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Long Bacon, Reine Marie Henriette, Duke of Wellington, Marie Van 
Houtte, Constantin Tretiakoff, Safrano, Comtesse d’Oxford, and Madame 
Noman. The second collection was staged by Rev. L. Garnett, Christleton, 
Chester, whose, best flowers were Catherine Mermet, Baroness Rothschild 
excellent, Marie .Van Houtte, Framjois Michelon, Marie Finger, and La 
France, a magnificent bloom. Mr. Hall was again first for eighteen 
varieties, and Rev. L. Garnett of Christleton second, hoth staging good 
lots. The premier collection were excellent, particularly the following :— 
Gloire de Dijon, Madame Gabrielle Luizet, Marie Baumann, Catherine Bell, 
Souvenir de Malm.aison, and Dingee Conard. For twelve blooms, any light 
variety, and a similar, exhibit of any dark variety, Mr. Hall was first in each 
cla,ss, staging Catherine Bell and Dingee Conard respectively, both stands 
being very fine, particularly the twelve dark blooms, Dingee Conard being 
a very fine variety. 
For twelve Tea or Noisette varieties the National Rose Society’s silver 
medal, in addition to cash, was offered. Three superb stands were staged, 
any of which merited the leading prize. The first award, however, fell to 
Ecroyde Claxton, Esq., Allerton, whose blooms were magnificent, the col¬ 
lection included the following :—Caroline Kuster, Madame Cusin, Princess 
of Wales, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Alba Rosea, Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
Souvenir d'un. Ami, Innocente Pirola, immense ; Madame Hippolyte 
Jamain, Catherine Mermet, David Pradel, Amazone. Second, T. B. Hall, 
Esq., with a splendid lot; Innocente Pirola, Perle des Jardins, President, 
and Marie Van Houtte were especially good. 
In the class for six varieties M. Bullay, Esq., was a good first with 
splendid blooms of Madame Cusin, Innocente Pirola, very large ; Souvenir 
d’Elise, Marcellin Rhoda, Etoile de Lyon, and another not named ; and W. 
Hall, Esq., second. 
The miscellaneous exhibits added materially to the attractions of the 
Show, notably the three boxes of Roses, thirty-six varieties of herbaceous 
Poeonies and hardy flowers staged by Messrs. James Dickson & Son, New¬ 
ton Nurseries, Chester - . We scarcely knew which to admire most, the 
Poeonies or Roses, but the palm must be given to the queen of flowers. 
Messrs. F. & A. Dickson, Chester, staged an admirable collection of twenty- 
four Poeonies, which were greatly admired. Mr. S. Johnson, South Grove 
Nurseries, Oxton, had a fine group of foliage and flowering plants, Palms, 
Crotons, Dracaenas, Pelargoniums, Gloxinias, Rhodanthe Manglesi, Lilium 
eximium, &c., as well as boxes of Poeonies, Pelargoniums, and Roses. 
Ecroyde Claxton, Esq., Allerton, showed a beautiful stand of ten Roses ; 
especially praiseworthy were twelve blooms of Madame Cusin, also David 
Pradel and Madame H. Jamain. 
CARDIFF.— July 1st. 
This was held in the Drill Hall, Cardiff, on July 1st. It was the fifth 
annual Show, and the only real Rose Show held in Wales. At the first, we 
can remember, the exhibits were very few and the attendance small—not by 
any means an encouraging beginning, but this did not deter the indefati¬ 
gable Hon. Sec., Mr. Pettigrew, and a well organised Committee from pushing 
on with their good work, and the Show under notice was a great success in 
every respect, there being numerous exhibitors, local, and from a distance, a 
gorgeous, display of blooms, and a good attendance of the public. The Hall 
is a spacious one, well lighted, and admirably adapted for a flower show 
and promenade. The Roses occupied two rows of tables in the centre, and 
others were staged along the sides, and the floral display was greatly en¬ 
hanced hy lines and groups of beautiful flowering and fine-foliaged plants 
from Cardiff Castle. These were a show in themselves, and added much to 
the general effect. 
Coming to the Roses, we need not give a list of the names of the blooms 
in each collection, as these included all the best forms in cultivation, con¬ 
spicuous amongst which were Duchess of Connaught, Lady Mary Fitz¬ 
william, Duke of Albany, Countess of Pembroke, Merveiile de Lyon, 
White Baroness, Earl of Pembroke, Mary Pochin, Abel Carriere, Alfred 
Colomb, Duchess of Bedford, Marie Baumann, Marquise de Castellane, 
Violet Bowyer, Alba Rosea, Jean Ducher, Madame Lambard, and Princess 
of Wales. These, were the cream, and a grand cream too. Merveiile de 
Lyon .was shown in many of the stands; the Cranston Company, Hereford, 
exhibited a special box of it, and in every instance it was magnificent. One 
local nurseryman, Mr. Crossling of Penarth, had it so fine that a visitor 
was so captivated that he ordered a dozen plants there and then. La France 
was numerous and much admired; A. K. Williams, although there in plenty, 
gave one the impression of being a too-much-praised Rose. 
Local nurserymen and exhibitors generally from South Wales hardly 
came up to their opponents from Bath, Torquay, Hereford, and other places, 
the lateness of the season telling very much against the former. One 
extensive Rose-grower near Cardiff told us he had not a bloom open three 
days before the Show, and it was only after twenty-four hours’ sunshine on 
the two preceding days that he was enabled to cut a few dozens. This 
shows the disadvantage under which many exhibited, and yet it must be 
understood their exhibits were far from discreditable; indeed many of 
those who have shown since the Society exhibited have grown with it, and 
would, under favourable conditions, hold their own in any part of the 
country. 
In the nurserymen’s class, open, for forty-eight varieties, Messrs. 
Cranston, Hereford, were first; Messrs. Curtis, Sanford & Co., Torquay, 
second; and Mr.. Stephen Treseder, Ely Road Nurseries, Cardiff, third. For 
twenty-four varieties Messrs. Cranston, Treseder, and Crossling were the 
prizewinners. In the South Wales open class for thirty-six varieties Mr. 
Steven Treseder was first, and Mr. Crossling, Penarth, a close second. In 
the open amateurs’ class for twenty-four varieties Mr. J. Grant, Hope End, 
Ledbury, was a capital first with large finely formed, beautifully coloured 
blooms, which also gained him the gold medal of the National Rose Society; 
Mr. Pettigrew was a close second with well shown blooms. In the twelve 
varieties Mr. S. P. Budd, Bath, was first with excellent blooms, Mr. Grant, 
second, and Mr. Pettigrew, third. The above class was for three trusses of 
each variety. In the single twelves the Rev. H. Arkwright, Leominster, was 
first, Mr. Pettigrew second, and Mr. Budd third. In the groups of twelve 
blooms of one variety the honours were pretty well divided between Mr. 
vrrant, Mr. Budd, Mr. Hobbs, Bristol, and the Rev. H. Arkwright. 
In the amateur class, open to South Wales and Monmouthshire, the first 
prize for twenty-four varieties was taken by Mr. Moor, Cardiff, who also 
secured the silver medal of the National Society with uncommonly fine 
blooms; Mr. Ryder, Cardiff, was second, and Mr. Pugsley, Penarth, third. 
In the class for twelve Mr. Fisher, Cardiff, was first, Mr. Pugsley second, 
and Mr. Armatage, Llandaff, third. Besides these gentlemen Mr. Case of 
Rumney secured some of the smaller prizes which followed in this section. 
The handsome prizes offered by the Marquis of Bute for the best box of 
blooms of the York-and-Lancaster Rose brought out some keen competition. 
Colonel Lee, Cardiff, being first, Mr. Moor second, and Mr. Pettigrew third, 
with a charming lot of buds which we preferred to the full open blossoms. 
The special prizes offered by the Mayor of Cardiff, Messrs. Treseder, Mr. 
Crossling, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Case, and others, were well competed for, the 
exhibitors being numerous, and the exhibits of considerable merit. Some 
very pretty bouquets were shown, and many dishes of Strawberries, as well 
as some new honey, the whole of which added greatly to the interest of a 
good and well managed Show.—A Visitor. 
BATH.— July 2nd. 
Owing to the backwardness of the season a very superior display of 
cut Roses was hardly looked for at this early fixture, but on the whole the 
Committee had every reason to congratulate themselves upon the success of 
the meeting. A liberal list of prizes succeeded in attracting most of the 
leading nurserymen, including Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt; B. R. Cant, 
Colchester; Keynes, Williams, & Co., Salisbury; Curtis, Sanford, & Co., 
Torquay, and the Cranston Nursery Company, and although none of these 
was able to exhibit in their usual superior style they yet made a very good 
fight for the premier positions. Local growers, including Messrs. George 
Cooling & Son, andS. P. Budd, Esq., were also very successful, while among 
amateurs from a distance the most conspicuous in the prize list were T. W. 
Girdlestone, Esq., Sunningdale, Berks ; Captain Christy, Sidmouth ; and 
Miss Watson Taylor. The weather was brilliantly fine and the attendance 
apparently very large as usual at Bath under similar circumstances. 
Nurserymen’s Classes. —Four lots of seventy-two trusses, distinct, 
were shown, Mr. B. R. Cant being easily first. Included were fine fresh 
blooms of Prince Arthur, Madame Marie Cointet, Madame Ducher, A. K. 
Williams, Niphetos, Sultan of Zanzibar, Jean Ducher, Countess of Rosebery, 
Heinrich Schultheis, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Charles Lefebvre, Madame C. 
Kuster, Dupuy Jamain, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Mons. Alfred Dumesnil, 
Mons. E. Y. Teas, Souvenir d’Elise, Marie Baumann, La Boule d’Or, A. 
Colomb, CountesB of Pembroke, Xavier Olibo, Annie Laxton, Reynolds Hole, 
Mdlle. Julie Dymonier, La Duchesse de Morny, and Marquise de Castellane. 
Messrs. Paul & Son were second, their stands containing many good blooms. 
Messrs. Keynes, Williams, & Co. followed closely. 
With thirty-six triplets, distinct, there were the same number of com¬ 
petitors, and with these Messrs. Paul & Son took the lead, some of the best 
represented varieties being Horace Vernet, Heinrich Schultheis, Merveiile 
de Lyon, Countess of Oxford, Madame Gabriel Luizet, La France, Prince 
Arthur, Grandeur of Cheshunt, C. Lefebvre, Franqois Michelon, A. K. 
Williams, Captain Christy, E. Y. Teas, Ulrich Brunner, Mdlle. Prosper 
Laugier, Etienne Levet, Pride of Waltham, Camille Bernardin, and Senateur 
Vaisse. Mr. B. R. Cant was a good second. Messrs. Keynes & Williams 
were again a creditable third with varieties very similar to those in the 
other collections. 
The best eighteen triplets were staged by Messrs. Curtis, Sanford, and 
Co., and among these were some of the finest blooms in the Show. Very 
good were General Jacqueminot, Marguerite de St. Amand, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Duchesse de Morny, Marquise de Castellane, Marveille de Lyon, 
Alfred Dumesnil, Marie Baumann, Mdlle. Gabriel Luizet, and Ulrich 
Brunner, a perfect bloom of the latter being awarded the silver medal of the 
National Rose Society offered for the best Hybrid Perpetual. Messrs. 
George Cooling & Son were a very creditable second, their best being Lady 
Mary Fitzwilliam, Dr. Sewell, Etienne Levet, Julia Touvais, Madame Victor 
Verdier, La France, Marechal Niel, and Marquise de Castellane. Mr. J. 
Mattock, Oxford, was third. Messrs. Curtis, Sanford, & Co. were also first 
with eighteen trusses, distinct. Messrs. Cooling & Son followed with 
medium-sized fresh examples, and Mr. G. Mount was third, several others 
exhibiting creditably. 
The competition with eighteen Teas or Noisettes, single trusses, distinct, 
was close and good. Mr. B. R. Cant took first prize with a generally excel¬ 
lent collection, consisting of Marechal Niel, Souvenir d’Elise, Jules Finger, 
Innocente Pirola, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Souvenir de Paul Neyron La 
Boule d’Or, Madame Caroline Kuster, Devoniensis, Catherine Mer.met 
Niphetos, Jean Ducher, Souvenir d’un Ami, Hippolyte Jamain, Anna 
Ollivier, Etoile de Lyon, Marie Van Houtte, and Moire. Mr. J. Mattock 
was a good second, his stand including lovely blooms of Amazone, 
Devoniensis, Paul Labonte, Rubens, Marie Van Houtte, and Perle des 
Jardins. The third prize was well won by the Cranston Company. 
Amateurs’ Classes. —With thirty-six distinct varieties, single trusses, 
Mr. T. W. Girdlestone was easily first, many of his blooms being very sub¬ 
stantial and good in colour. The best were Capitaine Christy, Maurice, 
Bernardin, Sultan of Zanzibar, Mary Bennett, A. K. Williams, Duke of 
Teck, Nachury, Baronne de Rothschild, Marie Finger, Lady of the Lake, 
Violette Bouyer, Mrs. Baker, La France, Crown Prince, Charles Lefehvre, 
Etienne Levet, Marechal Valliant, Madame Gabriel Luizet, and Merveiile de 
Lyon. Mr. S. B. Budd was a very good second, his blooms being somewhat 
smaller, but of good colour; and Miss Watson Taylor was third. Captain 
Christy took the lead with twenty-four trusses, distinct, having fairly good 
examples of La France, Abel Carriere, A. K. Williams, Duke of Edinburgh, 
E. Y. Teas, Thomas Mills, Mardchal Niel, and Dupuy Jamain. The Rev. 
C. Eddy, Bramwell Rectory, was a good second, and Mr. A. Evans, Oxford, 
third, and there were five other lots staged. 
Mr. T. W. Girdlestone staged the best twelve triplets, distinct, his very 
creditable lot including Ulrich Brunner, La France, A. K. Williams, and 
other good sorts. Mr. S. P. Budd was a good second, and Miss Watson 
Taylor third. With six triplets, distinct, the prizewinners were the Rev. 
C. Eddy, Captain Christy, and Mr. J. Smith. Warminster; and with six 
singles, distinct, Mr. G. Tanner was first, Mr. J. Wills second, and the Rev 
C. C. Layard third. 
The best twelve Teas or Noisettes ; single trusses, distinct, were stag 
by Mr. T. W. Girdlestone, this including very good blooms of Marie V 
Houtte, Rubens, Jean Ducher, Souvenir d’un Ami, Anna Ollivier, Souv 
