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[ July 18, 1889. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
basket of Eoses with only Eose foliage, and the first prize was awarded 
to Mrs. Burnside, for a basket which has made me alter my opinion. I 
have often said that I have never seen a basket of Eoses pure and simple 
which gave me complete satisfaction. I have seen many pretty baskets, 
but they have been mostly smothered with Maidenhair, which, like 
charity, is made to cover a multitude of sins, but I must now admit the 
“ Pinafore ” axiom of “ hardly ever,” for this was a most exquisite 
basket, composed entirely of Teas, and this mostly in the bud or half- 
expanded form. They were gracefully laid in ; there was neither on 
the one hand nor on the other hand carelessness; they were thoughtfully 
arranged, and gave a lesson which many might take advantage of. 
Messrs. Eawlins second, and Mrs. Pike and the Hon. Miss Eae equal 
thirds. 
It will thus be seen that amidst many difficulties the East Glouces¬ 
tershire Society has again scored a success, and I have little doubt that 
it is arousing an interest in the county on the subject of Eose growing 
which must be productive of good to the interests of the flower, which 
is so universally and deservedly popular.—D., Deal. 
ALEXANDEA PALACE.— July 12th. 
Eose Shows are not an annual fixture at the Alexandra Palace, for 
the sufficient reason that Eose time does not always find the doors of 
the spacious building open to the public. It has had a chequered 
career, and several attempts have been made, the majority without 
success, to make it sufficiently attractive to secure a good measure of 
public support. Another vigorous effort is being made now, under the 
managerial guidance of Mr. Lee Bapty, to make it a popular resort, and 
there may be more hope of success than with the overwhelming com¬ 
petition of the exhibition days. With the Eose Show on the above date 
was appropriately combined the interesting ceremony of the crowning of 
the Eose Queen, conducted by Father Nugee, and the decorations, chiefly 
of Eoses, prepared in honour of this event, together with the Exhibition 
itself, formed a most pleasing display. 
The classes were fairly well filled, but the date was a little too late 
to admit of blooms being shown of the highest class. The Eev. J. H. 
Pemberton was in excellent form, and Messrs. Paul of Cheshunt, Cooling, 
Harkness, Burch, and others amongst the trade growers were well repre¬ 
sented. The general arrangements of the Show were not unsatisfactory, 
but the plan of placing small numbered tickets on the stands, and 
writing out the exhibitors’ cards for placing there after the judging was 
completed, led to much delay, and should be altered another year. It is 
certainly^ not an improvement on the usual plan of putting on the 
exhibitor's card at once and reversing it till the Judges’ awards have 
been made. 
The results are appended :— 
nurserymen’s classes. 
In Class 1, forty-eight blooms, distinct, an extremely neat, fresh, and 
bright collection from Messrs. Paul & Son, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, 
deservedly secured premier honours. Though not large, the blooms were 
in very good condition. The varieties were Back row : Alfred Colomb, 
Her Majesty, Marie Baumann, Madame Susanne Rodocanachi (very 
bright and effective), Madame Prosper Laugier, Merveille de Lyon, 
Eeynolds Hole, Countess of Eosebery, Sdnateur Vaisse, Marie Verdier, 
Abel Carriere, Madame Alphonse Lavallee, Heinrich Schultheis, Duke 
of Edinburgh, Captain Christy, and Marshall P. Wilder. Middle row : 
Pierre Hotting, Madame Victor Verdier, La France, Victor Hugo, 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, Maurice Bernardin, Niphetos, Charles Lefebvre, 
Horace "\ ernet, Madame Musset, Alphonse Soupert, Harrison Weir, Dr. 
Andry, Madame de Selve, Comte Raimbaud, and La Duchesse de Moray. 
I ront row : Auguste Eigotard, Etoile de Lyon, Sir Eowland Hill, Mrs! 
J. Lamg, Xavier Olibo, Duke of Teck, Comtesse de Nadaillac, and Etienne 
Levet, A. K. Williams, Catherine Mermet, Duchess of Bedford, Perle des 
Jardms, Charles Darwin, The Bride, Mons. E. Y. Teas, and Francois 
Michelon. Messrs. Harkness & Son, Bedale, who were very weak com¬ 
pared with their stands at the Crystal Palace, were second, the best 
biooms being Due de Eohan, Fisher Holmes (very fine), Madame 
Lavallee, Baronne de Eothschild, and Mrs. Jowitt. Messrs. G. & W. H. 
Kur< ”b Peterborough, took the remaining prize, showing very well. 
With twenty-four varieties, three blooms of each, Messrs. Paul and 
bon again won. They had an excellent stand of well balanced flowers 
Horace Vernet was perhaps the best, but Comte Eaimbaud, Charles 
Darwin, Marie Verdier, and Madame Alphonse Laval'de were also 
f,?.; ® econd ' ^ r - w - Rurnsey, Joynings Nursery, Waltham Cross, 
•third, Messrs. Cooling, Bath. 
Messrs. G. & W. II. Burch had one of the best stands in the Show in 
the class for twenty-four blooms, single trusses ; a few lacked size, but 
* w^ n eX i?. ? nt condlti °n. The varieties were Back row : Star 
of v\ altham, \ lolette Bouyer, Marie Baumann, Madame Chas. Wood 
(very fine), Duchess of Bedford, Elie Morel, Charles Darwin, and Etienne 
Fev £ fc ' ,,^, ldale r °f : Her Majesty, Charles Lefebvre, Marie Verdier, 
A. K. V\ llliams, Queen of Queens, Duke of Connaught, Madame E. 
nffn'T’ R Ud X 1 a 7 1 ?r 1 0h ’i°' Front row : Fisher Holmes, Countess of 
pfnnnl’ n °, d ^H o e ’ M0n s• E. Y. Teas, Horace Vernet (fine), Ulrich 
M?«rfp A n d Colomb, and Mane Eady. The second prize went to 
T ? U ] & S r- n ' ? hc * hunt ’ wbose besfc blooms were Etienne Levet, 
_has. Lefebvre, Comte Eaimbaud and Horace Vernet; and Messrs 
Cooling were a very good third. essr8, 
the class for twelve Teas or Noisettes Mr. Prince of Oxford’s 
seedling Briar produce was to the fore. He had a verv neat stand 
(verv°eood) tFe . f ° ll0win f r varietie8 o : -The Bride, Comtesse de Nadaillac 
(very good), Catherine Mermet, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Madame 
Cusin, Niphetos, Princess of Wales, Jean Ducher, Marie Van Houtte 
(very fine), Souvenir d’un Ami, and Innocente Pirola. Messrs. Cooling 
were a close second with a fresh, bright, and pleasing stand, and 
Messrs. Burch third, also showing excellently. 
AMATEURS’ CLASSES. 
With thirty-six blooms, distinct, four competed, and the first prize 
went to the Eev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering-atte-Bower. He had a neat 
and fresh lot of flowers, though somewhat small. The Teas were best. 
The following were the varieties :—Back row : Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 
Duchess of Bedford, Hippolyte Jamain (a good bloom), Marie Baumann, 
J. S. Mill, Horace Vernet, Ulrich Brunner, Exposition de Brie, Mer¬ 
veille de Lyon, Benoit Comte, Francois Michelon (good), and Louis Van 
Houtte. Middle row : General Jacqueminot, Countess of Eosebery 
(bright and fresh), Marshall P. Wilder, Baronne de Eothschild, Senateur 
Vaisse, Madame E. Verdier, A. K. Williams (neat and bright), Henri 
Likldchaux, Charles Lefebvre, Alfred Colomb, Madame Victor Verdier, 
and Catherine Mermet (very large but coarse). Front row : Niphetos, 
(very good), Abel Carriere, Madame de Watteville, Belle de Bourg la 
Eeine, vSouvenir d’Elise Vardon (good), Victor Hugo, Eeynolds Hole, 
Lady Helen Stewart, Comtesse de Nadaillac (large but nearly past), 
Xavier Olibo, Caroline Kuster (very fine), and Sir Eowland Hill. In the 
second prize lot of Mr. E. B. Lindsell, Ilitchin, a bright fresh collection 
of small flowers, the best blooms were Her Majesty, Duchess of Bedford 
(very rich) Dr. Andry, and Comtesse de Nadaillac. At 3.30 P.H., when 
our representative left the Show, the officials had not placed the exhibitor’s 
card on the third prize stand ; it was merely ticketed. Who is No. 35 ? 
The first prize box in the class for twenty-four blooms also came 
from the Eev. J. II. Pemberton. The blooms were large but somewhat 
coarse, and the card contained a note by the JCulges “ Badly put up,” 
which was perhaps hardly called for. The varieties were :—Back row : 
Ulrich Brunner, large, but very coarse ; Countess of Eosebery, Mer¬ 
veille de Lyon, Exposition de Brie, Marie Baumann, Franijois Michelon, 
Alphonse Soupert, and Countess of Oxford. Middle row : Duchess of 
Bedford, Marie Verdier. Sir Eowland Hill, Camille Bernardin, Marshall 
P. Wilder, Baronne de Eothschild, A. K. Williams (good), and Charles 
Lefebvre. Front row : Earl Dufferin, Madame Victor Verdier, Horace 
Vernet, Captain Christy, Lady Helen Stewart, Eeynolds Hole, Marquise 
de Castellane, and Dingee Conard. The second prize flowers, those of 
Mr. Lindsell, do not call for comment. Mr. Mallender, gardener to 
Miss Mellish, Ilodsock Priory, Worksop, was third, and there was one 
other box. The Eev. J. H. Pemberton again won with twelve blooms, 
a very neat, fresh, bright stand, the best being Charles Lefebvre, an 
excellent bloom ; La Duchesse de Morny, and Niphetos. Second, Mr. 
E. Mawley, Berkhamstead ; third, Mr. Lindsell, the latter showing most 
Teas. 
Mr. Lindsell won with six Teas or Noisettes, La Bouled’Or, Niphetos, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Jean Ducher, Princess of Wales, and Caroline 
Kuster admirably representing him. Mr. Pemberton was second with 
larger but less finished flowers, and Mr. E. King third. The first prize 
in the local class was accompanied by a special challenge trophy offered 
by North London nurserymen, and was offered for flowers grown 
within five miles of the Alexandra Palace. Mr. Bateman, Twisden 
Eoad, Highgate, followed up his success in the town class at the National 
Society’s Show by winning somewhat easily ; Messrs. Agate, New 
Southgate, and White, Highgate, being second and third. 
OPEN CLASSES. 
In class 10, twelve blooms of any 1887, 1888, or 1889 variety, Mr. 
George Prince was first with a capital box of the deep crimson Earl 
Dufferin, an II P. that is likely to prove useful. Messrs. Paul were 
second with a capital box of Her Majesty, and Messrs. Cooling third 
with Earl Dufferin. In class 11, twelve blooms of any new Eose, 
Messrs. Paul of Cheshunt won with a rosy crimson H.P., named The 
Dowager Duchess of Marlborough. 
Mr. Prince won with twelve of any yellow Eose, having a very neat 
box of Comtesse de Nadaillac, the back row flowers very fine. Messrs. 
Burch followed with the same variety. In the corresponding class for 
white Eoses Messrs. Harkness & Son, Bedale, Yorks, won with a charm¬ 
ing box of Merveille de Lyon ; Mr. E. G. King, Cambridge, being second 
with Niphetos, Mr. Prince third with Merveille de Lyon. For twelve 
blooms of any red or crimson Eose Messrs. Burch were placed first. 
They had a moderate stand of Horace Vernet, neat, but not in the 
freshest condition. One of these flowers was selected as the best Eose in 
the Show, and was awarded the silver cup offered by Mr. E. Beale. 
Messrs. Paul were second with a good box of Alfred Colomb, and Messrs. 
Cooling third with the same variety. Baskets and bouquets of Eoses 
from such masters in the art of flower arrangement as Messrs. Perkins, 
Coventry, and J. E. Chard, Stoke Newington, were very much admired. 
The former won with a bouquet and the latter with a basket, both very 
beautiful arrangements. Eoses in pot3 were only shown by Mr. 
Eumsey. He had a neat lot of plants and was awarded first prize. 
MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITS. 
Very effective groups of plants came from Messrs. T. S. Ware, Totten¬ 
ham ; and B. S. Williams, Upper Holloway ; and to each a silver medal 
was awarded. That of the first-named was largely composed of Liliums, 
including the beautiful Leitchlini, pale yellow with purplish brown 
spots ; Campanulas, Iceland Poppies, Gaillardias, Irises, Armeria cepha- 
lotes rubra, and other fine perennials. Mr. Williams’ group, which was 
made up of indoor plants, included ImpatieDS Sultani variegata, Cattleya 
Mendeli, Oncidium janeriense, Miltonia vexillaria, Calanthe masuca 
grandiflora, Odontoglossum Schlieperianum, Epidendrum cochleatum. 
