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showed conspicuously. Second, the Rev. A. Foster Melliar, equal third 
prizes going to Mr. Slaughter and M. F. Flight, Cornstiles, Twyford, 
Winchester. 
In the class for twelve distinct trusses, Teas or Noisettes, seven com¬ 
peted. Decidedly the best were staged by the Rev. A. Foster Melliar. 
Souvenir d’Elise, previously noted, Princess of Wales, Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, La Boule d’Or, and The Bride were especially noticeable on 
account of their great excellence. The Rev. F. R. Burnside, Much 
Birch Vicarage, Herts, and Mr. Campbell were second and third 
respectively with excellent stands. The Rev. A. Foster Melliar took 
leading honours in the class for twelve blooms, half to be Tea or 
Noisettes and the remainder Hybrid Perpetual amongst eight others, 
secondand third prizes being awarded to Captain John Ramsey, Fareham, 
and Mr. Slaughter in the order named. For six trebles, distinct, Teas or 
Noisettes, five entered the lists, the best coming from the Rev. F. R. 
Burnside, medium in size, full and fresh, Innocente Pirola 
was especially fine. Mr. Slaughter second and the Rev. A. Foster 
Melliar third. The class for twelve distinct single trusses brought out 
some new exhibitors. The first prize stand from J. T. Strange, Esq., 
Aldermaston, Berks, contained the best bloom in the Show of Marechal 
Niel, which was rich in colour. Ulrich Brunner was here again con¬ 
spicuous. P. P. C. Burnand, Esq., May Park, Rcigate, was second, and 
D. Seaton, Esq., Rutland Lodge, Bitterne, third. Mr. J. Kaines, The 
Cedars, Park Road, and Mr. H. Owen, Church Lane, Basingstoke, showed 
well in the amateur class. 
The silver medal of the National Rose Society for the best Hybrid 
Perpetual in the classes confined to other than nurserymen was awarded 
to Marie Rady, a well-formed bloom in Mr. Slaughter’s stand. Mr. 
G. Hillior, nurseryman, staged three boxes of blooms not for competi¬ 
tion of leading varieties. 
To add variety to the Show prizes were offered for miscellaneous 
exhibits, the leading features being twelve bunches of stove and green¬ 
house cut blooms staged by Mr. Budd, gardener to F. Dalgety, Esq., 
Lockerby Hall, Itomsey. Mr. Flight and Mr. C. Shenton, The Glen, Golden 
Common, Winchester, staged good exhibits of hardy cut flowers, the 
prizes going in the order named. Mr. Budd had the best table plants— 
a clean lot. Mr. Hillier staged a good group of plants not for com¬ 
petition. From Mr. B. Ladhams, florist, Shirley, Southampton, came 
an interesting collection of cut b'ooms of hardy herbaceous plants. 
Mr. E. King, florist, Pennington, Lymington, Hants, showed some excel¬ 
lent double Begonias in pots ; Mrs. King (orange scarlet, very double, 
and large) was the best amongst many others ; it is a new variety, deep 
pink in colour, very large, the petals being heavily fringed, which gives 
to the flower a novel yet striking appearance. 
FARNINGHAM.— June 27 th. 
It was perhaps in one sense unfortunate that the Farningham Show 
had been fixed for the same date as Winchester, for the latter being the 
more importantof the two it was natural that many growers would send 
their best flowers there rather than to Farningham, and this was in 
effect the case. We missed some professional exhibitors whom we have 
been in the habit of seeing at this charming little Show, while some of 
those who were there had confessedly sent their best flowers elsewhere. 
On the other hand, it was fortunate for them that they had fixed so 
early a date, for as the neighbourhood is an early one those in the 
district would have been quite excluded had the Show been he'd at the 
usual time, for as the unexpected always happens, so it has been this 
year in Roses. Who would ever have expected in March that we should 
have reverted back to the days before 1879, from which time I have 
always maintained we have been in a cycle of late seasons, and perhaps 
we shall now have to encounter a series of early ones. 
We missed, too, some of those exhibitors who used to make the 
Farningham remarkable for its finished blooms. Especially did we 
regret the absence of Mr. W. H. Wakley, whose Roses one always liked 
to linger over, and Mrs. Fuller, whose neatly arranged boxes of ex¬ 
cellent blooms were always a joy to visitors, but a terror to her compe¬ 
titors ; and others, too, : were absent from one cause or another. 
Doubtless the intense heat of the season had something to do with it, 
for I heard of a small exhibition where there was only one class for 
twelves there were fifteen entries and only two came to the front. And 
now for the brighter side. There were some excellent stands exhibited, 
more especially in Teas, the boxes of Mr. Geo. Prince of Oxford and 
the Rev. F. A. Burnside being particularly good, while the decorations 
were both numerous and attractive. The day was magnificent, and the 
pretty village with its famous trout stream looked its very best. 
The class for nurserymen was done away with, and the premier 
class was for thirty-six blooms, was open to amateur and professional 
growers, the first prize being awarded to Mr. R. E. West for an ex¬ 
cellent stand of the following flowers—La France, Francois Michelon, 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, Marie Baumann, Marie Finger, Pierre Notting, 
Abel Carriere, Beauty of Waltham, Comtesse d’Oxford, Mrs. George 
Dickson, shown as no one else seems to be able to show it ; Prince 
Arthur, Baronne de Rothschild, Madame Victor Verdier, Gdndral Jacque¬ 
minot, Merveille de Lyon, A. K. Williams, Mrs. John Laing, Madame 
Lacharme, Ulrich Brunner, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Comtesse de Serenye, 
Hon. Edith Gifford, Mons. Noman, Heinrich Schultheis, Victor Verdier, 
clear, very bright; Eugene Fiirst, Marquise de Castellane, Le Havre, 
Marie Rady, Captain Christy, E. Y. Teas, Duchesse de Vallambrosa. 
Mr. Geo. Prince was second, Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co. third, and 
Colonel Pitt fourth. In Class 2, for twelve Teas orNoisettes, Mr. Geo. 
Prince of Oxford was first with beautiful blooms of Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, Niphetos, Souvenir d’un Ami, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, 
Madame Caroline Kuster, Prince of Wales, Innocente Pirola, Madame 
Cusin, Hon. Edith Gifford, Etoile de Lyon, Jean Ducher, and Amazone. 
The Rev. F. R. Burnside was second. In Class 3, for twelve varieties. 
Captain Knight of Bobbing was first with Ulrich Brunner, Gabriel 
Luizet, A. K. Williams, Madame Cusin, Duchess of Bedford, La France, 
Jules Finger, Etienne Levet, Charles Lefebvre, Madame Bravy, and 
Mdlle. Annie Wood. In Class 4, for nine Teas, some beautiful flowers- 
were shown, the Rev. F. R. Burnside being placed first with Madame de 
Watteville, Madame Cusin, Innocente Pirola, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon,. 
Hon. iEdith Gifford, Miss Ethel Brownlow, Catherine Mermet, and 
Princess Beatrice. For six blooms of any dark Rose, Dr. Tucker was- 
plainly first with Ulrich Brunner. Colonel Pitt second with Madame 
Isaac Pereire. For six of any light Captain Knight was first with La 
Prance, and Charles O’Shea, Esq., second with Captain Christy. In 
Class 7, for twelve Roses grown within three miles of the village of 
Farningham, Dr. Tucker was first with a goodstand, comprising Beauty of 
Waltham, Abel Carriere, Captain Christy, Marie Baumann, Comtesse- 
d’Oxford, Heinreich Schultheis, Ulrich Brunner, Madame Gabriel 
Luizet, Duke of Edinburgh, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, and Senateur 
Vaisse. In the class for nine varieties Mr. H. Wallis was first with 
Charles Lefebvre, Madame de Castellane, Duke of Connaught, Captain 
Christy, Louis Van Houtte, La France, Alfred Colomb, Princess Beatrice,. 
Emilio Hausburg, and Edouard Morren. Mrs. Dalton was second. For 
six Roses the first prize was awarded to A. Hugh Smith, Esq., for Louis 
Van Houtte, Gloire de Dijon, Prince Camille de Rohan, La France,, 
Marie Finger, and Etienne Levet. For six Teas the first prize was 
awarded to Mr. H. Wallis for Anna Olivier, Madame de Watteville, 
Innocente Pirola, Souvenir d’Elise, Souvenir de Therese Levet, and 
Madame Caroline Kuster. Dr. Tucker was second. The silver-gilt 
medal in the distinct classes was awarded to Dr. Tucker for a finely 
coloured bloom of Duke of Edinburgh. The silver medal for the best 
Rose in the amateurs’ classes was awarded to C. O’Shea, Esq., for a good 
bloom of Her Majesty, and the bronze medal to H. Waller, Esq. for La 
France. 
The various prizes offered for decorative arrangement of flowers 
were well contested, the first for three centrepieces going to Miss 
Solomon for three vases of Iceland Poppies ; these were very pretty, but 
it is questionable if it can be called arrangement of flowers, for they are- 
simply put on without any arrangement ; however, they were attrac¬ 
tive. The first prize for one centrepiece was awarded to Miss 
Maddocks for a pretty bronzy arrangement with bronze-coloured 
Iris, &c. The other prizes were shared by Mrs. Hugh Smith, Miss 
Allenson, Miss Ashurst, Miss Maddocks, The Misses Rasleigh, &c. There 
were several arrangements of tables with flowers, where the first prize- 
was awarded to Mrs. Seale. There were some fine dishes of Straw¬ 
berries, as there ought to be from this Strawberry growing district, and 
it was worthy of notice that the only kind shown was Sir Joseph Paxton. 
—D., Deal. 
REIGATE.— June 30th. 
The Reigate Rose Society, holding on to their favourite date, the- 
last Saturday in June, have this year obtained one of the best show 
days in the south of England. Yet even this, June 29th, was thought 
too late, and June 23rd was said on all sides to have been the climax of 
Rose blooming, an almost unprecedented earliness of date with show 
Roses. The entries were seventy-five as against fifty last year, and the 
quality of the exhibits pronounced high by the Judges, especially 
amongst the Teas, which were of peculiar brightness and substance. 
The Judges, Committee, and other friends were, as usual, entertained 1 
at luncheon, at his residence, by Mr. Hayward, the President. A 
military band was in attendance, and the grounds of Mrs. Waterlow,. 
kindly lent again for the occasion, presented a gay spectacle throughout 
the afternoon. The awards were as follows:—Class 1, open to all 
England, nurserymen and amateurs, twenty-four varieties.—First, Mr. 
F. Cant. Second, Mrs. Waterlow. Third, Rev. J. H. Pemberton. Fourth,. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Twelve Teas.—First, Mr. F. Cant. Second, equal, 
Mrs. Waterlow and Mr. B. R. Cant. Members only.—Twenty-four varie¬ 
ties.—First, Mr. E. B. Lindsell, Second, Mr. E. M. Bethune. Third, 
Mr. R. E. West, who also occupied the same relative positions for six 
triplets. Twelve varieties.—First, Mr. E. Mawley. Second, Rev. A. 
Cheales. Third, Miss Baker (nine entries). Four triplets.—First, Mr. 
Burnand. Second, Mr. Mawley. Third, Mr. Cheales. Nine Teas.— 
First, Mr. Mawley. Second, Miss Baker. Third, Mr. E. Horne. Six 
varieties.—First, Mr. Orpen. Second, Mrs. Ponsford. Third, Messrs. 
Hatch and Freshfield, equal ; five entries. Six Teas.—First, Mr. Orpen. 
Second, Mr. Freshfield. The silver floral medal of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society for the best box of Roses was awarded to Mrs. Waterlow. 
The bronze medal given by Mr. West to the best H.P. was won by 
the same exhibitor with Lord F. Cavendish. A similar award given 
by Mr. J. D. Pawle for the best Tea being won by Mr. Bethune with 
Comtesse de Nadaillac. Table decoration for six persons.—First, Mr. 
Fearon. Second, equal, Miss K. Baker and Mrs. Burnand. Third, Miss- 
Baker. New Roses were shown by Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham 
Cross, and Paul & Sons, Cheshunt, also Prince’s new white sport from 
Souvenir d’Ami. 
In Mrs. Waterlow’s boxes (Mr. Brown, gardener) there were notice¬ 
able Innocente Pirola, Francisca Kruger, and Star of Waltham, of great 
size and perfection. In Mr. F. Cant’s, Horace Yernet, Boule d’Or, as 
this most difficult Rose is rarely seen. In Sir. Prince’s stand The Bride 
was very large and fine ; Madame Cusin was of great size and excellence, 
also Boule d’Or was very fine. 
