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but a four-story one,” and when one declares no bed wanted, ‘‘No 
one here to boil any water if you want breakfast earlyhowever, 
I managed to get to Kensington safely with my charge. As the 
other boxes were brought in, I clearly saw, that if the judges were 
of my mind, where.it would be placed, an opinion in which the 
other competitors coincided; it was certainly for the time of year a 
very fine box, and contained the following varieties;— 
Triomphe de Rennes (three fine corymbs of flowers), Geant des 
Batailles, Celine Forestier (small blooms), Duchesse de Camba- 
ceres, Caroline de Sansal, Mrs. Elliott, Comte de Nanteuil, 
Duchesse d’Orleans, Octavie Fontaine (very small, but pretty). 
Souvenir de la Malmaison, Re veil, Madame Knorr, Lion des 
Combats (the finest bloom I ever saw of this variety was one of 
this trio), Jules Margottin (very good), Devoniensis, Souvenir de 
la Reine de TAngleterre (fresh and lively). General Jacqueminot 
(a grand trio), Solfaterre (very good and full), Mogador (damask, 
nice blooms of a by no means common rose), Elize Sauvage (small 
and pale). Duchess of Norfolk (splendid blooms), Gloire de Dijon, 
and Auguste Mie. 
On my return, after having breakfasted, I eagerly sought the 
box, and gladly found it labelled First Prize, and when my time 
was up, I hurried off to Waterloo Station, and telegraphed to my 
friend a message which must have set me down in the eyes of the 
telegraph clerk as a sporting parson, “ Won easily in a canter !” 
Peat 
D. 
Mr. Radclyffe has written much about the Rose and the goodness 
of Manetti; it may be well then to say, that as the proof of the 
pudding is in the eating, he has won this year the following 
prizes:— 
Dorchester. June 13 
Salisbury . June 28 
Royal Horticultural Society, Kensington. July 10 
Langport .Aug. 12 
Shepton Mallet. Aug. 20 
Blandford. Sept. 5 
Reading. Aug. 28 
JJ . 
Royal Horticultural Society. Sept. 11 
. . 24 Singles .. 
1st Prize 
.. 24 Singles .. 
4th 
.. 18 Singles .. 
1st 
.. 24 Singles .. 
1st 
)) 
.. 8 Trebles . . 
1st 
.. 24 Singles .. 
1st 
yy 
.. 12 Trebles .. 
1st 
yy 
.. 12 Singles .. 
1st 
yy 
.. 24 Trebles ... 
1st 
yy 
Well may he say, “Hooray for Manetti,” and no wonder Will 
should say,—“ Master, isn’t it queer that we should take so many 
first prizes out of such a scratchy little place as Rushton ? ” 
LORD SUFFIELD APPLE. 
About December last we obtained from Mr. Turner, of Slough, 
several young apple-trees, among them was one of the above. As 
the ground was not in readiness they were not finally planted until 
the end of February. This variety was the only one that had any 
fruit, which is not very surprising when thousands of old, and 
