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not be a success ; but it was, and I have the pleasure of recording that, 
taking it all in all, it was the most successful provincial show the 
National has ever held. Birmingham wa3 last year looked upon as our 
greatest success, but now it is exceeded by Hereford; a larger number of 
Boses were exhibited, and the gate money greatly exceeded that taken at 
the big city. Then exhibits came from all parts of the kingdom. Not 
only were the western counties represented, but Kent, Surrey, Essex, 
Sussex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, and the midlands were re¬ 
presented but Yorkshire. Scotland sent her contingent, and so the Green 
Isle, while a hearty welcome was provided by the chief magistrate for the 
Judges, exhibitors, and officials connected with the Show. The Society 
have received many a warm welcome, but perhaps we may say never one so 
hearty and so generous as that received here. The difficulty of railway 
■communication was overcome by the Great Western Railway consenting 
to run a special train from Gloucester, so as to enable those who left 
London hy the 9.15 to travel on the same night and reach Hereford in 
the small hours of the morning. All the arrangements were excellently 
carried out by Mr. Burnside, on whom the chief burden rested; 
and from first to last no hitch occurred, and the meeting was an 
unqualified success. 
The Exhibition was held in the Castle grounds, and as the day was 
all that could be desired it was a most charming scene. The exhibition 
tent was one of noble proportions, being 280 feet in length. There was 
a double row of stands down the centre and stages all round the sides, 
and yet there was not room enough for all. A little crowding in some 
places occurred. 
Nurserymen. 
In the Jubilee class (nurserymen), for which there were eight entries’ 
Mr. F. Cant of Colchester was first with Comtesse d’Oxford, Jeannie 
Dickson, Marie Baumann, Mrs. John Laing, Victor Hugo, Eugene 
Verdier, Catherine Mermet, Crown Prince, La France, Duke of Teck, 
Francois Michelon, Etienne Levet, Star of Waltham, Lady Mary 
Fitzwilliam, Alfred Colomb, Prince Arthur, Hon. Edith Gifford, Camille 
Bernardin, Madame Susanne Rodocanachi, Pride of Waltham, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Her Majesty, Ulrich Brunner, Merveille de Lyon, Pride of 
Reigate, Charles Lefebvre, Mar6chal Niel, Duke of Wellington, Duchesse 
de Vallombrosa, A. K. Williams, E. Y. Teas, Ernest Metz, Madame 
Cusin, Horace Vernet, and Madame de Watteville. Mr. Baker was 
second, Mr. B. R. Cant third, and Messrs. Harkness & Son fourth. 
In the class for seventy-two Mr. Frank Cant was again first with 
Her Majesty, Prince Arthur. Souvenir d’un Ami, Madame Victor Verdier, 
Heinrich Schultheis, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Lady Sheffield, Jeannie 
Dickson, Pierre Notting, Marie Van Houtte, Louis Van Houtte, Merveille 
•de Lyon, Duke of Edinburgh (Tea), Alfred Colomb, Madame Ducher, 
Francois Michelon, Abel Carriere, Cheshunt Hybrid, Gustave Piganeau, 
Catherine Mermet, Beauty of Waltham, Marie Cointet, Susanne Rodo- 
■canachi, E. Y. Teas, Ernest Metz, Charles Darwin, Madame de Watte¬ 
ville, Star of Waltham, La France, Duke of Teck, Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
Earl of Pembroke, Madame Hoste, Victor Hugo, Pride of Waltham, 
A. K. Williams, The Bride, Prince Camille de Rohan, Innocente Pirola, 
Camille Bernardin, Marie Verdier, Countess of Rosebery, Rubens, Duke 
of Wellington, Viscountess Folkestone, Marie Baumann, Mrs. John Laing, 
Duke of Connaught, Marquise de Castellano, Dr. Sewell, Niphetos, 
Etienne Levet, Marie Finger, Mrs. Harry Turner, Duchesse de Mornv, 
Fisher Holmes, Madame Cusin, Charles Lefebvre, Baroness Rothschild, 
Anna Ollivier, Rosieriste Jacobs, Ulrich Brunner, Jean Ducher, Pride of 
Reigate, Hon. Edith Gifford, Francis Levet, Marquise de St. Amand, 
Countess of Oxford, Duke of Vallombrosa, Dupuy Jamain. Messrs. 
Paul & Son were second, Mr. B. R. Cant was third, and British Fruit 
and Rose Company fourth. 
In the class for thirty-six trebles Mr. B. R. Cant was first with Duke 
of Edinburgh, Her Majesty, Charles Lefebvre, Marguerite de St. Amand, 
Camille Bernardin, Baroness Rothschild, Souvenir d’un Ami, Exposition 
de Brie, Fisher Holmes, Alfred Dumesnil, Dupuy Jamain, Auguste 
Guinoiseau, Alfred Colomb, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Marie Cointet, 
Susanne Rodocanachi, Jeannie Dickson, Earl of Dufferin, Annie Laxton, 
Duke of Wellington, Madame de Watteville, Prince Arthur, Mrs. John 
Laing, Etienne Levet, Marie Verdier, Marie Baumann, Violette Bouyer, 
A. K. Williams, Gustave Piganeau, Heinrich Schultheis, Beauty of 
Waltham, Merveille de Lyon, Gbnbral Jacquemino f , La France, Ulrich 
Brunner, and Madame Clemence Joigneux. Messrs. Paul &; Son were 
second, and the British Fruit and Rose Company third. 
In the class for thirty-six singles Mr. Geo. Prince was first with 
Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Senateur Vaisse, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 
Etienne Levet, Her Majesty, Marie Baumann, Innocente Pirola, Pride of 
Waltham, Viscountess Folkestone, C. Darwin, Princess of Wales, Marie 
Rady, Madame Caillot, Susanne Rodocanachi, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, 
Sultan of Zanzibar, La France, Exposition de Brie, Marie Finger, A. K. 
Williams, Mrs. J. Laing, Annie Wood, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Prince 
Camille de Rohan, Anna Ollivier, Franqois Michelon, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
Dr. Andry, Merveille de Lyon, Earl of Pembroke, Captain Christy, Victor 
Hugo, Mardchal Niel, Jeannie Dickson, The Bride, Baronne Adolphe de 
Rothschild. Curtis, Sanford & Co. of Torquay were second ; Mr. S. G. 
Ramsey, third ; and Messrs. Jefferies & Son, Cirencester, fourth. 
In the class for eighteen trebles Messrs. Jefferies & Son of Cirencester 
were first with Comtesse d’Oxford, Her Majesty, Viscountess Folkestone, 
Baroness Rothschild, Duke of Edinburgh, Mrs. John Laing, General 
Jacqueminot, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Ulrich Brunner, Rubens, A. K. 
William^, Merveille de Lyon, Beauty of Waltham, Etienne Levet, 
Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Le Havre, and Marie Van Houtte. Mr. 
George Prince was second ; and Messrs. Curtis, Sanford & Co., third. 
Amateurs. 
In the Jubilee class for twenty-four single varieties, distinct, open to 
all amateurs, the Rev. J. H. Pemberton was first with Etienne Levet, 
Magna Charta, Marie Finger, Comte Raimbaud, Ulrich Brunner, A. K. 
Williams, Frangois Michelon, Charles Darwin, Mrs. John Laing, Marie 
Baumann, William Warden, Comtesse d’Oxford, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Charles Lefebvre, Merveille de Lyon, E. Y. Teas, Earl of Dufferin, 
Beauty of Waltham, Catherine Mermet, Exposition de Brie, and Madame 
Cusin ; Mr. A. Slaughter was second ; Mr. R. G. Baker was third ; and 
Mr. E.B. Lindsell fourth. Thus Mr. Pemberton again becomes possessor of 
the trophy. 
In the class for thirty-six singles, Mr. S. P. Budd of Bath was first 
with Susanne Rodocanachi, Sir Garnet Wolseley, Franqois Michelon, 
Charles Lefebvre, Merveille de Lyon, Etienne Levet, La Duchesse de 
Morny, Ella Gordon, A. K. Williams, Ulrich Brunner, Star of Waltham, 
Marie Verdier, Her Majesty, Duchess of Bedford, Comtesjede Nadaillac, 
E. Y. Teas, Abel Carriere, Comtesse Raimbaud, Mrs. John Laing, Louis 
Van Houtte, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier, Alfred Colomb, Innocente Pirola, 
Earl of Dufferin, Madame Charles Crapelet, Charles Darwin, Catherine 
Mermet, Pierre C&rot, The Bride, Duke of Wellington, Dupuy Jamain, 
Victor Hugo, Caroline Kuster, Eclair, Madame Gabriel Luizet, and Xavier 
Olibo. The Rev. J. H. Pemberton was second ; aud Mr. T. B. Haywood 
third, and Mr. E. B. Lindsell fourth. In the class for twelve varieties Mr. 
S. P. Budd was again first with Alfred Colomb, Her Majesty, Marie 
Rady, Merveille de Lyon, Madame Eugene Verdier, Etienne Levet, 
Victor Hugo, The Bride, Duchess of Bedford, Mrs. J. Laing, Marie Bau¬ 
mann, and Francis Michelon. The Rev. J. H Pemberton was second ; 
Mr. R. G. Baker third, and Mr. E. B. Lindsell fourth. In the class for 
twenty-four singles, Mr. E. Mawley was first with Charles Lefebvre, 
Francois Michelon, Le Havre, Etienne Levet, Her Majesty, Madame 
Gabriel Luizet, Ulrich Brunner, Niphetos, Dupuy Jamain, Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, Comtesse d’Oxford, Captain Christy, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, 
Horace Vernet, Marie Finger, Sultan of Zanzibar, E. Y. Teas, Mrs. John 
Laing, Duke of Wellington, Catherine Mermet, Abel Carriere, Caroline 
Kuster, Camille Bernardin. Mr. M. Whittle, Leicester, was second ; Mr. 
A. Slaughter third ; and Mr. W. Narrowing, Oxford, fourth. 
In the class for twelve singles Lieut.-Col. Standish Hore was first 
with Horace Vernet, Marie Finger, Prince Arthur. Camille Bernardin, 
Beiuty of Waltham, Xavier Olibo, Mrs. John Laing, Fisher Holmes, 
Heinrich Schultheis, Louis Van Houtte, Le Havre, and La France. An 
excellent box of blooms. The Rev. F. Page Roberts was second; Mr. 
James Parker, Headington, was third ; and Mr. W. Boyes of Derby 
was fourth. In six distinct single trusses Mr. C. E. Cuthell was first 
with Mrs. Baker, Baroness Rothschild, Mrs. John Laing, A. K. Williams, 
Camille Bernardin, and La France. Mr. T. A. Washbourne of Huccle- 
cote, Gloucester, was second ; Mr. C. Graham of Croydon third ; and 
Mr. Rawlings of Cirencester fourth. 
In the class for Herefordshire nurserymen, for twenty-four singles, 
Mr. C. Whiting of Hereford was first, and Mr. James Davis of 
Bodenham second. For twenty-four singles (amateurs) Mr. Walter 
Drew of Ledbury was first, also winning the silver medal for the best 
box amongst local amateurs. Mr. J. Pulley was second ; Miss Baker 
was third. Twelve singles.—The Rev. C. H. Bulmer of Credenhill was 
first, Mr. F. Ecroyd was second, and the Rev. Sir George Cornewall, 
Bart., third. In six singles Mr. G. V. Bankes of Bath was first, Rev. 
C. H. Bulmer second, and Mrs. E. H. Landon third. For six Teas or 
Noisettes Mr. Walter Drew was the only prizetaker. 
In the class for six new Roses the Rev. J. H. Pemberton was the only 
exhibitor. Roses were Maid of the Mist, Jeannie Dickson, Souvenir de 
Sarah A. Prince, T. W. Girdlestone, Lady Arthur Hill, and Cleopatra. 
There was a very beautiful display of garden Roses, which attracted 
general admiration, showing the increased popularity of these flowers. 
Mr. C. E. Cuthell was first, Mr. Julius Sladden of Evesham second, and 
Miss Mellish third. 
Tea and Noisette Division. 
In the open class for twelve trebles there was perhaps one of the 
most perfect boxes of these lovely flowers ever set up by the Rev. F. R. 
Burnside, of Bank Vicarage, Hereford ; it contained lovely examples of 
Catherine Mermet, The Bride, Madame de Watteville, Rubens, Madame 
Cusin, Madame Bravy, Francisca Kruger, Souvenir d’Elisa Vardon, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Anna Ollivier, Princess of Wales, and Innocente 
Pirola. Mr. Frank Cant was second, Mr. A. H. Gray third, and Mr. 
Geo. Prince of Oxford fourth. 
Nurserymen. 
In the class for eighteen, distinct, Mr. Geo. Prince was first with 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Niphetos, Madame de Watteville, Innocente 
Pirola, Ernest Metz, Alba Rosea, Madame Berard, Rubens, Madame 
Cusin, The Bride, Souvenir d’un Ami, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, 
Catherine Mermet, Hon. Edith Gifford, Princess of Wales, Devoniensis, 
Adam, and Souvenir d’Elise Vardon. Mr. Frank Cant of Colchester was 
second, and Mr. B. R. Cant third. In twelve Teas Messrs. Jefferies 
and Sons of Cirencester were first with Niphetos, Madame Berard, 
Souvenir d’un Ami, Jean Ducher, Madame de Watteville, Marie Van 
Houtte, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Catherine Mermet, Hon. Edith 
Gifford, Madame Cusin, The Queen, and Madame Lambard. Cranston 
(Limited) second, Curtis & Sanford third, and S. G. Ramsey fourth. 
Amateurs. 
In the class for four singles the Rev. F. R. Burnside was first with a 
fine box of blooms, containing Catherine Mermet (this flower also 
obtained the medal for the best Tea in the Show), The Bride, Souvenir 
