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blooms shown, and altogether the Show, though a small one, was a 
deeply interesting one. 
There was a very sharp contest in the nurserymen’s class for forty- 
eight blooms. The race between Messrs. Cranston & Co. and the cele¬ 
brated Yorkshire firm, who were first and second respectively, was a 
very close one, while Messrs. Dickson & Sons of Newtownards, Co. Down, 
Ireland, made an excellent third, especially when one considers the dis¬ 
tance from whence they came and the length of time their blooms 
must have been cut. Messrs. Cranston’s stand consisted of the follow¬ 
ing flowers :—Ulrich Brunner, Francjois Michelon, Louis Van Houtte, 
La France, Madame Charles Wood (a magnificent bloom, one of the 
very finest of this flower I have ever seen), Merveille de Lyon, Pierre 
Hotting, Madame Charles Crapelet, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Baroness 
Rothschild, Marie Yerdier, Reynolds Hole, Jean Ducher, Exposition de 
Brie, Queen of Queens, Charles Lefebvre, Paul Neyron, Alfred Colomb 
(a splendid well-coloured flower), Madame Isaac Pereire, Marie Rady (a 
superb blcom), Duchesse de Morny, Le Havre, Etienne Levet, Bar- 
tholemy Joubert. Her Majesty, Marechal Vaillant, Marie Cointet, A. K. 
Williams, Marie Finger, Lord Macaulay, Niphetos, S6natcur Vaisse, Due 
de Rohan, Silver Queen, Rosieriste Jacobs, Souvenir de Paul Neyron. 
Devienne Lamy, Etoile de Lyon, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Francois 
Louvat, Star of Waltham, Beauty of Waltham, Viscountess Folkestone, 
Dr. Andry, Marechal Niel, Prince Arthur, The Bride, Abel Carriere, and 
Souvenir de la Malmaison (a lovely bloom). In Messrs. Darkness’ 
stand the following were very fine Xavier Olibo, Fisher Holmes, The 
Bride, Duchess of Bedford, and Auguste Rigotard. Messrs. Dickson’s 
stand was especially interesting as containing several of their own 
seedlings, amongst them Earl of Dufferin (very fine), Countess of 
Dufferin (a very beautiful light pink flower of great size of petal and 
good substance), T. W. Girdlestone (another of their new Roses, a large 
shell-like petal, purplish red, and wonderfully fragrant). They had 
also fine blooms of Jean Ducher, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Prosper 
Laugier, Ulrich Brunner, and Her Majesty. The class for twelve of any 
one Rose, Messrs. Cranston & Co. were first with Alfred Colomb ; Messrs. 
Dickson second with La France. 
In the class for twelve Teas, Messrs. Cranston & Co. were also first 
with Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Marhchal Niel, Catherine Mermet, 
Madame Bravy, Souvenir d’Elise, Comtesse de Riga du Parc, The Bride, 
Madame Cusin, Niplietos, Francisca Kruger, and Innocente Pirola. 
Messrs. Darkness & Son were second. 
In the class for twenty-six blooms Mr. AY. J. Grant was first with La 
France, Louis A 7 an Houtte, Duchesse de Morny, A. K. Williams, Her 
Majesty, Alfred Colomb, Mdlle. Susanne Rodocanachi, Charles Lefebvre, 
Ghn^ral Jacqueminot, Madame Charles Crapelet, Baroness Rothschild, 
Merveille de Lyon, Prince Arthur, Lady Sheffield (very bright and 
good), Thomas Mills (very fine), Emily Hausberg, Captain Christy, 
Abel Carriere, Catherine Mermet, Charles Darwin, Niphetos, Earl of 
Dufferin, Dupuy Jamain, and Due de Rohan. Mr. J. G. Churton was 
second. In the class for eighteen Mr. Grant was again first with Mrs. 
Raker, Duchesse de Morny, Louis A r an Houtte, Her Majesty, Devienne 
Lamy, Merveille de Lyon, Marie Verdier. Ulrich Byunner, Heinrich 
Schultheis, Charles Darwin, Alphonse Soupert, Madame Victor Verdier, 
Charles Lefebvre, Madame Charles Crapelet. General Jacqueminot, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Abel Carriere, and Le Havre. The Rev. Lionel 
Garnet, Christleton Rectory. Chester, was second. In the class for 
twelves Mr. Desborough Walford was first with Marie Baumann, 
Captain Christy, Due de AYellington, Francois Michelon, Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh, Baroness Rothschild, Charles Lefebvre, Marie Rady, Etienne Levet, 
Sophie Fropot, and Madame Isaac Pereire. This was an excellent stand, 
-and is another instance of what may be done with a small collection, 
for Mr. AValford has not more than 100 plants altogether. The Misses 
Squarry were second with a fine box of Her Majesty, Louis A 7 an Houtte, 
Etienne Levet, Marquise de Castellane, Baroness Rothschild, Fisher 
Holmes, La France, Camille Bernardin, Duchess of Bedford, Gabriel 
Luizet, Charles Lefebvre, Ulrich Brunner (?). Col. Standish Hore of 
St. Asaph was third. For twelve of any one Rose Mr. AV. J. Grant was 
first with Alfred Colomb, the Rev. Lionel Garnet second with Mer¬ 
veille de Lyon. In the class for twelve Teas Mr. AY. J. Grant was first 
with Marechal Niel, Madame de AVatteville, Niphetos, Etoile de Lyon, 
Catherine Mermet, Rubens, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Souvenir de Paul 
Neyron, Adam, Madame Cusin, Caroline Kuster, and Madame Lambard. 
The Rev. Lionel Garnet was second. 
In the class for six for Roses grown in the district AV. Bell, Esq., was 
first with Victor A'erdier, Her Majesty, Mrs. John Laing, Louis Van 
Houtte, Charles Lefebvre, and Merveille de Lyon. Mr. AV. Bulley was 
second. 
The gold medal of the N.R ,S. was awarded to the best box of 
twenty-four—Mr. AV'. J. Grant, the silver medal to Mr. AV. J. Grant for 
the best twelve Teas, and the bronze medal to Mr. Bell for the best 
six local. 
The best twelve perennials were exhibited by Mrs. AV. Holland, the 
second being those of Air. Bulley, and an extra prize was awarded to the 
Rev. Lionel Garnett, while a very pretty box of Alpines was contributed 
(not for competition) by Mr. Bulley. The Messrs. Dicksons of Chester 
also sent a very beautiful stand of herbaceous plants, containing such 
flowers as Centaurea macrocephala, Lilium pardalinum, L. testaceum, 
L. candidum, Aquilegia chrysantha, Campanula pelviformis, Lychnis 
•chalcedonica fl.-pl., See. These stands were much admired, and added 
greatly to the interest of the Show.—D., Deal. 
P.S.—1 have since heard that the afternoon cleared off, and that the 
funds of the Cottage Hospital did not suffer so much as was anticipated. 
NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY AT SHEFFIELD.— July 18th. 
Sheffield is, beyond most towns, a city of contrasts. It has a 
dark side that is unpleasantly apparent, and which at first repels the 
visitor; but when the town is investigated, and its surroundings 
explored, it is found that beneath the uninviting exterior there is a 
pleasant phase such as could not have been imagined when first 
impressions were formed. Sheffield is an honest straightforward town 
of thoroughly English character, showing you its black side at once, 
leaving you to find its pleasant features for yourself, and not beguiling 
you with a fair prospect and subsequent disappointment. Entering it 
from the railway on a none too bright morning on Rose show mission 
bent, the prospect is little short of appalling. A cloud of smoke over¬ 
hangs the city, which is enveloped in gloom. One cannot fancy 
beautiful Roses in such a place ; but they were there, as we shall 
presently see. 
As Yorkshire manufacturing towns differ somewhat from those in 
agricultural districts, so, to some extent, does the Yorkshire character 
also. Fine fellows are the Y'orkshire gardeners, kind, hearty, full of 
earnestness and enthusiasm. They take a real interest in what they say 
and do, and when the talk and the work are of flowers there is, so to say, 
“ no holding them.” Go ahead they must and will. More than ever 
have they proved this year that they can hold their own in the strongest 
Rose company. Those wonderful Bedale growers, Messrs. Harkness 
and Son, have shown what Y'orkshire Roses are this season, and 
emphasised it by carrying off the chief prize at the chief show of the 
year. What they have achieved so far from home it might be expected 
they would repeat in their own county, and Sheffield found them again 
victorious in the chief classes, and Messrs. Mack of Catterick also 
showed well. 
But there was much of interest in the Show apart from what wa3 
done by the home county representatives. From the south came many 
grand blooms. Messrs. Paul & Son of Cheshunt, the Rev. J. H. 
Pemberton of Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, and Mr. E. Mawley, Berk- 
hampstead, showed admirably. From the east (Ipswich) came the 
Rev. A. Foster Melliar, from the west (Hereford) amateur champion 
AV. J. Grant, from the south midlands Air. Lindsell (Hitchin) and Mr. 
Prince (Oxford) with his exquisite Teas. Beyond question a thoroughly 
representative gathering of tried growers, and from which was antici¬ 
pated, and not in vain, a Show of great merit and rich in interest to the 
Rose lover. Such indeed it proved, and a large attendance of visitors 
testified to the interest that is taken in Roses in the many-acred shire. 
The Show was held in the Botanical Gardens, which are quite close 
to the smoky town, though entirely hidden from it, and which, with 
their trees, lawns, and flower beds, form a most suitable and pleasant 
venue. Competition in one or two classes was not so brisk as usual, but 
then the season has been early, and the flowers of many noted growers 
are practically over. Air. Frank Cant was a noteworthy absentee. Of 
the flowers some of the best individual examples were Horace Vernet, 
La Duchesse de Alorny, Victor Hugo, Countess of Rosebery, Alfred 
Colomb, Aladame Susanne Rodocanachi, Earl of Dufferin, Comte de 
Raimbaud, Etoile de Lyon, The Bride, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, and 
Francisca Kruger. But we must recall the advice of a famous knight 
of the circus to “ cut the cackle and come to the ’osses.” Here then 
are the awards, in collecting which Air. E. D. Smith, an intelligent 
Sheffield gardener and occasional contributor to the Journal, lent 
valuable assistance. 
nurserymen’s classes. 
Class 1, seventy-two distinct , single trusses .—The prizes offered were 
£6, £1, £2, and £1 10s. respectively, and ought to have produced more 
competition ; but it is difficult at this late date to form a strong stand 
of six dozen blooms. Two only competed, and both stands were fully 
equal to the best that might be expected considering the lateness of the 
season. The first prize was won by Alessrs. Harkness & Sons, Bedale, 
Yorks, who, it will be remembered, won in the corresponding class at 
the Palace Show. As might be expected, they were some points below 
their earlier form, and Alessrs. Paul & Son of the Old Nurseries, 
Cheshunt, ran them very closely. The bloom3 of the latter exhibitor 
were on the whole smaller than those of their rival ; but, on the other 
hand, their stand was not weakened, as were the first prize lot, by some 
faded blooms. Messrs. Harkness staged the following varieties. Back 
row ; —a. K. A\ r illiams, Merveille de Lyon, Alarie Baumann, La Duchesse 
de Alorny, Prince Arthur (all of these were splendid blooms, the last- 
named particularly fine), Souvenir d’Elise A'ardon, Alfred Dumesni), 
Constantin Fretiakoff, Duke of AYellington, Reine du Alidi, Harrison 
AVeir, Heinrich Schultheis, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Comtesse d’Oxford, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Due de Alontpensier, Alarie Rady, Aladame Eugene A'erdier, 
Aladame C. AA r ood, Aladame Cherot, Xavier Olibo, Alarie Verdier, 
Alphonse Soupert, and Pride of AValtham. Aliddle row : Captain 
Christy, Duchess of Bedford (splendid), Silver Queen, Ulrich Brunner, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Countess of Rosebery, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, 
Duke of Teck (fine full bloom), Francois Alichelon, Alarechal Vaillant, 
Catherine Mermet, Beauty of AValtham, Niphetos, Reynolds Hole 
(compact bloom), Caroline Kuster, Aladame S. de Rodocanachi, Airs. 
George Dixon, Gloire de Bourg-la-Reine (superb), Perle des Jardins, 
Duchesse de Caylus, La France, Horace Vernet (fresh), Lady Alary 
Fitzwilliam, and Alfred Colomb. Front row : Fisher Holmes, Alarie 
Cointet, Earl of Pembroke, Duchesse de Valombrcsa, Charles Darwin, 
Grace Darling (good), Mrs. Jowitt, Marguerite de St. Amand, Dupuy 
Jamain (clear bloom), InDocente Pirola, John Stuart Mill (splendid 
bloom), The Bride, Madame Hausmann, Emilie Hausburg, Souvenir de 
Thdrese Levet, Comtesse de Serenye, Rosieriste Jacobs (clear and fresh), 
