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■stock on the'graft, but he admitted the existence of sports. The Lewis, 
one of our native fruits described in the “New England Farmer ” many 
years ago by Samuel Downer, senior, is a very nice Pear, but too small 
and'green, and he grafted a tree of that variety with Bose. Afterward 
he noticed on another Bose tree some small green Pears growing on a 
■graft ; which some persons might have accounted for by the influence 
of the stock, but inquiry showed that the grafts used on this tree had 
been taken from the first mentioned Bose tree, and some had been care¬ 
lessly cut from Lewis suckers below the graft. 
(To be continued.) 
Owing to the long-continued wet and sunless weather large numbers 
-of Roses have failed to open their blooms properly. When on the point 
■of expanding, the outer petals commence to decay, and in the majority 
■of instances no further progress is made. There are, however, a few 
noteworthy exceptions to the rule, the best of these being the Countess 
of Oxford. We never had this generally serviceable Bose finer or in 
better colour, and as it strikes more readily than other varieties with 
thorns, another large batch of cuttings will be put in next autumn. 
La France both on its own roots and budded on the Briar stock has 
given us many extra fine blooms, these being borne on rather thin 
■growth, drooping somewhat, and thereby escaping injury by rains. 
Souvenir de la Malmaison, a well known Bourbon Bose which is easily 
struck and thrives best on its own roots, has yielded a continuous supply 
of good blooms, and will continue to do so till cut down by frosts. 
•Cheshunt Hybrid against walls, also as standards and dwarfs, never was 
more floriferous with us, and the greater portion of the blooms were 
sound and fresh in colour. It is very sweet scented and, on the whole, 
one of the best Boses in cultivation. 
Baroness Bothschild, although very different from any of the preced¬ 
ing as regards style of growth, being of stiff erect habit, has yet given 
■us many very handsome blooms, and which have not been discoloured so 
much as might reasonably have been anticipated. The white form of it 
or Merveille de Lyon, has been a failure this season. The richly coloured 
Duke of Wellington on tall Briar stocks has not been injured by rains. 
■Charles Lefebvre has done good service both as standards and its own 
roots, and we have cut numerous good blooms from dwarf blooms of the 
Duke of Edinburgh. Etienne Levet on its own roots has done remark¬ 
ably well, in fact this showy variety never fails. The beautiful Madame 
Gabriel Luizet. has passed through this most trying season better even 
than usual, and we have had many perfect blooms of it. Jules Mar- 
gottin has done fairly we'l, and so also has the Comtesse de Chabrillant. 
The greatest failures were John Hopper (usually very serviceable), 
Captain Christy, Madame Eugene Verdier, John S. Mill, E. Y. Teas, 
Mrs. Baker, and Xavier Olibo, the blooms on these either refusing to 
unfold or else being badly discoloured. There is one bright side to the 
picture—viz., a good prospect of many fine late blooms being formed, 
more especially on the dwarfs. Numbers of these have pushed up long 
and fairly firm shoots, furnished with a cluster of buds at the point, 
which if duly thinned out should be invaluable for the August shows. 
La France, in common with Catherine Mermet and other Teas, has 
developed strong branching suckers which will produce a long 
succession of fine blooms. Last season very few succeeded in 
■establishing many Boses on the Briar stock, neither the buds nor the 
stock “ running” properly. This year the reverse is the case, the merest 
tyro being able to bud successfully, and in all probability will be able to 
do so throughout the month of August. We rather prefer budding late, 
as in this case the buds are dormant till the spring, when they break 
more strongly than do those that made a slight start the season they 
were inserted.—W. I. 
BOSES IN WINTER. 
I wish to return my thanks and express my obligations to you. and 
through you to Mr. Bardney, for the excellent and creditable replies to 
my queries of 12th inst. in re Roses in winter. 
. Mr. Bardney seems to doubt my being a “ learner,” and that some of 
my queries implied doubt as to some statements he had previously made. 
Now, though I have been a diligent reader of “our Journal” for 
■ eighteen years, and practised as much of its unequalled teaching as lay in 
my way, yet I am strictly but a “ learner ” in this matter, and had not 
the least doubt of anything Mr. Bardney advanced, but followed even the 
large pots for my new Boses this spring, even though it was quite new 
to me to use such large ones. If a “ learner ” might be allowed to offer 
an opinion, I consider these papers —more particularly this last—of Mr. 
Bardney’s excellent, and worthy of “ our Journal.”—S. S. 
TIB3HELF.— July 24th. 
“ Talking about prizes, have you seen the Tibshelf schedule ? Why, 
there are £6 for seventy-two, seven prizes for forty-eight, a class of 
eighteen for amateurs, and a class for t welve Teas.” These words formed 
part of a general conversation in a Bose Show tent in the early part of 
the season, and were followed by divers inquiries of “ What is Tibshelf ?” 
“Where is Tibshelf?” and even, “Who is Tibshelf?” And, though 
geographical knowledge as to the locality seemed at that time to be very 
scarce, it was evident on the morning of July 24th that a good many 
rosarians from all parts of England had written to the courteous 
Secretary, Mr. B. Harrison, and had found their way to the place with 
goodly piles of boxes. 
Tibshelf is a colliery village on the borders of Derbyshire, of about 
2200 inhabitants, and, although the Roses occupied only four among 
nearly 200 classes, and the prizes ranged from £10 downtoa steel spade, 
it was an extraordinary exhibition even viewed as a Bose show alone, 
and offered some food for meditation to those who know how large and 
wealthy towns make a fuss about offering £4 or £5 as the principal 
prize for Roses. If, perchance, any rosarian thought he had “ discovered ” 
Tibshelf, that the competition would not be strong, and that, with seven 
prizes in one class, one could not well be “out of the money,” in such 
a case I fear there may have been some disappointment, for the com¬ 
petition was very keen indeed, and it was easy to be prizeless in any 
class. Now, please let all Bose Societies take note of this. At a little, 
comparatively unimportant, place like Tibshelf, there were staged eight 
stands of seventy-two as against five at the National Rose Show at the 
Crystal Palace, sixteen of forty-eight as against thirteen in two separate 
divisions at the Palace, six of eighteen (amateurs), and six of twelve 
Teas (open). Please take note of that. And if you want to insure to 
your visitors a grand sight of the best Boses to be seen that day in 
England, have big classes, good prizes, and plenty of them. 
In the class for seventy-two blooms, first honours—a prize of £6 
and the gold medal of the N.R.S.— were carried off by Mr. B. R. Cant of 
Colchester, after an exceedingly close contest, Messrs. Harkness & Sons 
of Bedale, Yorkshire, running him very hard indeed. Mr. Cant had the 
finest and “ heaviest ” H.P.’s in his stand (I heard the word “ heaviest ” 
applied to them, but hardly think it a happy term to use for best 
blooms), but he had somewhat of a “ tail,” which was carried, if he will 
forgive me, too much like a tail—viz., all at one end. Messrs. Harkness 
had a more even collection, their smaller H.P.’s being more in the middle, 
while their exhibit was wonderfully heightened by no less than twenty- 
two of the best Teas I have seen this season. A noticeable flower in Mr. 
Cant’s stand was a very large “ heavy ” bloom of Baron Haussmann, 
while almost all the Teas of Messrs. Harkness were worthy of admira¬ 
tion. Mr. Frank Cant was third with a good, stand. It should be 
noticed that there was an unfortunate, but very natural, misunderstand¬ 
ing as to the conditions of this class. The schedule—a wonderful thing 
in its way—said, “ Seventy -two blooms, varieties,” which was inter¬ 
preted by the authorities to mean not necessarily seventy-two distinct 
varieties. The leading competitors had come prepared to show' seventy- 
two distinct, so there W'ere not so many duplicates as there W'ould have 
been if this unusual arrangement had been known beforehand: but it 
was rather hard upon one or two, who did not hear of this till within a 
short time of the judging. 
Sixteen stands of forty-eight distinct varieties ! I think there was 
one which at the last moment did not come up to the scratch ; but, 
even then, surely a class of fifteen forty-eights has seldom been equalled. 
They formed a wonderfully long line for the Judges to inspect, and a 
somewhat unusual order of merit followed. Rev. J. H. Pemberton of 
Havering-atte-Bow T er, Romford, was clearly first. He was evidently in 
good form, and able at last to hold his own with anybody. His H.P. 
blooms had wonderful size, substance and solidity. Messrs. B. Mack 
and Sons of Catterick, Yorkshire, the raisers of “ Sir Rowland Hill,” 
were second ; and it was noticed that there was a bloom of this fine new 
Bose in Mr. Pemberton’s stand, but not in theirs. Rev. A. Foster- 
Melliar, Sproughton Rectory, Ipswich, follo'ved quite closely as a good 
third. Mr. Frank Cant was fourth, Messrs. Harkness fifth, and Messrs. 
Perkins & Sons of Coventry sixth. The seventh prize box had no name 
on the card while I was there, but I was told it belonged to Mr. W. J. 
Grant of Ledbury, Herefordshire. The remaining exhibits were some 
distance below the high standard which Mr. Pemberton had set to the 
class. 
There were six competitors in the class for eighteen Boses (amateurs), 
and here Mr. Grant was first, having evidently reserved himself for this 
class. Mr. Pemberton was a good second, but I could not ascertain the 
name of the third. In the open class for twelve Teas or Noisettes there 
were also six stands shown. Messrs. Harkness were deservedly placed 
first, their blooms being fresh, clean, and of a good size. Mr. Frank 
Cant, who also has protected his Tea Rbses during the wet 
season, and thereby contributed larg ly to his successes, was a 
good second, and Rev. A. Foster-Melliar third. The latter gentleman also 
contributed an extra box of twelve blooms of Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
which received an he card. With such a large number of exhibits the 
local authorities very wisely availed themselves of the presence of 
so many of the leading professionals and amateurs by setting them to 
judge each other, as is done at the N.R.S. exhibitions, it was thus done 
expeditiously and satisfactorily. 
Of the many other things to be seen at the Tibshelf Show I cannot 
ask for space to enumerate even those which were really worthy of 
mention. The very tickets of admission were gaily coloured cards, 
representing all the world and his wife in miniature on the way to the 
Tibshelf Show and Gala. I know there were all kinds of horticultural 
exhibits for all. classes of people: flowers, fruit, vegetables, Wheat, 
Barley, Oats, and Turnips, wild flowers, butter, and honey ; nigger 
entertainments, athletic sports, and the band of the Grenadier Guards ; 
