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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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(■(beautiful), Madame G. Luizet, Charles Darwin, Niphetos (weak), Due 
•de Rohan (splendidly coloured), La France, Harrison Weir, and Merveille 
■de Lyon. Lower left hand box, back row : Devienne Lamy (very fine), 
Lady M. Fitzwilliam (very large but coarse), Frangois Michelon, 
Madame Montet, Comtesse d’Oxford, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Etienne 
Levet, and Innocente Pirola. Middle : Captain Christy, A. K. Williams, 
Marie Yerdier, John Stuart Mill (small but beautiful), Princess of 
Wales, Penelope Mayo, Silver Queen, and May Quennell. Front : La 
Fille de St. Denis, Royal Standard, Charles Lefebvre (very weak), Etoile 
de Lyon, Lady F. Cavendish (small but very fresh), La Boule d’Or, Dr. 
Sewell, and Heinrich Schultheis (very large). Lower right hand box, 
Back row : Benoit Comte (very fine), Marquise de Castellane, Bartolomeo 
■ Joubert (superb), Mons. Noman, Paul Neyron, Princess Beatrice, Mons. 
Alfred Dumesnil, and Queen of Queens. Middle : Pride of Waltham 
•(good), Abel Carriere (weak), Souvenir d’un Ami (very good), Baronne 
Hausmann (beautiful), Comtesse de Nadaillac, Mons. E. Y. Teas, 
Boieldieu (poor), and Ghnhral Jacqueminot. Front : Marbchal Vaillant, 
Madame Eugene Verdier, Annie Wood (poor), Madame Angele Jacquier, 
Reynolds Hole, The Bride, Countess of Rosebery,and Madame Hippolyte 
Jamain (very fine indeed). Generally speaking the H.P.’s were very 
strong, the Teas a little weaker. Last year’s winner, Mr. Frank Cant, 
Colchester, had a beautifully fresh and well-finished lot of blooms, and 
it speaks most highly for the first prize collection that, fine and even as 
were the Colchester blooms, they were distinctly in the rear. For once 
the powerful southern exhibitor was decisively beaten. He showed 
Niphetos superbly, and Madame de Watteville was also beautiful. 
Amongst the H.P.’s Duke of Teck was in exquisite condition, though 
not large, and Her Majesty was grandly shown ; Comtesse d’Oxford was 
large, but coarse ; Alfred Dumesnil was very good. The Teas were the 
strongest feature of the boxes. They are not often seen so beautifully 
■finished^ as are Mr. Frank Cant’s flowers. Messrs. R. Mack & Son, 
dJatterick, York, were placed third, and their collection was a highly 
creditable one, comprising many fine blooms ; Marie Baumann, Lord 
Afacaulay, Comte de Raimbaud, Ulrich Brunner (superb), A. K. Williams 
and others were very strong indeed. Had the Teas been of proportionate 
• quality it is questionable if Messrs. Mack would not have been higher 
placed. Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester, was fourth. Two others competed. 
Class 2, forty-eight distinct, three trusses of each. —This class was 
•well filled. Five competed, and the display was an imposing one. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, were placed first for a fresh 
-well balanced collection of blooms, the individual examples clear, 
smooth, and well finished. Their names were as follows : —Back boxes 
(two) ; back row: Madame Susanne Rodocanachi (very large and 
glowing in colour, a fine Rose finely shown), Madame A. Lavallhe, La 
France, Beauty of Waltham, Star of Waltham, Marshall P. Wilder, Capt. 
'■Christy, and Comtesse d’Oxford. Front: Grandeurof Cheshunt, Catherine 
Mermet, Mons. E.Y. Teas, Madame de Watteville, Chas. Lefebvre, Inno¬ 
cente Pirola, Duke of Teck, and The Bride. Front boxes ; back row : 
Merveille de Lyon (very fine indeed), Marie Baumann (splendid), Marie 
Yerdier, Abel Carriere, Her Majesty, Maurice Bernardin, Duchesse de 
Morny, and Reynolds Hole. Front row : Chas Darwin, Souvenir 
d’Elise, Etienne Levet, Queen of Queens, Xavier Olibo, Niphetos, 
A. K. Williams, and Madame Norman Neruda. Mr. Frank Cant followed 
closely, also with an even and excellent lot of flowers. Perhaps the best 
were Marie Cointet, Marie Van Houtte, Pride of Waltham, and Duke of 
Teck. Mr. B. R. Cant was third, and Messrs. Cranston fourth, one other 
competing. Many excellent examples were to be found in these stands, 
and would have been noted had circumstances permitted of their being 
•singled out. 
Class 3,forty-eight distinct, single trusses.— This and the two follow¬ 
ing classes were distinct from the preceding. Messrs. Cooling & Sons, 
Bath, woa with an admirable and well-finished collection, only lacking 
some strong back row flowers to be well above the average. The varie¬ 
ties were Back row : Marshall P. Wilder, Madame Schubert, Gabriel 
de Peyronney, Abel Grand, Leopold I.. Merveille de Lyon, Fisher 
Holmes (very good), Madame Eugene Yerdier, Comtesse d’Oxford (very 
■good), Her Majesty, Star of Waltham, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, 
Alfred Colomb (very rich), Frangois Michelon, Madame G. Luizet, and 
Madame Marie Yerdier. Middle row ; Laslia, Prof. Sewell, Mrs. Laing, 
Black Prince (very good), Pride of Waltham, Comte de Flandres, 
Baronne de Rothschild, Marie Rady, The Bride (exquisite), Pierre 
Notting, La Duchesse de Morny (very fine), St. George, Souvenir d’Elise 
Vardon, A. K. Williams, Magna Charta, and Le Havre. Front row: 
Louis Corbet (very bright), Duchess of Leeds, Ella Gordon, La France, 
Le Havre (shown twice), Madame Caillat, Reynolds Hole, Silver Queen, 
Baronne Hausmann, Souvenir de M. Paul Neyron, Madame de Wolfs, 
Ulrich Brunner, Souvenir de Spa, Catherine Mermet, Dr. Andry, and 
'Captain Christy. Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co. had a capital stand, 
which had been placed in another portion of the Show, and was not at 
first discoverable. They secured second prize with something to spare, 
"the remaining awards going to Messrs. G. & W. H. Burch, Peterborough, 
•and J. Jefferies & Son, Cirencester. There were several other com- 
■petitors. 
Class 4, twenty-four distinct, single trusses. —A charming box from 
IMr. G. Prince, 14, Market Street, Oxford, secured first place with twenty- 
four singles. The varieties were all stated to have been grown on the 
seedling Briar, and were as follows :—Back row : Marie Baumann, 
Her Majesty, Reynolds Hole, Niphetos, Madame Victor Verdier, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, A. K. Williams, and Queen, of Queens. Middle 
now : Merveille de Lyon, Horace Vernet, Jean Ducher, Earl of Dufferin 
Madame G. Luizet, Marie Rady (very beautiful), Catherine Mermet 
and Charles Darwin. Front row: Duchess of Bedford, Madame de 
Watteville, Baronne Hausmann, Alba Rosea, Exposition de Brie, Lady 
Mary Fitzwilliam, Xavier Olibo, and Duke of Teck. These were not 
phenomenal blooms, but of good and even quality. Mr. J. Walker of 
Thame, famed for Narcissi, also showed well, and was placed second ; 
the remaining prizes falling to Messrs. Mattock, Oxford, and G. Bunyard 
and Co., Maidstone. 
Class 5, twenty-four distinct, three trusses of each. —Messrs. G. and 
W. H. Burch here improved materially on their previous position with 
twenty-four trebles, winning well ; they showed Maurice BernardiD, 
Captain Christy, Alfred Colomb, Merveille de Lyon, Ulrich Brunner, 
Her Majesty, Countess of Oxford, Queen of Queens, Due de Rohan, 
Madame Willermoz, Star of Waltham, and Catherine Mermet. Front 
row : Madame Cusin, Camille Bernardin, Madame de Watteville, Marie 
Rady, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, A. K. Williams, Innocente Pirola, 
Horace Vernet, La France, Xavier Olibo, The Bride, and Marie Baumann. 
These were an excellent lot, and richly deserved the award. Messrs. 
Keynes, Williams & Co. were second ; Messrs. Jefferies, Cirencester, third ; 
and Messrs. Cooling fourth. 
AMATETTKS. 
The exhibits in this section formed a splendid display. Messrs. 
Grant and Lindsoll were in magnificent form, and it is to be deeply re¬ 
gretted that a complete and critical reference to their stands was 
prevented by the crush of people around the boxes. We succeeded in 
snatching the names of the varieties, but to do justice to such excellent 
collections as these a close and careful inspection was absolutely neces¬ 
sary. 
Class 6, forty-eight distinct, single trusses. —This was the most 
important of the amateurs’ classes, the first prize being the valuable 
champion challenge trophy and £6. This class is invariably a highly 
interesting one, and on the present occasion two former winners in Mr. 
W. J. Grant, Hope End, Ledbury, and the Rev. J. H. Pemberton, 
Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, were in competition, as well as other well 
known exhibitors. The contest lay between the two named, but the issue 
was decided without difficulty, Mr. Grant winning by many points with 
a superb collection, in which it would have been difficult to detect a 
weak spot. The flowers throughout were substantial, rich in colour, and 
refined—such, in fact, as Rose growers love to linger over, but from 
which they were literally dragged away on the present occasion by 
a living stream. The varieties were Comtesse d’Oxford, Madame Victor 
Verdier. Niphetos, Le Havre, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh, Ulrich Brunner, Madame Lavallde, Marie Cointet, Marie Rady, 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, Duke of Wellington (superb), Madame Rodo¬ 
canachi, Xavier Olibo, Caroline Kuster, Prince Arthur, Capt. Christy, 
Comte de Raimbaud, La France (so named, but apparently Capt. 
Christy), Alfred Colomb (superb), Frangois Michelon, Louis Van 
Houtte, Madame E. Verdier, A. K. Williams, Her Majesty, Marie Bau¬ 
mann (a magnificent bloom), Etienne Levet, La Rosiere, Anna OHivier, 
Horace Vernet, Madame H. Jamain, Dr. Andrv, La Duchesse de Morny, 
Earl of Dufferin, Pride of Waltham, Dingee Conard, Star of Waltham, 
Jean Soupert, Madame Crapelet, Pierre Notting, Merveille de Lyon, 
Chas. Darwin, Mrs. J. Laing, Beauty of Waltham, Heinrich Schultheis, 
Dupuy Jamain, Camille Bernardin, and Reynolds Hole. The Rev. J. H. 
Pemberton had a very handsome and even stand, little, if any, below 
his best form, the flowers neat and good. He easily secured second 
prize, the third going to Mr. S. P. Budd, Bath ; and the fourth to Mr. 
J. H. Pitt, Maidstone. 
Class 7, twenty-four distinct, three trusses of each. —Mr. Grant was 
again victorious here. He bad a beautiful stand of triplets, the varieties 
being Marie Baumann, Madame Rodocanachi, Marie Finger, Mons. 
Boncenne, Louis Van Houtte, Pride of Waltham, Chas. Darwin, Her 
Majesty, Ulrich Brunner, Marie Verdier, Merveille de Lyon, Le Havre, 
Marie Rady, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, La France, Camille Bernardin, 
Earl of Dufferin, Madame G. Luizet, Capt. Christy, Dr. Andry, La 
Rosibre, Alfred Colomb, Dupuy Jamain, and Comtesse d’Oxford. Mr. 
S. P. Budd was second, but there were no other competitors. 
Class 8, thirty-six distinct, single trusses. —This produced in the first 
prize lot of Mr. E. B. Lindsell, Hitchin, one of the most beautiful col¬ 
lections of Roses ever seen at the National Show. Perpetuals and Teas 
were alike magnificent, and collectively formed a stand with which the 
other competitors were quite unable to cope with any hope of success. 
The blooms were large and substantial, j'et shapely and refined, with 
rich lustrous colour and admirable finish. The varieties were :—Back 
row : Marie Rady, Her Majesty, Xavier Olibo, Niphetos, Dr. Andry, 
Marie Baumann, La France, Fisher Holmes, Madame G. Luize*, 
A. K. Williams, Merveille de Lyon, and Ulrich Brunner. Middle row : 
Emilie Hausburg, Marie Verdier, Beauty of Waltham, Capt. Christy, 
Madame Victor Verdier, Violette Bouyer, Louis Van Houtte, Comtesse 
de Nadaillac, Caroline Kuster, Catherine Mermet, Duchess of Bedford, 
and Francisca Kruger. Front : Duchesse de Caylus, Jean Ducher, Mons 
Noman, Victor Hugo, Viscountess Folkestone, Camille Bernardin, Innc- 
cente Pirola, Madame de Watteville, Prince Arthur, Princess of Wales, 
Madame Cusin, and La Boule d’Or. Mr. J. Brown, gardener to.Mrs. 
Waterlow, Reigate, was an excellent second ; and Mr. E. West, Reigate, 
third. 
Class 9, eighteen distinct, three trusses of each. —Mr. Lindsell was 
again victorious here. Had he entered in the champion class Mr. Grant 
would have had a foeman well worthy of his steel. His triplets were 
Xavier Olibo, Her Majesty, A. K. Williams, Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
, Horace Vernet, Jean Ducher, Merveille de Lyon, Marie Rady, Marie 
Baumann, Niphetos, Caroline Kuster, Louis Van Houtte, Ulrich Brunner, 
