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Lefebvre, Comtesse de Nadaillac, and three blooms of S. Reynolds Hole. 
The second prize, gained by Major Phillips, comprised fine blooms of 
Bouquet d’Or, Marquise de Castellane, Madame.G. Luizet, and Marie Van 
Houtte. The third prize, awarded to Rev. A. K. Cornwall, contained 
good blooms of Gdnteil Jacqueminot and Paul Yerdier. First prize, 
Class 6, Major Phillips.—Two Roses in this collection secured the two 
National Rose Society’s medals, the blooms being Lord F. Cavendish and 
Devoniensis. the latter being full of substance. The collection also con¬ 
tained good specimens of Etienne Levet and Marquise de Castellane. 
The second prize stand (Mr. Budd) consisted of fresh and bright Roses, in¬ 
cluding good blooms of Alfred Colomb, Ulrich Brunner, Earl Dufferin, and 
Reynolds Hole. The third prize awarded to Mr. Winterbotham. Class 7. 
—The Roses worthy of notice in the exhibit which secured first prize, 
awarded to Mr. Owen, were Reve d’Or, Bouquet d’Or, and E. Y. Teas. 
Class 8.—First prize (Mr. Small) was a stand of neat and well shaped 
Roses, among which may be mentioned Souvenir de Spa and Duke of 
Teck. Class 9. —Mr. Small gained the first award, showing a very neat 
collection. In table decorations there was a spirited competition. The 
winner of the first prize, Major Phillips, showed a remarkably fine 
collection of Roses, particularly of the Tea varieties. The second prize, 
gained by Miss A. Aycliffe, was very attractive, the choice blooms 
including Baroness Rothschild. Class 13.—The premier prize for a 
basket of Roses tastefully arranged was won by Miss Cornwall. The 
second award was carried off by a basket set off well with William Allen 
Richardson and some good Moss blooms. The exhibitor was Major 
Phillips. The remaining prize was won by Mr. Champion, 
GLOUCESTER.— July 11th. 
The East Gloucestershire Rose Society, which was inaugurated 
under the auspices of my excellent friend the Rev. F. A. Burnside, held 
its second Show at Gloucester on the date above named. I recorded the 
success of the first one held there last year, and the pleasant surprise it 
had in store for me, and I am glad to have been able to attend its 
second excellent Exhibition, which, although not equal in extent owing 
to the character of the season, yet contained some of the very best 
flowers I have seen this season. The withdrawal of Mr. T. B. Hall 
was sorely felt here, for his Roses were greatly missed, and the 
character of the season, which although one of the very best I ever 
recollect for Roses, has put so many by its forwardness so com¬ 
pletely out of the field that the number of flowers exhibited fell 
short of those of last year, but the quality of the flowers was infinitely 
better. The two local exhibitors, if I may so call them, though they 
are both Herefordshire men—Messrs. Cranston amongst nurserymen, 
and Mr. W. J. Grant amongst amateurs—exhibited in grand form. 
There was no skimming of Tea Roses as was so much the case last year 
amongst exhibitors. There were no dull vapid looking flowers amongst 
the Hybrid Perpetuals as was so much the case then, and there were 
many blooms of surpassing excellence. The Show was held in the 
Corn Exchange, an excellently lighted room for the purpose, and it was 
a pleasure to find that Mr. R. Wheeler was present at our luncheon as 
the Mayor of Gloucester. All the arrangements were well carried out 
by the two Secretaries, and as the weather was fine, a great contrast to 
the Hereford Show, there was a good attendance, and altogether I hope 
that the Society has scored a success. 
In the nurserymen’s class, Messrs. Cranston & Co., who have exhi¬ 
bited so well this season, were first in forty-eights with a very beautiful 
stand of flowers consisting of the following varieties—Madame Eugene 
Verdier, Marechal Vaillant, Emilie Hausberg, Le Havre, Madame 
Lacharme. Madame Charles Wood, a marvellously fine bloom: Her 
Majesty, Alfred Colomb, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Eclair, very fine ; this 
has been exhibited by Messrs. Cranston this year in better form than 1 
have ever seen it; Baroness Rothschild, Star of Waltham, Marie Rady, 
very fine ; Louis Van Houtte, Marie Cointet, Lord Frederick Cavendish, 
Etendard de Jeanne d’Arc, very beautiful; Pierre Notting, Francisca 
Kruger, General Jacqueminot, Edouard Morren, a fine bloom; Ulrich 
Brunner, The Bride, I)upuy Jamain, La France. Francois Louvat, 
Madame Charles Crapelet, Etienne Levet, Madame Thirese Levet, 
Dr. Andry, Madame Margottin, Marie Baumann, a splendid bloom ; 
Merveille de Lyon, Exposition de Brie, Marquise de Castellane, Prince 
Camille de Rohan, Perle de Lyon, A. K. Williams, Madame Willermoz, 
Marie Finger, Prince Arthur, Heinrich Schultheis, Senateur Vaisse, 
Queen of Queens, and Roisieriste Jacobs, a very fine bloom of a flower 
which Messrs. Cranston have shown so well this season. Messrs. Mack 
and Son of Catterick, Yorkshire, were a good second ; and Messrs. 
Jefferies & Son of Cirencester, third. In the class for twenty-four 
trebles Messrs. Cranston were again first with Alfred Colomb, Madame 
Charles Crapelet, The Bride, very beautiful ; Etienne Levet, Prince 
Arthur, Queen of Queens, Madame Willermoz, Marie Baumann, Prince 
•Camille de Rohan, Marquise de Castellane, Madame Charles Wood, 
Marie Rady, La France, Star of Waltham, Louis Van Houtte, Marechal 
Vaillant, Baroness Rothschild, Viscountess Folkestone, Exposition de 
Brie, Roisieriste Jacobs, a very fine triplet; Merveille de Lyon, Alfred 
Dumesnil, and Senateur Vaisse. Mr. George Prince of Oxford was 
second, and Messrs. Jefferies & Son of Cirencester third. For twenty- 
four singles Messrs. Cranston & Son were again first with Star of 
AValtham, Charles Lefebvre, Madame Caillat, Pierre Notting, Lady 
Mary Fitzwilliam, Earl of Pembroke, The Bride, Alfred Colomb, 
Edouard Morren, Dupuy Jamain, Etendard de Jeanne d’Arc, Madame 
Charles Wood, Merveille de Lyon, Fisher Holmes, Princess Beatrice, 
Prince Arthur, Madame Charles, Etienne Levet, Princess of Wales, 
Deviennc Lamy, Alfred Dumesnil, Ulrich Brunner, Marie Cointet, 
Lord Fredeiick Cavendish, Thdrese Levet, Ulrich Brunner, Marie 
Verdier, Eclair, Queen of Queens, Exposition de Brie, Etoile de Lyon, 
Senateur Vaisse, La France, and Marechal Vaillant. 
In the class for eighteen Teas Mr. George Prince of Oxford was first 
with one of his lovely stands of flowers, consisting of Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, Madame Cusin, Niphetos, Anna Ollivier, Mons. Furtadc, 
Princess of Wales, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Marie Van Houtte, 
Grace Darling, Marcella Rhoda, Madame de Watteville, Cornelia 
Koch, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Hon. Edith Gifford, Etoile de Lyon, 
Catherine Mermet, The Bride, and Francisca Kruger. In the class for 
twelve Teas Mr. Prince was again first with Jean Ducher, Princess 
Vera, Souvenir d’un Ami, Devoniensis, Rubens, Souvenir de Tlffirese 
Levet, Caroline Kuster, Catherine Mermet, La Boule d’Or, Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, and Niphetos. Messrs. Jefferies & Son were second. In the 
class for twelve of any one dark Rose Messrs. Mattock were first with 
Horace Vernet, Messrs. Cranston second with Alfred Colomb, and Mr. 
George Prince third with Earl of Dufferin. For twelve of any light 
Rose Mr. George Prince was first with Merveille de Lyon. Messrs. Mack 
and Son second with the same, and Messrs. Cranston & Co. third with 
the same. In the class for twenty-four blooms by Gloucestershire 
nurserymen Messrs. Jefferies & Son were first with Mrs. John Laing, 
Souvenir d’Elise, Le Havre, Baroness Rothschild, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Catherine Mermet, Victor Hugo, Mdlle. Susanne Rodocanachi, a very 
fine flower of great substance ; Marie Rady, Ferdinand Chaffalte, 
Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Lady Helen Stuart, very bright; Paul 
Neyron, Dupuy Jamain, Comtesse de Nadaillac, A. K. Williams, Captain 
Christy, Duke of Teck, Marechal Niel, and Marshal P. Wilder. This 
was a very beautiful stand. Messrs. Heath and Son of Cheltenham 
were second. 
Passing now to the amateurs it will be found that Mr. W. J. Grant 
occupied the same place amongst amateurs that Messrs. Cranston did 
amongst nurserymen. His stand of thirty-six, in which he was easily 
first, contained Lady Sheffield (a remarkably fine bloom), Niphetos, 
Mrs. Jowitt, Francois Michelon, Etienne Levet, Baroness Rothschild, 
Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Horace Vernet, Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
Alfred Colomb, Duchesse de Morny, Louis Van Houtte, La France, 
Abel Carriere, Innocente Pirola, Le Havre, Her Majesty, Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh. Marie Verdier. A. K. Williams, Souvenir d’un Ami, Earl of 
Dufferin (very fine), Merveille de Lyon, G^ndral Jacqueminot, Marie 
Finger, Pierre Notting (a magnificent bloom), Madame Cusin, Marie 
Baumann, Heinrich Schultheis, Comtesse d’Oxford, Dingee Conard, 
Caroline Kuster, Madame Eugene Verdier, Baroness Rothschild, and 
Emilie Hausberg. S. P. Budd, Esq., of Bath, was second. In the 
class for twenty-four Mr. Grant was again first with Capt. Christy, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Ulrich Brunner, Franqois Michelon, Dupuy 
Jamain, Duchesse de Morny, Alfred Colomb, Her Majesty, Earl of 
Dufferin, Merveille de Lyon, Dr. Andry, Baroness Rothschild, A. K. 
Williams, Souvenir d’un Ami, Caroline Kuster, Le Havre, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Heinrich Schultheis, Comtesse d’Oxford, Louis Van Houtte, 
Emilie Hausberg, Abel Carriere, and Dupuy Jamain. The Rev. F. A. 
Burnside of Burch Vicarage was second, and Mr. J. Besley third. In 
the class for twelve trebles Mr. Grant was also first with Caroline 
Kuster, Madame Cusin, Madame de Watteville, Marie Rady, Her 
Majesty, Alfred Colomb, La Boule d’Or, Earl of Dufferin, Merveille de 
Lyon, Abel Carriere, Emilie Hausberg, and Souvenir d'un Ami. In 
twelve single trusses of any light Rose, Mr. Thomas Hobbs of Lower 
Easton, Bristol, was first with Merveille de Lyon ; Mr. W. J. Grant 
second with Her Majesty. 
In the Tea and Noisette division Mr. W. J. Grant also occupied the 
premier place. In eighteen Teas he had a fine stand, consisting of 
Madame de Watteville, Souvenir d’un Ami, Souvenir de Thdrese Levet, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Anna Ollivier, Etoile de Lyon, Innocente Pirola, 
Catherine Mermet, Madame Margottin, Marie Van Houtte, Princess of 
Wales, Madame Lambard, Niphetos, Caroline Kuster, Franscisca Kruger, 
Hon. Edith Gifford, Madame Cusin, and La Boule d’Or. The Rev. F. R. 
Burnside was second. In the class for twelve Teas the same exhibitors 
occupied the same position. Mr. Grant’s blooms were Madame de 
Watteville, Etoile de Lyon, Madame Cusin, Souvenir d’Elise, Catherine 
Mermet, La Boule d’Or, Innocente Pirola, Caroline Kuster, Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, Souvenir de Thdrese Levet, Niphetos, and M. Margottin. 
Mr. T. Hobbs was third. In the class for six of any one Tea Mr. Grant 
was first with Caroline Kuster; Mr. Burnside second with Madame 
Cusin ; and Mr. Plobbs third with Caroline Kuster. 
There were special classes for Gloucestershire amateurs, so as to give 
them a chance where the large growers outside would not enter the 
lis^s against them. In the class for twelve trusses, Mr. Conway Jones 
was first with Thomas Mills, La France, Charles Lefebvre, Baroness 
Rothschild, Merveille de Lyon, Gffinlral Jacqueminot, Madame Lambard, 
Duke of Teck, Souvenir d’un Ami, Marie Van Houtte, Prince Camille 
de Rohan, and Grace Darling The Rev. Dawson was second, and Mrs. 
Wallis third. In the class for six Mr. W. Cooke was first with Edouard 
Morren, Mrs. Baker, Star of Waltham, Captain Christy, A. K. Williams, 
and Marie Verdier. Mr. James Grant was second, and Mr. A. Darrett 
third. In the class for six varieties Mrs. Pike was first with Paul 
Neyron, Mrs. Jowitt, Baroness Rothschild, Fisher Holmes, and Duke of 
Teck. Mrs. Walter was second, and Mr. W. C. Firth third. 
The National Rose Society’s silver medal for the best Hybrid Per¬ 
petual was awarded to Mr. W. J. Grant for, I believe, Pierre Notting ; 
and in Teas to the Rev. F. R. Burnside for a beautiful bloom of The 
Bride. 
There was a very spirited competition amongst ladies for the best 
