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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND C011AGE GARDENER. 
[ July 9,1885. 
and Co., Salisbury, and Mr. B. B. Cant followed in that order, each showing 
fairly good but not remarkable blooms. 
The four collections of eighteen Teas, single trasses, formed an interesting 
and beautiful class, Mr. G. Prince of Oxford again maintaining his pre¬ 
eminence with these favourite Boses by charming blooms of the best 
varieties, distinguished throughout by their substance and excellent form. 
The varieties shown in the premier stand from Oxford were Niphetos, 
Marechal Niel, Innocente Pirola, Hon. Edith Gifford, Catherine Mermet, very 
handsome ; Erancisca Kruger, Souvenir d’un Ami, Anna Ollivier, Souvenir 
d’Eliee Vardon, Madame Caroline Kuster, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Madame 
H. Jamain, Bubens, a grand bloom ; Hdlle. Marie Arnaud, Princess of 
Wales, Jean Pernet, Bellefleur d’Anjou, and a magnificent bloom of 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, of grand substance, for which a silver medal was 
awarded as the best Tea Bose in the nurserymen’s classes. Mr. B. B. Cant, 
who was second, also had some substantial beautiful blooms, very prominent 
amongst which was Madame de Watteville, white or creamy tinted with rose 
round the margin of the petals, a lovely variety Bomewhat like a large but 
less highly coloured Madame Cusin. The latter variety was also splendidly 
shown together with Catherine Mermet and Madame Bravy, the others 
being slightly deficient in size. Mr. C. Turner followed, having Souvenir 
d’un Ami, Triomphe de Milan, and Innocente Pirola, very fine. Messrs. Paul 
and Son took the fourth place with smaller blooms. 
Competition was keen in the four classes of division B, and eleven ex¬ 
hibitors entered with forty-eight single trusses, Messrs. Curtis, Sanford 
and Co., Torquay, winning first honours with a fresh, even, and bright 
collection of the best varieties. Mr. F. Cant, Colchester, had rather rougher 
blooms, but of good colour, and he well deserved the second prize awarded 
to him. Messrs. J. Burrell & Co., Cambridge, and Mr. John House, Peter¬ 
borough, were third and fourth, each with less regular collections, and Mr. 
House’s blooms were not nearly so good as some of those he had at the 
Crystal Palace. With twenty-four triplets Messrs. Curtis, Sanford & Co. 
were again the most successful of the nine exhibitors, being followed by 
Mr. J. House; Messrs. G. Cooling & Son, Bath ; and Messrs. J. Jefferies and 
Son, Cirencester. A beautiful collection of twenty-four Bingle trusses gained 
Messrs. Kinmont & Kidd, Canterbury, the premier honours, their blooms 
being greatly superior to those shown by the five other exhibitors. They 
were distinguished by their fine substance, and in this respect they were 
amongst the best of those Btaged by nurserymen. Especially noteworthy 
were A. K. Williams, Beynolds Hole, Charles Lefebvre, Dupuy Jamain, 
Beauty of Waltham, Horace Vernet. Marie Baumann, Madame Gabriel 
Luizet, and Xavier Olibo. The remaining prizes were secured by Mr. J. 
Mattock, Oxford, Mr. J. Walker, and Mr. G. Mount, St. Dunstan’s, Canter¬ 
bury, whose stand contained three uncommonly handsome blooms—namely, 
Duke of Wellington, Lady Mary Fitzgerald, and Marie Baumann, the latter 
most symmetrical and wonderfully bright in colour, its merits being recog¬ 
nised by the Judges in the award of a silver medal as the best Hybrid 
Perpetual in the nurserymen’s classes. 
Nine excellent collections of a dozen Teas and Noisettes were staged, 
and Mr. G. W. Piper, Uckfield, won the leading honours for very hand¬ 
some blooms of Souvenir d’un Ami, Souvenir d’Elise Yardon, Catherine 
Mermet, Devoniensis, Niphetos, Mardchal Niel, Innocente Pirola, Due de 
Magenta, Madame Caroline Kuster, Adam, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, and 
Jules Mansais. Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, were second, their 
finest blooms being Marechal Niel, Catherine Mermet, Souvenir d’Elise 
Vardon, and Homere. Mr. J. House and Messrs. J. Burrell & Co. were 
third and fourth respectively. 
AMATEURS’ CLASSES. 
There was a good display in these classes, and the competition was 
close; but we cannot accord unqualified praise to the blooms staged, for 
amateurs have often shown much more strongly than on this occasion. As 
in the other classes, the dry weather had evidently produced an injurious 
effect, and when cutting their blooms the majority of exhibitors had selected 
young flowers that were frequently under the average size; and if they 
had been tempted by older and larger blooms they proved very disappoint¬ 
ing when staged. Of course there were exceptions, and one of the most 
remarkable of these was the superb Hlrich Brunner in the Bev. J. H. 
Pemberton’s stand, which was awarded the silver medal as the best Hybrid 
Perpetual in the amateurs’ classes. This was of wonderful substance and 
size, over 5 inches in diameter, the petals massive, and the colour very 
bright. 
Eleven competitors staged in the class for forty-eight distinct single 
trusses, for which the challenge trophy, value 60 guineas, and £5, were 
awarded to the Bev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering, Bomford, for the following 
collection, reading the names as staged from left to right, beginning with 
the back row :—Marquis de Gibot, Mdlle. Eugdnie Yerdier, Madame Charles 
Wood, Magna Charta, Alfred Colomb, Baroness Bothschild, Countess of 
Bosebery, Ulrich Brunner, Madame Eugene Verdier, Dr. Andry, La France, 
finely built flower ; Edouard Morren, Merveille de Lyon, Marie Baumann, 
Pride of Waltham, Etienne Levet, Madame Lambard, Exposition de Brie, 
Anna Olliver, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Countess of Oxford, Madame 
Jacquin, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Marie Bady, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, 
A. K. Williams, Miss Hassard, Star of Waltham, Madame Margottin, 
Madame Montet, Madame Prosper Laugier, Jules Finger, Devienne Lamy, 
Mons. Noman, Abel Carriere, William Warden, Marquise de Castellane, 
Louis Van Houtte, Henri Ledechaux, Horace Yernet, Devoniensis, Franpois 
Michelon, Beine Marie Henriette, Pierre Notting, Marie Cointet, Madame 
Victor Verdier, and a wrongly named variety. W. J. Grant, Esq., Hope End 
Farm, Ledbury, was a very good second, having fine blooms of Constantin 
Tretiakoff, Marie Verdier, Duke of Teck, Bosieriste Jacobs, Marie Baumann, 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, and Alba Kosea. T. W. Girdlestone, Esq., Sun- 
ningdale, Berks, was awarded the third position for a bright collection, 
amongst which several Teas were very prominent. The fourth place fell 
to the Bev. B. C. Hales, Woodmancote Bectory, Henfield, Sussex; this was 
a beautiful class in which 528 blooms were staged. In the class for twenty- 
four distinct varieties there were only two collections staged, the Bev. F. 
Page Boberts, The Bectory, Scole, Norfolk, and J. Gurney Fowles, Esq., 
Woodford, Essex, were first and second respectively. 
Eleven entries were staged of twelve distinct varieties, three trusses of 
each. The Bev. J. H. Pemberton was well to the front with a noble collec¬ 
tion, the blooms both bright and massive. Etienne Levet, La France-, 
Madame Victor Verdier, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Ulrich Brunner, Pride of 
Waltham, Mons. Noman, Louis Van Houtte, Merveille de Lyon, A. K, 
Williams, Duchess de Vallombrosa, Exposition de Brie. T. W. Girdlestone, 
Esq., took second honours. Souvenir d’Elise Varden, Marie Baumann, 
and Merveille de Lyon grand examples. E. N. G. Baker, Esq., Heavitree, 
Devon, and Mr. S. P. Budd, 8, Jay Street, Bath, were awarded third and 
fourth prizes in the order of their names. In this, like the forty-eight 
class, the prizes were very keenly contested, all the exhibits being of good 
quality and colour. 
The Bev. F. Page Boberts worthily deserved the premier award for 
eighteen Teas, so remarkably even were they that to attract the admiration 
of everyone. His varieties were Innocente Pirola, Anna Ollivier, Madame 
Welche, Caroline Kuster, Madame Bravy, La Boule d’Or, Madame Hippolyte 
Jamain, Jean Ducher, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, ComtesBe de Nadaillac, 
Madame Margottin, Niphetos, Marie Guillot, Catherine Mermet, Marie Van 
Houtte, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, and Etoile de Lyon. T. W. Girdlestone,. 
Esq., was awarded second honours. Alfred Slaughter, Esq., Jarvis Villa, 
Steyning, third, and T. B. Hall, Esq., Larch Wood, Bock Ferry, fourth. 
The chief class in division D was that for twenty-four single trusses, 
in which there were eight entries. H. J. Waterlow, Esq., Great Doods, 
Beigate (gardener, Mr. J. Brown), being awarded first honours for a pretty 
collection of well-selected varieties, comprising the following :—La France, 
Due de Bohan, Henri Ledechaux, Merveille de Lyon, La France, Mrs. Baker, 
Ferdinand de Lesseps, Heinrich Schultheis, Baroness de Bothschild, Anna 
Ollivier, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Etienne Levet, Duchess of Connaught, 
Franqois Michelon, very fine; Madame Gabriel Luizet, Eugene Fiirst, Star 
of Waltham, A. K. Williams, Duke of Connaught, Capitaine Christy, 
Pride of Beigate, very fine ; Edouard Morren, Marie Bady, Mons. E. T. Teas, 
extremely good ; and Jules Finger, similarly beautiful. Miss Watson Taylor, 
Manor House, Headington, and B. E. West, Esq., Beigate, were second and 
third respectively. Six stands of eight triplets were staged ; Mr. Brown p 
Mr. W. L. Jackson, Stagsden Vicarage Mr. W. H. Wakeley, Bainham ; and 
the Bev. E. L. Fellowes, Wimpole Bectory, Koyston, being the prizetakers, 
the first-named having a particularly handsome collection, in which Marie- 
Bady and Etienne Levet at once attracted attention. 
With eighteen single trusses Miss Baker, Holmfels, Beigate, won leading 
honours for a pleasing stand of the varieties Etienne Levet, Charles 
Lefebvre, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Hippolyte Jamain, La France, Victor 
Verdier, Marquise de Castellane, Francois Michelon, Jules Finger, Violette- 
Bouyer, and Dr. Hogg. E. M. Bethune, Esq., Denne Park, Horsham, was 
second with even blooms. Miss Christy, Coombe Bank, Kingston (gardener, 
Mr. Moorman), was third with a bright and good collection, and the Bev, 
E. L. Fellowes was fourth. Four other exhibitors showed in this class. 
Strong competition prevailed in the class for twelve Teas or Noisettes, ten 
exhibitors entering, and all staged well. Mr. Brown took the lead with 
fine examples of Jean Ducher (for which the silver medal was awarded as 
the best Tea Bose in the amateur classes), Madame Cusin, Madame Caroline 
Kuster, Anna Ollivier, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Barrillet Deschamps, 
Devoniensis, Souvenir d’un Ami, Catherine Mermet, Bouquet d’Or, Alba 
Bosea, and Comtesse de Nadaillac. Miss Baker was a close second, her 
blooms of Anna Ollivier, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Princess of Wales, Hon, 
Edith Gifford, Madame Willermoz, and Comtesse de Nadaillac being 
remarkably beautiful. Good examples were also noticeable in the third 
and fourth-prize stands from the Bev. E. G. King and Mr. W. H. Wakeley. 
Division E contained four classes, in all of which there was good com¬ 
petition, but we cannot give the details of each. The prizewinners were 
however, as follows :—Class 16.—Twelve distinct, single trusses.—First, 
E. B. Lindsell, Esq., Hitchin. Second, Bev. A. Foster-Melliar, Bury St. 
Edmunds. Third, Bev. W. Wilks, Croydon. Class 17.—Nine distinct, 
single trusses.—First, Mrs. Fuller, Bexley, Kent. Second, Bev. C. Eddy, 
Basingstoke. Third, Bev. J. G. Hodgson, Hythe. Fourth, Mr. J. Sladden, 
Worcester. Class 18.—Six distinct, single trusses.—First, Mr. A. Horne, 
Beigate. Second, Bev. F. S. Taylor, Evesham. Third, Mr. J. Bateman, 
Highgate Boad. Fourth, Bev. F. B. Burnside, Gloucester. Class 19.—Six 
Teas or Noisettes, distinct, single trusses.—First, Bev. A. Foster-Melliar. 
Second, Mr. J. Sladden. Third, Bev. J. G. Hodgson. Fourth, E. B. 
Lindsell, Esq. 
EXTRA CLASSES. 
Baskets of Boses were contributed by five exhibitors, all very similar in 
style, the blooms being arranged with Fern fronds, rather closely packed, 
and not quite so lightly placed as might have been desired. The most 
effective, however, was that from Eckroyde Claxton, Esq., The Bosery, 
Allerton, Liverpool, some handsome blooms being employed, and the lower 
part of the basket was clothed with moss. Mrs. Cuthell, Capelcraft, and the 
Bev. Allan Cheales, Brockham Vicarage, being second and third. An addi¬ 
tional class for twenty-four blooms, twelve Hybrid Perpetuals and the same 
number of Teas or Noisettes, was provided, in which the Veitch Memorial 
medal and prize were offered, and it was expected that these would have 
brought a stronger competition than was the case, as though there were 
nine entries the blooms were only of average merit. The Bev. W. II. 
Jackson secured the substantial honours named, with Hybrid Perpetuals 
Marie Bady, Madame G. Luizet, Etienne Levet, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, 
Marie Finger, Duke of Edinburgh, Madame G. Luizet, Marie Baumann, 
Madame Lacharme, Franpois Michelon, Charles Lefebvre, Eugene Verdier, 
and La France. Teas, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Alba Bosea, Madame 
Caroline Kuster, Catherine Mermet, Madame Marie Van Houtte, Souvenir 
d’un Ami, Innocente Pirola, Homere, Jean Ducher, and Madame Angele 
Jacquin. The Bev. H. Berners, Harkstead Bectory, Ipswich, was second, 
and Mr. J. Grant third, each showing small but neat blooms. Far the best 
of seven collections of six varieties were from Mr. H. Foster, Ashford, Kent, 
who had excellent examples of Abel Carriere, A. K. Williams, Madame 
Hippolyte, Marie Bady, Avocat Duvivier, and Alba Bosea. H. E. Ponsford, 
Esq., Elm Lodge, Beigate ; P. Waterer, Esq., Sutton, Surrey ; and the Bev. 
F. H. Gall, Hitchin, followed in that order. 
For the best six trusses of any Hybrid Perpetual Bose there were 
eighteen entries, and the prizes were awarded in the following order :—First, 
Mr. S. B. Budd, (Bath, with Ulrich Brunner very handsome; second, G. 
Christy, Esq., Buckhurst Lodge, Westerham, with Mons. Noman, almost 
equally good ; third, Mr. Grant, with Constantin Tretiakoff; and fourth, Mr. 
