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THE FLORIST. 
My friend the Rev. G. 0. Maunsell’s 12 contained two fair, nine 
good, and one (H.P. Jacqueminot) very good. It was also very good 
in his prize 24. 
I must now say a word about Mr. Hole’s 24 Cups and Globes—a 
bijou of Roses—a treat for amateurs. They were types of shape, and 
with their buds on could not but arrest the eye of the spectator : but, 
alas ! those “ Soup-plates! ” 
Mr. Turner’s pyramid deserves the praise in your last. 
Mr. Rivers’ gratis lot, at the head of the tables (an awkward place, 
as there was no passage), was a very refined lot. They marked the 
amateur, and were, in condition, the best in the show. Among them 
I saw a beautiful pan of Prince Leons, of fine quality; the largest Rose 
in the pan was a most beautiful specimen. Here was also a beautiful 
striped Rose, CEillet Parfait. 
Mr. Cranston had also two beautiful pans of Jules Margottin and 
the Geant. Jules Margottin, as a pan, was the finest; but as a single 
specimen I must give the award to the above Prince Leon. I did not 
chance to see either of these three Roses good elsewhere. Prince Leon, 
for quality and colour, is Premier ; but Jules Margottin, for habit, 
abundant flowering (early and late), for fine foliage and freedom of 
wood, is a nonpareil. 
With regard to Bourbons they were a short class; the only good 
novelty that I saw was Leprestre (in Cranston’s 24). It is much like 
Deuil de Due d’Orleans, but a brighter red. I have never yet seen 
here a better Bourbon for quality, fulness, and form than H. Lecoq. 
Malmaison was the greatest Bourbon winner. 
The greatest H. P. winners were Auguste Mie (more equally good 
than any other Rose in the show, and the greatest winner), William 
Griffiths, Caroline de Sansal, Jules Margottin, and Prince Leon. 
Madame Hardy was the best white Rose. Cloth of Gold with fine 
buds (in Mr. Fellowes’ prize six) was the best yellow, and one of the 
best Roses in the show. The two Persian Yellows (one of them 
curiously cornelian-spotted) were inferior to Harrisonii, as grown here, 
which is an abundant bloomer, requires moist dung over its roots, and 
a cover overhead when about to expand. It is the best true yellow I 
have yet seen. The finest slate colours were in the Gallicas next to 
Mr. Cant’s. The most refined Roses were Graziella (in Mr. Cant’s 24), 
and Vidot (in Mr. Cranston’s 24). 
La Fontaine and Angleterre were among the largest, but they were 
flat. There were a great many flat-bottomed boats, which but for the 
moss would have sunk to rise no more; moss is a capital “ bustle’’ for 
a Rose of bad quality. A Rose cannot be first-rate if its stem is too 
weak to hold it up, and its petals “ sprawl” without they are propped. 
It is the stiff stem, fine form, and thick petals of Prince Leon and 
William Griffiths that give them precedence over other Roses. 
I can strongly recommend Madame de Cambaceres and Maxime as 
good habited Roses, finely wooded, and now about to bloom a second 
time. Lord Raglan, Monsieur Raval, and Rebecca are three first-rate 
Roses in every respect. I consider Rebecca, for beauty and quality, to 
be the best new Rose out: her petals are thick, and her shape like 
