were 
shown so clean and perfect. 
MAIDSTONE ROSE CLUB. 
The annual Exhibition of Roses in connection with this Club was; 
held in a marquee in the grounds of the Old Palace last week. The 
