July 13,1894. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Miscellaneotjs, 
Mr. Chas. Turner, Eoyal Nurseries, Slough, sent a charming collection 
of laced Pinks, including a number of the leading yarieties. Messrs. 
Geo. Jackman & Son, Woking, staged an excellent and diversified 
collection of cut Roses, while Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Lowfield 
Nurseries, Crawley, arranged an interesting group of hardy flowers, 
including Roses, Violas, Gaillardias, Centaureas, Poppies, and many 
others. Cut Roses were extensively and beautifully shown by Messrs. 
Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, as also were they by Mr. William 
Rumsey, Joynings Nurseries, Waltham Cross. Messrs. Harkness and 
Sons, Bedale, Yorks, staged hardy flowers, including Delphiniums, 
Gaillardias, Poppies, and others. From the Rt, Hon. Lord Penzance 
came an interesting box of Old Gallica Roses. Messrs. Keynes, Williams 
and Co., Salisbury, sent a fine collection of the hybrid Sweet Briars 
raised by Lord Penzance, and which, it is said, will be distributed 
during the ensuing autumn. 
FARNINGHAM.— July 3rd. 
Farningham, on July 3rd, was favoured with a perfect day and 
a magnificent display of Roses. For thirty-six blooms in the open class 
there were five competitors, and the boxes were really grand. Mr. 
G. Mount, Canterbury, was first with the following flowers, very 
good indeed—E. Y. Teas, Mrs. J. Laing, Dr. Andry, Ulrich Brunner, 
Duchess of Bedford, Prince Arthur, Marie Baumann (magnificent), 
Le Havre, Alfred Colomb, A. K. Williams, Eugene Furst, S. M. Rodo- 
canachi, Chas. Lefebvre, Lady M. Fitzwilliam, and Horace Vernet. 
Mr. B. R. Cant was a good second with grand flowers of Her Majesty, 
Mad. C. Joigneaux, Mrs. J. Laing, Ulrich Brunner, Suzanne Marie Rodo- 
canachi (a superlative bloom), Caroline Testout (good), Merveille de 
Lyon, and Duke of Teck. Mr. F. Cant was third with a box of Roses 
which in an ordinary show would have been an easy first. He had 
grand flowers of Marie Baumann, Madame G. Paul, Marguerite Boudet 
(very clean and bright). La France, Dupuy Jamain, Mons. Noman, and 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon. Mr. G. Paul was fourth with good blooms. 
For eighteen Teas and Noisettes Mr. F. Cant was a good first with 
The Bride (a superb bloom), Ethel Brownlow, Etoile de Lyon, Marie 
Van Houtte (very good), Catherine Mermet, and Cleopatra being the 
best of a fine stand. Mr. B. R. Cant was second with a box of great 
merit, Mr. G. Prince third, and Mr. G. Mount fourth. For twelve 
trebles of Teas Mr. Prince was first, Mr. Frank Cant second, and 
Mr. B. R. Cant third. 
For twenty-four blooms. Col. Pitt was first, showing Her Majesty, 
Ulrich Brunner, A. K. Williams, and Merveille de Lyon in great beauty. 
Major Knight was second, his box containing a superb bloom of Chas. 
Lefebvre, which gained the National Society’s medal, though it was 
closely run by a grand bloom of La France in Mr. Shea’s box. 
For twelve Teas, the Rev. F. Burnside was first. Major Knight second, 
and Col. Pitt third. For six trebles of Teas, the Rev. F. Burnside and 
Col. Pitt were first and second. 
In the local classes Mr. Shea, Dr. Ashurst, and Miss Dalton were the 
chief prizetakers. A good bloom of G6n4ral Jacqueminot in Mr. Shea’s 
box winning the National Society’s bronze medal. 
DISS.— July 3rd. 
This annual show was held in the grounds of Hall Hills, the resi¬ 
dence of Mrs. Downton, and was favoured for once in a way with a 
really fine day and a good attendance. The previous day had been very 
hot and unfavourable to Roses, the thermometer approaching 90° in the 
shade, and during the afternoon, which looked very thundery, a remark¬ 
able hailstorm occurred in the neighbourhood ; it was of very short 
duration, and covered but a small area, but there were rumours of 
considerable damage having been done. As to the truth of them this 
deponent cannot answer, but he did see several hailstones, which were 
handed about in a pot on the morning of the show, and which were 
alleged to have been gathered that morning, after having lain on the 
ground twelve or fifteen hours during that very hot night, and they 
were then as big as average Cherries 1 Professional Roses were good, 
but Hybrid Perpetuals in the amateur divisions were considerably 
below par. 
In the open class for thirty-six Roses Mr. Frank Cant was first, his 
best blooms being Horace Vernet, Mrs. George Paul (an old red Rose, 
not to be confounded with Mrs. Paul, H.P.), Caroline Testout, Gabriel 
Luizet, and Marchioness of Londonderry. This last Rose is certainly 
very large and stout, and very fine in such dry hot weather, but the 
colour (if Mr. Dickson will forgive me) is shocking—I call it ghastly. 
I have seen several specimens, and it seems to me rather greyish white 
than ivory white. Mr. B. R. Cant was second, his best blooms being 
Ulrich Brunner, S. M. Rodocanachi, and Mrs. John Laing. Messrs. 
Prior & Sons were third, showing Heinrich Schultheis, S. M. Rodo¬ 
canachi, and Gustave Piganeau well. 
In the amateurs’ class of twenty-four for the Frere Memorial challenge 
cup there were three exhibitors, but Roses were lacking in size and 
substance throughout. Mr. Orpen, Colchester, was first, showing a 
good Cleopatra (which gained the medal for the best Tea) and fair speci¬ 
mens of Merveille de Lyon, Marie Baumann, and Marie Van Houtte. 
Rev. H. A. Berners, Harkstead Rectory, was second, showing a good 
bloom of Suzanne M. Rodocanachi, which gained the medal as best 
H.P., and a neat Le Havre. Rev. A. Fosfer-Melliar, Sproughton, was 
third, showing Souvenir d’Elise, The Bride, and Caroline Testout in good 
condition. The challenge cup then left his hands for the first time since 
it was offered four years ago. In the class for twelve Teas (amateurs) 
some fine stands are generally shown at Diss, and a good average standard 
of quality was maintained. Mr. Berners was first, his best blooms being 
Madame Hoste and Souvenir d’Elise, and the Judges were unable to 
separate the exhibits of Messrs. Orpen and Foster-Melliar, and awarded 
them equal seconds. The former showed Madame Hoste well, and the 
latter had good examples of Ernest Metz and Souvenir d’Elise. 
For twelve Roses Rev. F. Page-Roberts’ was the only entry, con¬ 
taining a good specimen of Viscountess Folkestone. The winner in 
the local class of twelve Roses, whose name was not on his box, showed 
Ulrich Brunner and Mrs. John Laing well. 
Hardy Flowers. 
At the Society’s show, held on Tuesday, July 3rd, the six classes 
arranged for hardy garden flowers brought together a very large number 
of exhibitors and a greater number of exhibits than on any former 
occasion. The staging round the largest tent was entirely devoted 
to them, and yet was insufficient to hold all. Though some of the 
rarer and choicer kinds showed evident signs of the burning heat of the 
few previous days, yet owing to the favourable weather during April 
and May, the growth was such as has been rarely staged. 
The class for thirty-six bunches, produced six competitors, the best 
exhibit being that of Mr. M. Prichard, Christchurch, Hants, who 
carried off the first of the special prizes offered by Mr. E. Mann. 
His enormous bunches of flowers, of every kind and colour, were the 
admiration of all visitors. Amongst them were noticed splendid groups 
of Sea Hollies, the Eryngium Olivereanum var. amethystinum being 
more deeply tinted than usual with that exquisite hue of metallic blue 
which makes it such a favourite plant in our gardens, also E.giganteum, 
with its ivory-white petals and stalks. Mr. Prichard also brought to 
notice two Potentillas, P. formosa and P. Hopwoodiana. The former 
is of course a well-known kind, but not so much grown as it ought to 
be ; the latter, though exhibited previously at this show by an amateur, 
having been discovered by him in the gardens of Redgrave Hall, was 
not known to the public, and barely to the trade. It is very delicate 
in colour, buff shading to salmon pink on the outside of the petals. 
As it does not seed is given to overflowering itself. The price is 
prohibitive, and some years must elapse ere it can become general in 
our gardens. In the bunch of Scabiosa caucasica the size and colour 
of the flowers showed that they had been cut from plants of a good 
strain and well worthy of cultivation. Polemonium Richardsoni alba, 
a great acquisition, as it is finer than the common variety, and if a 
plant be broken up in the growing stage the stock of it can be easily 
increased. There was also a pink Phlox, called “ Le Soleil,” an English 
Iris, “ Ajax,” and an enormous bunch of Hemerocallis Thunbergi. 
Mr. G. H. Sage, Richmond took the second prize, and in this 
exhibit also the size of the bunches, the variety of the flowers, and the 
freshness of the colour were all particularly noticeable. It included 
many examples of well-known favourites, and of these the blooms of 
Clematis erecta and Centaurea macrocephala were especially fine. 
Mr. Sage also exhibited a small blue Campanula, which was much 
admired, and seemed to be an unknown variety. It was very much like 
the common Harebell (C. rotundifolia), only very much finer in form. 
The third prize was won by Mr. C. Jacobi, Henley Road, Ipswich. 
Here again were enormous masses of flowers, the colours of which were 
particularly bright and fresh, but all too much crowded, some of the 
bunches being almost hidden, and in every case the growth and 
beauty of form utterly lost to view. Amongst them a sulphur 
coloured variety of the common Centaurea montana, a very fine 
Helenium, much like H. Bolanderi, also Veronica maritima alba, which 
seemed to be a small but very pretty V. spicata alba, and a fine white 
English Iris, ” Mont Blanc ” were noted. The other exhibits in this class 
were from Mr. C. H. Scriven, Norwich, and the Rev. E. Farrer, Reckinghall. 
The former showed Astragalus onobrychis, a showy species, Sainfoin-like 
in form, Sedum glaucum, and Matricaria inodora; and the latter had 
fine specimens of Morina longifolia, the pretty pink Astrantia carniolica, 
and Gillenia trifohata. 
The class for twenty-four bunches, was also a fine display, there 
being four exhibits, that of the Rev. F. Page-Roberts, the worthy 
secretary of the Society, gaining first prize. His flowers were certainly 
better staged than any others in the show. The bunches were all quite 
as massive as those exhibited by the professional growers, only far more 
elegant in shape, and formed a bank of bloom, the tins in which the 
flowers were placed being hidden from view. There were some magni¬ 
ficent Pmonies, and a wonderful bunch of Gladiolus “ The Bride.” 
Mr. J. Tudor Frere was second in this class, and his collection contained 
some very choice specimens, Cypripedium spectabile being much 
admired, Stachys coccinea with flowers of a peculiar soft tint of red, 
and an unique bunch of Lychnis flos-cuculi alba plena. Miss Taylor, 
Starston, near Harleston, was third, and staged, among others, a Lily 
which she called L. Maitagon, but which was in reality a fine red 
variety of L. Thunbergianum. In this class Mr. D. C. Warner, Eye, 
showed among his lot a charming specimen of Lilium umbellatum 
immaculatum. 
For eighteen bunches Mr. Orpen, Colchester, was first with flowers 
exceedingly well grown, and all fresh and bright. 
The class only open to those who do not employ paid assistance of 
any kind in the culture of their flowers, was well patronised, Mr. T. C. 
Collins being the most successful, showing Dianthus ^ Cyclops, a 
free-growing Pink of a very vivid red colour, and Iris hispanica 
"Venus.” Mr. C. S. Alger was second, and Mr. Vickery third. In the 
box of the former was a most conspicuous Alstrdmeria aurantiaca, 
which probably gained him the higher prize, and the latter showed well 
