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Olibo, Souvenir d’un Ami, Fisher Holmes, Hon. Edith Gifford, Duke of 
Wellington, The Bride, Abel Carriere, and Francois Michelon. Second 
place was taken by Messrs. G. & W. Burch, Peterborough, with smaller 
flowers in very good condition. Mr. G. Prince, 14, Market Street, 
Oxford, was a clo3e third, and Messrs. J. Burrell & Co., Howe House 
Nurseries, Cambridge, fourth. The competition was very close in this 
class. 
Mr. G. Mount, Canterbury, took the leading place from three 
opponents with twenty-four singles, and his stand was one of the best 
in the Show. The blooms were of good size, fresh and finely coloured. 
The varieties were—Back row : Marie Baumann, La France, Camille 
Bernardin, Capt. Christy, Duke of Edinburgh, Madame Gabriel 
Luizet, Ulrich Brunner, and Mrs. J. Laing. Middle row : Her Majesty, 
a beautiful bloom ; Alfred Colomb, Baroness Rothschild, A. K. Williams, 
Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Dupuy Jamain, Marguerite de St. Amand, and 
Louis Van Houtte. Front row : G^nhral Jacqueminot, Souvenir d’Elise 
Vardon, Abel Carriere, Dr. Andry, Eugbne Fiirst, Violette Bouyer, 
Xavier Olibo, and Comtesse d’Oxford. A very creditable lot of flowers 
from Mr. J. Mattock, New Headington, Oxford, secured him the second 
prize, and Mr. Eric F. Such, Maidenhead, was third. 
A splendid display was made with twenty-four triplets, there being 
eight stands of them. The competition was close, and the judging a 
troublesome process. Mr. Prince was eventually adjudged the winner 
for a grand lot, comprising in the back row Fisher Holmes, Niphetos, 
Duke of Teck, Marie Van Houtte, Victor Hugo, Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
Baron A. de Rothschild, Vicomtesse Folkestone, Horace Vernet, Lady 
M. Fitzwilliam, Duke of Edinburgh, and La France ; in the front row 
Capt Christy, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Francisca Kriiger, Prince Camille de 
Rohan, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Marie Baumann, Catherine Mermet, 
Auguste Rigotard, The Bride, Louis Van Houtte, Princess of Wales, and 
A. K. Williams. Mr. G. Mount had some excellent examples in his 
second prize stand. Mr. Turner was a close third, and Messrs. G. Cooling 
and Sons, Bath, fourth. 
The medal for the premier H.P. in the nurserymen’s classes was 
awarded to Messrs. Paul & Son for Gustave Piganeau in their second 
prize stand of seventy-two. It is a new variety of last year, and Messrs. 
Paul’s bloom was so beautiful that we represent it as well as time 
would permit on page 25. The variety is likely to be largely sought 
after. In general character it is something between Auguste Rigotard 
and Comtesse d’Oxford, but distinct from either ; perfect in form, with 
substantial petals, and of a clear lustrous red colour. The growth of 
the plant is vigorous and the wood stout. 
Teas and Noisettes. 
The nurserymen’s Teas produced many lovely stands. The winning 
one in the class for twenty-four blooms, shown by Mr. G. Prince, 
approached that successful Tea grower’s finest style. The blooms were 
charming in the extreme. The varieties represented were :—Back row : 
Souvenir d’un Ami, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Belle Fleur d’Anjou, 
Marshal Niel, Madame Cusin, The Bride, Comtesse de Nadaillac, and 
Innocente Pirola. Middle row : Mrs. Jas. Wilson, Jules Finger, 
Marquis de Sanina, Alba Rosea, Princess of Wales, Catherine Mermet, 
Etoile de Lyon, and Madame de Watteville. Front row : Rubens, Hon. 
Edith Gifford, Jean Ducher, Marie Van Houtte, Cornelia Koch, 
Niphetos, Madame M. Arnaud, and Caroline Kuster. This appeared to 
be the only one in competition. With eighteen blooms there were seven 
entries, and Mr. J. Mattock won with a charming stand, comprising the 
following :—Back row : Niphetos, a lovely bloom ; Catherine Mermet, 
Madame VVillermoz, Rubens, Amazone, and Souvenir d’un Ami. Middle 
row : Adam, The Bride, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Hon. Edith Gifford, 
Souvenir de Th^rese Levet, splendidly coloured ; and Madame Welche. 
Front row : Madame H. Jamain, Marie Van Houtte, Anna Ollivier, 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Jean Pernet, and Jean Ducher. Messrs. 
Burrell & Co. were second, also with a delightful collection of blooms, 
but smaller than those in the first prize stand. Messrs. Paul & Son, 
Cheshunt, were third, and Mr. Chas. Turner fourth. 
Six competed with twelve of any Tea or Noisette, Mr. B. R. Cant 
winning with a lovely box of Madame de Watteville, Mr. Prince second 
with a charming lot of The Bride, Mr. Mattock third with the Hon. 
Edith Gifford, and Mr. Turner fourth with Catherine Mermet. Teas in 
trebles, eighteen varieties, brought four stands, and the best was that of 
Mr. G. Prince, a remarkably beautiful one. The varieties were : — Back 
row : Princess of Wales, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Catherine Mermet, 
The Bride, Madame Cusin, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Madame de Watte¬ 
ville, Innocente Pirola, and Jean Ducher. Front row : Alba Rosea, 
Rubens, Caroline Kuster, Francisca Kruger, Hon. Edith Gifford, Etoile 
de Lyon, Comtesse de Panisse, Marie Van Houtte, and Souvenir d’un 
Ami. A charming collection from Mr. Mattock took the second prize ( 
and the third and fourth went respectively to Mr. G. W. Piper, Uckfield, 
and Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co., Salisbury. 
Amateurs’ Classes. 
In the larger classes devoted to amateurs the competition was much 
more limited than in previous years, nor could it be said that the general 
quality was so high as we have been accustomed to seeing, yet several 
of the leading stands were welcome surprises in such an exceptional 
season, and brightness with purity of colour made amends for want of 
size and substance. In some instances heavy storms of the preceding day 
had told disastrously upon the blooms, injured petals and irregularity 
being conspicuous ; but even with difficulties like these to contend with 
fairly creditable stands had been formed in several cases, and it was 
fortunate that it requires a good deal to damp a rosarian’s courage, or 
the Show would have occupied a much smaller space. 
The first class of division C (class 6) was that for forty-eight 
distinct single trusses, in which the premier award was the sixty-guinea 
silver challenge trophy offered by nurserymen. There were only five 
conpetitors, but the skill of the Judges was rather severely tested with 
regard to the two or three leading stands, though after mature de¬ 
liberation the coveted honour was adjudged to Mr. E. B. Lindsell, 
Bearton, Hitchin, who had extremely bright and fresh blooms, with 
here and there a weak one, proving how difficult it had been to cut so 
large a number. The varieties were Xavier Olibo, very handsome ; La 
France, Abel Carriere, Alphonse Soupert, Prince Arthur, Madame 
Gabriel Luizet, Alfred Colomb, Comtesse d’Oxford, Pride of Waltham, 
S. M. Rodocanachi, Chas. Lefebvre, Souvenir d’un Ami, Cornelia Koch, 
Duchess of Bedford, Duke of Wellington, Innocente Pirola, Catherine 
Mermet, Dr. Sewell, Comte Raimbaud, Bouled’Or, Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
Mdlle. Marie Verdier, Dupuy Jamain, Marie Van Houtte, A. K. Williams, 
Violette Bouyer, Victor Verdier, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Rosieriste 
Jacobs, Caroline Kuster, Mons. Boncenne, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, 
Duke of Edinburgh, Marquise de Castellane, Le Havre, Devoniensis, 
Duke of Teck, Etoile de Lyon, Mrs. John Laing, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 
Duke of Albany, Annie Ollivier, E. Y. Teas, Capt. Christy, Maurice 
Bernardin, Heinrich Schultheis, Grand Mogul, and Marie Finger, 
The second place was accorded to Dr. S. B. Budd, 8, Gay Street, Bath, 
who had notable blooms of Reynolds Hole, Louis Van Houtte, and Mrs. 
John Laing in a good collection. The Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering- 
atte-Bower, Essex, was third, his blooms being of fair substance through¬ 
out ; and Mr. A. Slaughter, Jarvis Villa, Steyning, was fourth with rather 
small blooms. 
In class 7 of the same division four competitors arranged stands of 
blooms, and Dr. S. P. Budd succeeded in this case, taking the first prize 
for good examples of the following :—Marie Baumann, Mrs. John Laing, 
Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Louis Van Houtte, Abel Carriere, The Bride, 
Marquise de Castellane, E. Y. Teas, A. K. Williams, Francois Michelon, 
La France, Alfred Colomb, Prince Arthur (extra fine), Her Majesty, 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, and E tienne Levet. Mr. E. B. Lindsell was second - r 
the Rev. A. Berners, Harkstead Rectory, Ipswich, third; and Mr. A. 
Slaughter fourth, all staging moderately good collections. 
Division D also included two classes, in which the competition was 
still more restricted than in that just noticed, only three exhibitors¬ 
entering each. With thirty-six distinct single trusses T. B. Haywood, 
Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate (gardener, Mr. C. J. Salter) secured 
the firstiprize, a piece of plate value 5 guineas, presented by R. N. G. Baker, 
Esq. The blooms were not large, but bright and fresh, and the collec¬ 
tion was altogether one of the most even in the Exhibition. The varieties 
were as follows :—Pride of Reigate, very handsome, one of the best 
blooms we have seen of this distinct variety ; A. K. Williams, La 
France, Etienne Levet, Exposition de Brie, Mrs. J. Laing, Horace 
Vernet, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Madame Victor Verdier, Marie 
Baumann, Capt. Christy, Countess of Rosebery, Francois Michelon ; a- 
bloom wrongly named Duchesse de Vallombrosa, thought to be Edward 
Morren ; Mrs. Baker, Violette Bouyer, Marie Verdier, Dupuy Jamain,. 
Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Duke of Teck, Duchess of Bedford, Viscountess 
Folkestone, Marquise de Castellane, Charles Lefebvre, Ville de Lyon, 
E. Y. Teas, Her Majesty, Camille Bernardin, Pierre Notting, Pride of 
Waltham, Dr. Andry, Comtesse de Serenye, Mrs. Laxton, Auguste 
Rigotard, Alba Rosea, and Comtesse d’Oxford. Col. J. H. Pitt, Turkey 
Court, Maidstone, was second with rather small blooms, but an excellent 
example of Viscountess Folkestone deserves mention. The Rev. W. H- 
Jackson, Stagsden Vicarage, Bedford, was third with blooms which had 
evidently suffered from the weather. 
Class 9 was for twelve distinct varieties, three trusses of each, and 
Mr. Haywood was first for good blooms of Capt. Christy, Marquise de 
Castellane, A. K. Williams, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Marie Van Houtte, 
La France, E. Y. Teas, Etienne Levet, Violette Bouyer, Auguste 
Rigotard, Mrs. J. Laing, and Duke of Teck. Col. J. H. Pitt and the 
Rev. W. H. Jackson were second and third respectively. 
The competition was much more brisk in division E, which also 
comprised two classes. Nine boxes of twenty-four distinct single trusses- 
were staged, and A. Tate, Esq., Downside, Leatherhead (gardener, Mr. 
Mease), won the chief honours with a collection of blooms, good alike in 
substance and colour. The varieties were Alfred Colomb, La Rosiere, 
Earl Dufferin, Madame Cusin, Merveille de Lyon, Marie Baumann, 
Niphetos, Ulrich Brunner, Violette Bouyer, Duchess of Bedford, Xavier 
Olibo, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Jean Ducher, Horace Vernet, Madame 
Lacharme, A. K. Williams, Madame Isaac Perriere, Charles Lefebvre, 
Madame Willermoz, Comtesse d’Oxford, La France, Louis Van Houtte, 
and Catherine Mermet. Mrs. Waterlow, Great Doods, Reigate (gardener, 
Mr. J. Brown), was second ; E. Mawley, Esq., Berkliamstead, was third ; 
and J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Woodford, fouitb. 
For eight triplets R. E. West, Esq., Reigate, took the lead with fresh 
and neat blooms of Duke of Edinburgh, Dr. Andry, La France, Charles 
Lefebvre, General Jacqueminot, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Madame Isaac 
Perribre, and A. K. Williams. Mr. A. Tate followed, Mrs. Waterlow 
was third, and the Rev. A. Foster Melliar, Sproughton Rectory, 
fourth. t 
Four classes were included in division F, and the competition 
throughout was keen, the entries being numerous in each case. ^ In 
class 12 the best eighteen single trusses came from F. P. Baker, Esq., 
Holmfels, Reigate, who had bright but small examples of the follow¬ 
ing ; —Madame Gabriel Luizet, Charles Lefebvre, Alphonse Soupert, 
