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and Mr. Percy Burnand third. In Class 9, for six of any one, the Key. 
F. R. Burnside was first with Madame Cusin ; Mr. E. G. Fowler second, 
and Mr. Cuthell third. In the local class for six blooms Mr. F. Hughes 
was first—Marie Verdier, Ulrich Brunner, La France, Star of Waltham, 
Marie Finger, Frangois Michelon, Captain Christy, and Camille Ber- 
nardin ; Mr. Molle was second. In Class 12, for three dissimilar, Mr. 
F. Delane was first with Marie Finger, Camille Bernardin, and Captain 
Christy for three Teas ; and J. Malcolm was first with Madame Lambard, 
I’rancisca Kruger, and Catherine Mermet; Mr. Heiron was second. 
Class for six of one sort, Mr. Malcolm was first with La France ; Miss F. 
Hughes second. The ladies’ challenge cup for six distinct was awarded 
to Mr. H. J. Malcomb for Marie Baumann, Lady M. Fitzwilliam, 
Baroness Rothschild, Frangois Michelon, Gabriel Luizet, and Louis Van 
Houtte, all good ; Mr. Miller was second. 
As is usual at Sutton, there was a large display of decorations, 
and, as is usual there, considerable taste was shown in arranging 
them. Some of the tables were good, but in some the principle of 
cramming a lot of flowers without any artistic design was to be seen, 
which is not only contrary to good taste, but to the fashion of the 
present day. Some of the baskets of Roses with Maidenhair foliage 
were very beautiful. All these were shown in a separate room, and 
very tastefully displayed. 
I need hardly say to any who know Sutton that the arrangements 
were excellent. An indefatigable Secretary like Mr. Ernest Wilkins, 
seconded by a thoroughly good working Committee, caused all to run 
smoothly, and my only regret was that being due at the Rose Con¬ 
ference I could not remain to greet many friends, and to enjoy, as I 
always do, a Show so admirably arranged and so well carried out. 
—D., Deal. 
MAIDSTONE.— July 3rd. 
A “ NEW departure ” was made by this old-established Society, by 
holding their Exhibition in a tent in the Palace grounds instead of 
in a room, having a band and keeping the room open until nine o’clock, 
and I believe that the result j ustified the step ; but it is strange in a 
town where there used to be held at one time a large and successful 
exhibition of flowers that there is so much apathy amongst the in¬ 
habitants. Comparatively few of them visit the Show, and although 
the neighbourhood is a good one for growing Roses, with the 
exception of Colonel Pitt, who has taken up the position held for so 
many years by the recently lamented Mr. John Ilollingworth, there 
is hardly a local exhibitor. The Club has a most earnest and inde¬ 
fatigable Secretary in Mr. Herbert Bensted, who concentrates in himself 
the duties that generally fall to a committee, and be knows the Rose as 
well as anyone with whom I am acquainted, and so manages to make all 
go smoothly and well, so that no excuse on that head can be made ; 
yet withal, the Show is not supported as it ought to be. No wonder that 
he feels disheartened about it, and feels inclined to let the Society drop. 
This year the same reasons which have somewhat militated against other 
shows interfered with it. We missed many exhibitors whose Roses have 
been usually seen here. Other shows interfered. It was the second day 
of the Rose Conference, although, from what I saw on the first day, I 
hardly imagine that many were kept away by it. The earliness of the 
season again militated against it, for Maidstone is an early locality, and 
their Show was fully a week too late, while the Croydon Show, where 
large prizes were offered, doubtless kept more away than the Rose 
Conference did. Yet a very good Show was held, and some very 
fine blooms of Hybrid Perpetuals were shown, the Teas being a failure. 
V hen such growers as Mrs. F. Warde, who is changing her residence. 
Mr. Wakley, the Rev. H. B. Biron, and Mrs. Fuller were absent, it may 
readily be imagined that the quantity was deficient, although, as I have 
said, the quality was excellent. There were no prizes offered for nur¬ 
serymen, so that none of those fine collections which we see at other 
shows were here, with the exception of some fine stands offered and 
set up by Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co. (not for competition), the largest 
number being stands for twenty-four. Of course it will be seen that 
this makes it more difficult to fill up a show. 
In the class for twenty-four the first prize was awarded to Captain 
Knight of Bobbing, and the second to Colonel Pitt; the former six boxes 
contained good blooms of the following varieties : —Duke of Connaught, 
Captain Christy, Ulrich Brunner, Annie Wood, Marie Baumann, Duchess 
of Bedford, Innocente Pirola, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Pauline Talabot, 
Charles Lefebvre, Pierre Hotting, Le Havre, Madame Cusin, Marie 
Rady, Etienne Levet, Emilie Hausburg, Star of Waltham, Bouquet d’Or, 
Marie Guillot, A. K. Williams, Catherine Mermet, Marquis de Sanima, 
and General Jacqueminot. In the class for twelve Teas and twe ve 
Hybrid Perpetuals for a cup given by the Mayor the prize was awarded 
to Captain Knight for good blooms of Eugene Fiirst, Madame Willermoz, 
Emilie Hausburg, Innocente Pirola, Etienne Levet, Caroline Kuster, 
Captain Christy, Madame Lambard, Reynolds Hole, Marquis de Sanima, 
Penelope Mayo, Madame Cusin, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Hon. Edith 
Gifford, Olivier Delhomme, Alba Rosea, Hippolyte Jamain, Gfindral 
Jacqueminot, Marie Van Houtte, and Souvenir d’Elise, a very pretty box 
with the Teas and Hybrids arranged alternately. In the class for 
eighteen, for members of the Club only, Mr. II. Foster of Ashford was 
first with a very beautiful lot of blooms, consisting of Baronne Hausmann, 
C. Ganneau, a flower unknown to me ; Captain Christy, Marie Rady, 
Marquise de Castellane, Duke of Edinburgh, La France, Dr. Andry, 
Beaute del’Europe, Red Dragon, Baroness Rothschild, Empress of India' 
Merveille de Lyon, Madame Cusin, Duchess of Bedford, Marie Verdier, 
Marguerite Brassac, Marie Baumann, and Madame Emilie Verdier. 
In the class for eight varieties, trebles, Colonel Pitt was first with 
Madame Victor Verdier, Gabriel Luizet, Prince Arthur, Madame Isaac 
Pereire, Emilie Hausburg, Villaret de Joyeuse, and Camille Bernardin. In 
the class for twelve Teas and Noisettes Mr. Killick was second—first not 
being awarded—with good blooms of Madame de Watteville, Anna 
Ollivier, Homere, Bougere, Marie Van Houtte, Bouquet d’Or, Marquis de 
Sanima, Souvenir de Mont Plaisir, Celine Forestier, Madame Trifle, and 
Marie Guillot. In the class for nine varieties Messrs. Ashurstand Tucker 
were first with Merveille de Lyon, Charles Darwin, A. K. Williams, Ulrich 
Brunner, Camille de Rohan, Alfred Colomb, Duchess of Bedford, Captain 
Christy, and Madame Gabriel Luizet. Captain Thornton was second, and 
W. Bryant, Esq., third. In the class for six of any one variety Messrs. 
Ashurst and Tucker were first with Captain Christy. 
Some pretty stands of Roses and Ferns were exhibited, the first prize 
going to Miss E. Bensted, the second to Miss Day, and equal third to 
Mrs. H. Green and Miss Green. That exhibited by Mrs. Green, although 
too large for a table, was well suited for a large hall; there was bold¬ 
ness about it, and a good deal of artistic arrangement. For shoulder- 
knots the first prize was awarded to Miss E. Bryant, the second to 
Miss Day, and the third to Mrs. H. Green.—D., Deal. 
CROYDON.— July 3rd. 
In the Rose tent of the Croydon Horticultural Society’s Show there 
was a slight falling off in the number of entries, but there were many 
fine boxes staged. In the nurserymen’s classes for forty-eight blooms 
and twenty four Roses, three trusses, Mr. F. Cant was first in both, and 
Mr. B. R. Cant second. Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons were first for twenty- 
four distinct Roses. For twelve Tea or Noisette Mr. F. Cant was first, 
and Mr. B. R. Cant for twelve blooms of one variety. In the amateurs’ 
class the 23-guinea challenge cup was awarded to the Rev. J. H. Pem¬ 
berton, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, for an admirable collection of 
thirty-six varieties ; Mr. Alfred Slaughter, Steyning, being second. 
His box contained the best Rose in the Show, Marie Verdier, for 
which the silver medal of the National Rose Society was awarded. The 
challenge cup for locally grown Roses was gained by the Rev. W. 
Wilks, Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society, for six distinct 
varieties, and the National Rose Society’s silver medal for the best 
bloom in the local classes was won by Mi. J. Brown, gardener to Mrs. 
Waterlow, Reigate. Mr. W. Blundell, gardener to G. Christy, Esq., 
Westerham ; Mr. Percy Burnand, Reigate ; Mr. E. M. Mawley, Berk- 
hamstead ; Mr. E. M. Bethune, Horsham ; Mr. D. McDonald-Smith, 
Caterham ; Mr. Councillor Dart, Croydon ; and Mr. E. Wilkins, Sutton; 
were also among the prizewinners. 
HITCRIN.-July 3rd. 
The ninth annual Exhibition, which was held on Wednesday last in 
the charming grounds of Hitchin Priory, proved a great success in all 
ways, and it must be a source of much gratification to the Rev. W. H. 
Gall, Hon. Sec., and his colleagues, to find how largely effective their 
labours have been in instilling the love of the Rose and Rose growing 
amongst all classes in the district; and although attempts have been 
made in the daily Press to undervalue these fascinating and humanis¬ 
ing displays, no better answer could be furnished than the wide-spread 
contagion which the efforts of this Society has produced in a few years 
in the locality, growers, lovers, and exhibitors of the Rose having since the 
establishment of the Hitchin Rose Show more than quadrupled, and some 
of these have been enabled to battle successfully in open combat with 
the largest and best growers in the country. tH0J 3Ap^ 
In division A, class 1, open to all England, for forty-eight blooms, 
the highest honours were awarded to Messrs. G. & W. Burch, Nurseries, 
Peterborough ; Messrs. G. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, being second, and 
Messrs. Burrell & Co., Cambridge, third. For twelve blooms in this 
division the same exhibitors were again marshalled in similar positions. 
In division B, open to amateur members, for twenty-four blooms, Mr. 
E. B. Lindsell of Hitchin took the first position, as also for eight 
triplets, eighteen and twelve Teas and Noisettes, for six trusses of 
any H.P., and six of any Tea or Noisette, thus carrying off five of the 
principal prizes. For the twenty-four blooms Mr. J. G. Fowler, Wood¬ 
ford, came second ; the Rev. W. H. Jackson, Stagsden Vicarage, running 
Mr. Lindsell neck and neck for the eight triplets was finally placed 
second. Mr. Jackson also received awards in four other classes ; the 
Rev. Dr. King, Madinglev Vicarage, Cambridge, taking second for 
eighteen and twelve Teas. For twelve blooms in division B—first, Mr. 
J. L. Curtis of Chatteris ; second, Mr. Jackson ; third, Mr. Kipling, 
Knebworth. In the local classes Mrs. Times, Hitchin, was first, and 
Mr. Gall second for twelve blooms. For six blooms Mrs. Lucas, Hitchin, 
was first, and Mr. W. Ransom second ; Mr. Welch, gardener to J. H. 
Tuke, Esq., Hitchin, leading for six Teas, and Mr. Moules second. Mr. 
A. W. Lines, Hitchin, was first for six blooms, open only to non-winners 
previously. 
For table decorations (Roses, Rose foliage, and Ferns only) Mrs. 
E. B. Lindsell was awarded first, Miss Grace Lucas taking a similar 
position for a hand bouquet and for buttonhole and spray. 
The Rev. W. H. Gall afterwards hospitably entertained the Judges 
and his Rose-growing friends at The Sun Inn, at which Mr. J. L. Curtis 
proposed the health of the worthy host, which was kindly responded 
to by Mr. Gall, who proposed success to the Hitchin Rose Society, and 
suggested that as next year will be the close of the Society’s first decade, 
renewed and doubled efforts should be made to render the next Exhibi¬ 
tion an advance even on this, which has proved the most successful the 
Society has ever held. 
