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variety Mr. F. Cant was well to the front with a grand stand of Marechal 
ft 1 e J ■ -^ r - Prince was second with a splendid stand of Comtesse de 
JNadaillac, and the third fell to Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, for Marshal 
^ ie j u 0r ^ we ^ ve of any crimson variety Messrs. Paul & Son were first with 
grand blooms of A. Colomb. Messrs. Cranston A Co. and Mr. J. House were 
second and third respectively, both staging A. K. Williams, but by no means 
rn its best condition. For the best twelve dark velvety-crimson Messrs, 
vmrtis, Sanford & Co. were first with a grand Btand of Abel Carriere. 
Messrs. Paul & Son and B. R. Cant followed with Abel Carriers and Prince 
•Camille de Rohan. 
New Roses. —For twelve varieties not in commerce previous to 1883, 
41 8 j! rS ’ , Curtis > Sanford <fc Co. were first with excellent blooms of Directeur 
Alphand, a fine crimson ; Madame Rambaux, Francisque Rivi, Mrs. George 
^kson.a fine pink ; Lord Bacon, Merveille de Lyon, Baron N. de Roth¬ 
schild, Madame Delleraux, Alphonse Soupert, a rich scarlet-crimson; 
i resident Senelar, black-crimson, very fine; Mdlle. Julie Gaulain. and 
oouvenir de Gambetta. The second fell to Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 
with the following, in addition to some like the last: Pride of Reigate, 
splashed and shaded; Ella Gordon, M. Benoit, Comte, Queen of Queens, 
Victor lingo, Madame de Watteville, Eclair, grand deep crimson ; and 
-Longfellow. Mr. Henry Frettingham was third. 
SUTTON. 
. ^ K ? row . 0 f no Society which better deserves success than that of Sutton 
situated as it is in a district by no means favourable to Rose-growing, for, 
tiie soil is light, and in such seasons as we have experienced during the last 
two.years it is especially difficult to get good flowers. It has, nevertheless, 
set itself to do the best that it could to remedy these defects. Not only does 
it prepare a liberal schedule, inviting persons from all parts to compete, but 
- 111 ? 3 . anD . ua ^ reports it is always trying to give such information as may be 
msetul to its members, one year giving very clear and detailed directions as 
xo growing, in another giving the valuable list of winning Roses prepared 
py Mr. Mawley, giving lectures and advice to all who might be interested 
in the growth, and all this pain and trouble is at last bearing fruit. I am 
aware that the Committee have been despondent as to the result of their 
labours, and have at one time been tempted to think that they have spent 
their strength for nought; but no one comparing the exhibits (I mean the 
local ones) with those of four years ago when the Society was started could 
tail to s°e the vast improvement that had taken place not only in the quality 
of the flowers exhibited, but in the manner in which they were set up, and 
it some of the exhibitors could only be persuaded to use Mr. Foster’s tubes 
■and stands they would still further increase the efficiency of the shows. 
Roses laid down on the moss without foliage do not show half as well as 
when wired and standing up well above the stand. The Committee are 
'? n °°P ra K e d by their past success still to go forward, and purpose next year 
holding it in the open air under a tent, believing thereby they will attract 
^ larger number of visitors. A good band is almost thrown away in such a 
roomas the Show is held in, and if fine weather can be secured no doubt 
it will be a vast improvement. As usual the bouquets, hanging baskets, 
-vc., were excellent, and most of them in very good taste, while many grand 
stands of Roses were shown. 
In Class 1, twenty-fonr varieties, Mr. A. Slaughter, who this year ha3 
■quite recovered the ground he lost last season, showed a remarkably fine 
cori ^ l ' ri i t, g Madame Marie Rady (a very grand flower), Fran$ois 
Michelon, A. K. Williams, Baroness Rothschild, Camille Bernardin, La 
France, Marie Baumann, Etienne Levet, Madame Isaac Pereire, Madame 
y,?. . Verdier, Duchesse de Yallombrosa, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Anna 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, Belle Lyonnaise, Louis Yon Houtte, 
■Catherine Mermet (a very grand bloom), Dupuv Jamain, Emilie Hausberg, 
■Jean Ducher (very fine), Mdlle. Marie Cointet, John Stuart Mill, and Alba 
Rosea. Mr. T. W. Girdlestone was second,Mr. E. M. Bethune third, and Mr. 
H. Pawle fourth. In Class 2, for twelve varieties, Mr. Slaughter was again 
•nrst with a beautiful stand, consisting of Marie Rady, Baroness Rothschild, 
Ferdinand de Lesseps, Etienne L°vet, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Auguste 
Rierotard, Belle Lyonnaise, A. K. Williams, Marie Baumann, John Stuart 
Mill (very fine), and Marie Finger. The Rev. A. C. Hales was second, 
Mr. E. M. Bethune third. In Class 3, eight varieties, three of each, Mr. 
Slaughter was again first with La France, Alfred Colomb, Innocente Pirola, 
E. Y. Teas, A nna Ollivier, Louis Yan Houtte, Belle Lyonnaise, and Marie 
Rady. Mr. F. C. Prince was second, and Mr. R. Cox Hales third. In 
Class 4, for twelve Teas, the first prize was awarded to T. W. Girdlestone, 
J; < H/ or a Yei Y stood stand, consisting of Souvenir d’un Ami, Madame 
Caroline Kuster. Catherine Mermet, Madame Margottin, Niphetos, Souvenir 
■uElise Vardon, Belle Lyonnaise, Rubens, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Madame 
Bravv, Marie Van Houtte, and Innocente Pirola. Mr. A. Slaughter second, 
and Mr. E. M. Bethune third. In Class 5, for nine varieties, the first prize 
was awarded to Mr. E. Wilkins, the active Secretary of the Society, for a 
fme stand containing Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Duke of Teck, Star of 
Waltham, Marie Rady, Charles Lefebvre, Camille Bernardin, Marquise de 
Castellane, Merveille de Lyon, and Louis Van Houtte. Mr. E. C. Cuthell 
second, Rev. A. Cheales third, and Rev. W. Walker fourth. In Class 6, for 
six varieties, Mr. E. Williams was again first with fine blooms of 
Alfred Colomb, Duke of Edinburgh, Marquise de Castellane, Star of 
Waltham, Charles Lefebvre, and Horace Yernet. Rev. Alan Charles 
second. Rev. W. Williams third, and Mr. G. A. Mantell fourth. In 
Class 7, four varieties, three of each, Mr. E. Wilkins was again first 
with Star of Waltham, Marie Rady, La France, and Charles Lefebvre. In 
Class 8, for six Teas, Mr. E. C. Cuthell was first with Jules Finger, Alba 
Rosea, Anna Ollivier, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Jean Ducher, and Marechal 
Niel. In Class 9, for twelve blooms of any one variety, Mr. A. Slaughter 
was again first with Marie Banmann. In Class 10, for twelve varieties of 
new Roses not sent into commerce before 1882, Mr. T. W. Girdlestone was 
first with Duchess of Connaught, Grace Darling, Comtesse de Pari?, 
Yiolette Bouyer, Heinrich Schultheis, White Baroness, Queen of Queens, 
Merveille de Lyon, Ulrich Brunner, Lady Mary Fitzwitliam, and Etoile de 
Lyon. In the local classes, in Class 11, for twelve varieties, Mr. G. Foster 
was first with La France, Souvenir d’un Ami, Duke of Edinburgh. White 
Baroness, Paul Neyron, Alfred Colomb, Helen Paul, Sir Garnet Wolsel* y, 
Etienne Levet, Charles Lefebvre, Baroness Rothschild, and Prince Camille 
de Rohan. In Class 12, for nine varieties, Mr. J. S. House was first with 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, Comtesse d’Oxford, Merveille de Lyon, Marie 
Rady, Capitaine Christy, Star of Waltham, Louis Van Houtte, Marie 
Baumann, and Etienne Levet. In Class 13, for three Teas, Mr. G. Plenwell 
was first with Madame Berard, Homere, and Wm. A. Richarlson. In 
Class 14, for three varieties, Mr. W. J. Hughes was first with Capitaine 
Christy, Jules Margottin, and Duke of Edinburgh. In Class 15, for six of 
any oue Rose, Mr. J. Waterer was first with Marie Baumann; and in Class 16, 
in which the ladies’ challenge cup was the- first, it fell to Mr. H. Barrett, 
and as this is the second time that he has won it in succession it remains 
with him. The varieties were Marie Baumann, Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
Dr. Andry, Marquise de CaBtellane, Comtesse d’Oxford, Alfred Colomb. 
Sutton always comes out strong in decorations, and this year was no 
exception to the rule. One very interesting class was that of a basket of 
Roses arranged by children. There were some very pretty ones shown, the 
first prize being awarded to Miss Cuthell, the second to Miss Dart, and the 
third to Mis3 Mary Hughes. In table decorations the first prize was 
awarded to Mrs. Loche, the second to Miss Guthridge, the third to Mrs. 
Morton, and the fourth to Mrs. Atkins. These all laboured under the 
disadvantage of not having sufficient space allotted to them to show them 
off. In the baskets for Roses Miss Shaw was first, Mr. Cuthell second, Mrs. 
Dart third, and Mrs, Guthridge fourth. In hanging basket Miss G. Shaw 
was first, Mrs. Tate second, Mrs, Ernest Wilkins third, and Miss Guthridge 
fourth. In hand bouquet Mrs. E. Wilkins was first, Mrs. E. Locke second, 
and Miss Ethel Hereward third. In the spray for ladies’dress Miss Shaw 
was first, Mrs. Ernest Wilkins second, Miss G. Shaw third, and Miss 
Easterwite third. 
The Sutton Society ofiers prizes for nurserymen, and they were sufficient 
to bring together in competition Mr. Cant, Messrs. Paul & Son, Mr. Turner, 
and Mr. House. In the class for thirty-six, distinct, Mr. B. R. Cant was 
first, Messrs. Paul & Son second, Mr. J. House third, and Mr. C. Turner 
fourth. In the class for twelve Teas Mr. B. R. Cant was again first, Messrs. 
Paul A Son second, Mr. G. W. Piper third, and Mr. C. Turner fourth. I 
regret that I had not time to get the names of the winning flowers in the 
first-prize stand. Altogether the Sutton Rose Society may be congratulated 
on its success—an earnest, let us hope, of future good days.—D., Leal. 
HEREFORD AND WEST OF ENGLAND.— July 9th. 
This highly popular Exhibition which next year will have reached its 
second decade of existence was held as usual in the Shire Hall, Hereford. 
The same atmospheric causes which introduced so many coarse and excep¬ 
tionally small blooms into an exhibition hall this season doubtless mili¬ 
tated against the usual competition by the large nurserymen at Hereford, 
Messrs. Keynes A Co. alone competing among the leading professionals for 
the open classes from which Herefordshire excludes herself. 
As might be supposed Messrs. Cranston & Co. carried off the chief 
prizes. Their seventy-two single varieties embracing many highly meri¬ 
torious blooms, H.P. Francois Michelon, Louis Van Houtte, Alphonse 
Soupert, new and a real acquisition; Dupay Jamain, Comtesse de Serenye, 
Dr. Andry, Madame Rothschild, Beauty of Waltham, Madame Gabriel 
Luizet, Mrs. Charles Wood, grand; Madame Marie Cointet, General Jac¬ 
queminot, fine; Merveille de Lyon, superb everywhere; Constantin 
Tretiakoff (Tea), Catherine Mermet, Marie Baumann, Madame Ca¬ 
therine Soupert, Madame Etienne Levet, Madame Montet, exquisite; 
SenateurVaise, Marie Vevdier, useful; Marie Rady, Mons. Noman, Reynolds 
Hole, fine in colour; Marquise de Castellane, Ernest Prince, Edouard 
Morren, Louis Dore (Tea), Marechal Niel, Vicomtesse de Vigier, Capitaine 
Christy, Sultan of Zanzibar, Victor Verdier, Tatiana Oneguine, Marguerite 
de St. Amand, fine; A. K. Williams, shapely; Madame J. Perriere, new 
and promising ; Mdlle. la Marquise d’Hervey, fine ; Abel Carriere, Ulrich 
Brunner, grand; Princess Beatrice, Prince Arthur, La France, Mrs. Baker, 
Pride of Waltham, Sir Garnet Woheley, Lrelia, Camille Bernardin, Francis 
Levet, Mary Pochin, Marquise de Mortemart, Duke of Edinburgh, Devienne 
Lamy, Miss Hassard, splendid ; Antoine Ducher (Tea), Madame Bravy, 
Mdlle. Gabriel Tournier, Princess Mary of Cambridge, M. S. Delaplace, 
Madame Hippolyte Jamain, fine; Earl of Pembroke, Madame Georges 
Swartz, Comtesse de Paris, Madame Julia Dymonier,Duchess of Connaught, 
Henreich Schultheis, fine, a real acquisition (Tea) ; Jean Ducher, Nardy 
Freres, M. Eugene Deloux, Annie Laxton, and Le Havre ; Messrs. Keynes, 
Williams & Co., Salisbury, and Mr. George Davison, Hereford, taking equal 
second prize. This home firm also carried away the thirtv-six trusses first 
prize, and for twenty-four singles first prize; Messrs. Keynes, Williams 
and Co., second prize thirty-six varieties ; Mr. Davison, third prize; 
Messrs. Stephen Treseder, Cardiff, second prize twenty-four varieties; 
Messrs. Jeffries & Son, Cirencester, first prize eighteen varieties three 
trusses ; Mr. H. Frettingham, Boston, Notts, second prize; Mr. Ralph 
Crossling, Penarth, third prize. 
Class A 2 (open to nurserymen not residing in Herefordshire, seventy- 
two varieties single trusses).—=£10, Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co., first 
prize ; £5, Mr. H. Frettingham, second prize. 
Amateurs showed in greater force than their professional brethren, and 
their exhibits were far more level, smoother, and evenly sized. This con¬ 
trast especially holds good of Mr. Grant’s exhibits, which swept the prize- 
board, and deservedly so, even to winning the open class in Teas and 
Noisettes. In this rising exhibitor's grand stand of thirty-six single 
varieties were included H. P.’s, Mrs. Baker, bright; Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
charming everywhere; Comte Raimbaud, Franqois Michelon, A. K. Williams, 
premier amateur bloom ; Miss Hassard, as very seldom shown ; Constantin 
Tretiakoff, superb ; Merveille de Lyon (or of any other town, Lyon or not) ; 
Marie Rady, E. Morren, Etienne Levet, srand ; Hippolyte Jamain, Marie 
Finger, Prince Arthur, La France, Louis Van Houtte, seldom seen lately; 
Mons. Noman, fine; Comtesse d’Oxford, grand; Marquise de Castellane, 
C. Lefebvre, Marquise de St. Amand, Marie Baumann, Madame Montet, 
superbly delicate; Xavier Olibo,. Le Havre, Marie Contet, Mrs. Jowitt, 
Ulrich Brunner, grand; Tea Climbing Devoniensis, Reynolds Hole, grand 
colour; Tea Souvenir d’Elise, G6nbral Jacqueminot, Tea Niphetos, only 
bloom in exhibition ; Charles Darwin, useful; Star of Waltham. Second 
prize, Mr. T. B. Hall, Rockferry, n»ar Liverpool. Third prize, Mr. J. H. 
Arkwright, Hampton Court, Leominster. 
Class D (open to the United Kingdom, collection of new Roses, sent out 
by English nurserymen, and not in commerce previous to 1882).—This 
