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much cut or divided, so that they have the appearance of being 
crested. 
There are several others catalogued in addition to the species and 
varieties briefly referred to above, but these comprise the cream of the 
genus and give variety enough for all ordinary purposes.—W. H. Taplin 
(in The American Florist ). 
ROSE SHOWS. 
GLOUCESTER.— July 7th. 
The promoters of this new and vigorous Society have hitherto been 
so fortunate in the very material point of fine weather that it was a rude 
shock to them to find the morning opening in that drizzling sort of rain 
which is so depressing to all with attractions which are so dependent 
on a fine day for success. It was fortunate for them that the Show was 
held under cover in the Corn Exchange, and in the afternoon the 
weather cleared off in time to allow visitors to see the treat that was 
provided for them. The liberal schedule and the excellent arrangements 
that had been made for the exhibitors under the able and courteous 
Secretary brought together a large number of exhibitors. Very many 
flowers of excellent quality were exhibited. Thus in the class for 
seventy-twos there were five competitors, although at the Show of the 
National at the Crystal Palace there were only three ; and although, as 
generally has hitherto been the case in this season of violent thunder¬ 
storms, there were few flowers of special excellence there were many 
which were of real merit, and especially was this the case in the 
amateur classes, those of Mr. S. P. Budd and Mr. Pemberton being 
specially noticeable. 
In the class for twelve distinct the first prize was awarded to Mr. 
B. R. Cant of Colchester for a fine stand of the following varieties :— 
Alfred Dumesnil, Queen of Queens, Ulrich Brunner, Madame Caillot, 
Duke of Teck, Marie Van Houtte, Magna Charta, Madame de Watteville, 
Abel Carriere, Niphetos, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Countess of Oxford, 
Annie Laxton, Madame Bravy, St. George, Jean Soupert, Caroline 
Kuster, Duke of Wellington, Grace Darling, Sultan of Zanzibar, Madame 
Cusin, Caroline Kuster, Boule d’Or, Countess of Rosebery, Etoile de 
Lyon, Alfred Colomb, Baroness Rothschild, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, 
La France, Cleopatra, Marie Verdier, Marguerite de St. Amand, 
Camille Bernardin, Marie Cointet, Marie Baumann, Ruben* 1 , Marquise 
de Castellane, Comtesse de Panisse, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Mrs. 
John Laing, Violette Bouyer, Innocente Pirola, Madame Clemence 
Joigneux, Catherine Mermet, General Jacqueminot, Madame G. Luizet, 
AngMe Jacquier, Merveille de Lyon, Le Havre, Souvenir de Paul 
Neyron, Lord Macaulay, and The Bride. Messrs. Paul & Son were 
second with a good stand, in which was conspicuous a fine bloom of 
their new Bourbon Mrs. Paul. Mr. Frank Cant was third ; the English 
Fruit and Rose Company (Cranston) fourth ; and Mr. George Prince 
fifth. 
In the class for twenty-four trebles Mr. B. R. Cant was again first 
with a good stand of Abel Carribre, Souvenir d’Elise, Prince Arthur, 
Magna Charta, BaromS3 Rothschild, Annie Laxton, Marbchal Niel, Duke 
of Wellington, Ulrich Brunner, Innocente Pirola, Madame de Watteville, 
Camille Bernardin, A. K. Williams, Marie Van Houtte, La France, 
Madame Cusin, Gbnbral Jacqueminot, Souvenir d’un Ami, Madame 
G. Luizet, Victor Hugo, Duke of Edinburgh, Duchess of Vallombrosa, 
Merveille de Lyon, Dupuy Jamain, and Alfred Colomb. Mr. F. Cant 
was second, and Mr. Geo. Prince third. 
In the class for twenty-four single trusses, Messrs. G. & W. Burch of 
Peterborough were first with Her Majesty, Exposition de Brie, Mons. 
Noman, Marie Baumann, Antoine Ducher, Violette Bouyer, Etienne 
Levet, Madame G. Luizet, Duke of Edinburgh, Lady M. Fitzwilliam, La 
Rosiere, Niphetos, Reynolds Hole, Catherine Mermet, Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, and Madame V. Verdier. Miss Tressider of Cardiff was 
second. In the class for twelve trebles Messrs. Jefferies & Sons of 
Cirencester were first with Madame V. Verdier, Mrs. John Laing, 
Captain Christy, La France, Exposition de Brie, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Viscountess Folkestone, Duke of Teck, Rubens, Etienne Levet, and 
Charles Lamb. Messrs. Burch were second, and Messrs. Mattock of 
Oxford third. 
In the class for eighteen Teas and Noisettes (trebles) Mr. George 
Prince of Oxford was first with lovely blooms of Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
Rubens, Souvenir d’un Ami, Alba Rosea, Marbchal Niel, Anna Ollivier, 
Marie Van Houtte, Catherine Mermet, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, 
Francisca Kruger, Hon. Edith Gifford, Jean Ducher, Princess of Wales, 
Cornelia Koch, and Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Mr. F. Cant was second. 
In the class for twelve Teas and Noisettes (single trusses), Mr. John 
Mattock was first with Comtesse de Nadaillac, The Bride, Catherine 
Mermet, Princess of Wales, Souvenir d’Elise, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
Francisca Kruger, Cornelia Koch, Adam, and Madame Hippolyte 
Jamain. Messrs. Burch were second, and Mr. Rumsey third. 
In the amateurs’ class for thirty-six blooms there was a sharp contest 
between those two redoubtable champions, Mr. S. P. Budd and the Rev. 
J. H. Pemberton, the former gaining the victory with an excellent box, 
containing Her Majesty, Exposition de Brie, Marie Baumann, Duchess 
of Vallombrosa, Magna Charta, Ulrich Brunner, Antoine Ducher, 
Violette Bouyer, Madame G. Luizet, Pride of Waltham, Madame Bravy, 
Duke of Edinburgh, A. K. Williams, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Madame 
Willermoz, La Rosiere, Niphetos, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Reynolds Hole, 
T nnocente Pirola, Marie Verdier, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Madame 
Cusin, Louis Van Houtte, Merveille de Lyon, Alfred Colomb, See. The 
Rev. J. H. Pemberton was second with fine blooms, among them being 
a grand bloom of Ulrich Brunner, for which the silver medal of the 
National Rose Society for the best H.P. in the amateur classes was- 
awarded. In the trebles, twelve varieties, the same order was observed. 
Mr. Budd’s flowers were Madame Verdier, Merveille de Lyon, Captain 
Christy, La France, The Bride, Mrs. John Laing, Exposition de Brie,. 
Duke of Edinburgh, Viscountess Folkestone, Duke of Teck, Etienne 
Levet, Rubens, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Charles Lamb. Mr. Pemberton 
was second. In the class for twelve blooms of any light Rose Mr. B. R. 
Cant won the first prize with a beautiful lot of Madame de Watteville; 
The Cranston Company were second with La France ; and Mr. Budd 
third with Mrs. John Laing. In the prize for twelve of any dark 
Rose Mr. Prince was first with Camille de Rohan ; Mr. B. R. Cant 
second with Ulrich Brunner ; and Mr. Frank Cant third with the same 
variety. In the class for twelve of any yellow Rose Mr. Prince was 
first with Marie Van Houtte ; Mr. B. R. Cant second with the same 
variety. 
Silver medals were awarded as follows :—1, The best H.P. by any 
amateur, Marshal P. Wilder, Rev. J. H. Pemberton; 2, The best 
Tea by any amateur, The Bride, Dr. Budd ; 3, The best Rose by a 
Gloucestershire amateur, The Bride, Mr. T. A. Washbourn ; 4, The best 
Rose by an amateur within the boundary of the City of Gloucester, 
La France, Mrs. Pike ; 5, The best Tea by a Gloucester amateur, The 
Bride (the same Rose as No. 3), Mr. T. A. Washbourn ; 6, The best Rose 
in the Cottagers’ Division, La France, Mr. F. Bircher. The first four 
medals were given by the Gloucestershire Rose Society ; 5, by Mr. W. J- 
Grant; 6, by Mr. J. Thorpe. 
1 have only enumerated here the principal classes, but I cannot close 
these notes without expressing the great satisfaction experienced 
by seeing the progress made by local amateurs in the exhibition of their 
flowers. When the Show was first contemplated a gentleman long 
resident in the city said it was no use trying to grow Roses in Gloucester¬ 
shire, and when he saw the first exhibition he might have pointed to 
local stands as proof of his statement, but he would have thought very 
differently of this Show ; there was an absence of bad blooms and the 
presence of some really excellent ones, which was most creditable to the 
growers, and only showed how much good is done by such exhibitions. 
It may be added that one bloom exhibited in this class obtained two- 
silver medals, and Mr. Conway Jones’ blooms were all very creditable, 
and this fact alone would be sufficient to encourage the promoters of 
the Show to go on and prosper, for to give people greater enjoyment in 
their gardens, to encourage the standard of excellence, and to bring 
into the pleasant arena those who have feared they could not grow 
Roses good enough are surely aims worth seeking after, and these aims 
were very successfully prosecuted by the Gloucestershire Rose Society.— 
D., Deal. 
DISS.— July 7th. 
This is a most excellent and plucky little Show, where all the arrange¬ 
ments are of the first order and the exhibits are generally of a high class. 
All that is wanted is a sufficient number of people to come and see it, 
and the neighbourhood, being not thickly populated, this desirable- 
foundation of prosperity is often sadly shaken by a shower or two. 
A fine afternoon will bring people into a flower show if they are close at 
hand, but if they have some miles to drive, a thundershower in the 
middle of the day (and Diss has often been unfortunate in this respect) 
will keep them at home, although the weather should completely clear 
up afterwards. An additional attraction was provided this year in the 
shape of a £10 challenge cup for twenty-four Roses (amateurs), which 
was given by a few friends in memory of the late Rev. H. T. Frere, who 
lived near Diss. The candidates for this trophy, consisting of the usual 
habitubs of amateur Rose growing in East Anglia, duly arrived therefore 
by the first train, but it was noticeable that they became somewhat 
thoughtful and subdued when the legend, “ E. B. L., Hitchin,” was 
discovered on some of the boxes in the van. The Show was held on the 
lawn, by permission of Francis Taylor, Esq., M.P., and when setting 
up commenced, the presence of representatives of not only the amateur 
champion, but also the present and late professional trophy holders, 
gave promise of a good show of such Rose3 as were to be had for the 
good folk of the little town of Diss and neighbourhood. The pro¬ 
fessionals, however, had evidently not yet begun to cut from their 
maiden or strongest shoots, and the best blooms, both H.P. and Tea, 
were still to be found in the amateur classes. 
In the open class for thirty-six five stands were shown, and Mr. 
Frank Cant of Colchester was placed first with a fairly even collection, 
in which, however, no blooms could be called quite first class, unless it 
was a solid one of Lady Mary Fitzwilliam. Rev. A. Foster-Melliar of 
Sproughton was second with well coloured and tolerably clean examples, 
but nothing of more than average merit. D. Prior & Sons of Colchester 
were third with smaller blooms. Mr. B. R. Cant and Rev. H. A. 
Berners of Harkstead also exhibited in this class. Three stands 
we:e shown for two prizes in the eighteen Teas (open) class, and 
Mr. Berners was placed first, having fair specimens of Innocente 
Pirola and Cleopatra. Mr. B. R. Cant was second with a lot of 
medium quality ; and Mr. Foster-Melliar was unplaced with a poor 
looking stand. 
For the new challenge cup in the class for twenty-four (amateurs) 
there were four exhibits. Mr. Foster-Melliar was placed first with a 
good box of H. P.’s, large, solid, and highly coloured. Among his best 
blooms were Madame G. Luizet (which gained the medal as the best H.P.), 
