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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, July 6, 1858. 
Lord Rctc/lan was more like a Camellia imbricata 
flower, only the colour is of the darkest crimson, like 
Suchet. 
But let us have the twenty-four names exactly as 
they stood in two boxes, reading them off like reading 
a book :— Madame de Cambeceres (large, deep rose), 
Caroline de Sansal (light flesh, fine), Duchess of Nor¬ 
folk (dark), La Fontaine (rosy red, and one of the 
very best), Souvenir de la Malmaison, Souvenir de 
Leveson Gower (a charming deep-red rose), William 
Griffith (a favourite), Devoniensis (ditto), Prince Leon 
(a rosy crimson), Eugene Lesgaches (Tea, large pale 
rose), Boula de Nanteuil (one of the best of the old 
dark French or Gallic Roses), Madame Andry (another 
charming light crimson), Louis Perrony (an universal 
favourite), Jules Margottin (a splendid flower, of a 
| glossy pink colour), Lcelia (the largest Rose ever ex- 
! hibited, a rich rose colour), Lord Raglan (one of the 
[ very finest, and very dark), Souvenir d'un Ami (Tea, a 
favourite with all growers), Gloire de Dijon (one of the 
best of the Tea Roses, a fine light buff), Docteur Le- 
prestre (a Bourbon, another splendid crimson), Ma¬ 
dame Vidot (one of the finest shaped among the Hybrid 
Perpetuals. and a match Rose to Madam Rivers), 
Victor de Trouillard (purplish crimson, fine), Souvenir 
de la Reine (carmine), Cloth of Gold, and Alexandrine 
Bachmetojf (a splendid deep-coloured Rose). 
In the first prize collection by Mr. Paul, I noted 
Triomphe de Rennes (a yellow Noisette), General Cas- 
tellane (a fine-shaped dark crimson), Madame Vidot (a 
light flesh, and one of the best), Mdlle. Alice Leroy 
(a peach blossom-like Rose, fine), Madame de Manoel (a 
splendid shining Rose), Cloth of Gold, Monsieur Ravel 
(would match Paul Ricaut), Victor Trouillard (a fine 
dark crimson) Madam Hardy (looking more like Ma¬ 
dame Plantier), Duchess of Norfolk (very good), Liord 
Raglan (extra splendid), Auguste Mie (very fine), 
Helen (one of his own raising, a fine blush, a dark 
seedling), General Jacqueminot (the highest coloured 
of all the Roses), General Pelissier (near to Madame 
Vidot in colour, a fine Rose), and Joan of Arc (a light 
salmon-colour). 
A large collection from Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, 
missed a prize. But there were some splendid Roses 
in it; such, for instance, as Lord Raglan, Charles 
Laivson (lake colour, very fine), Madam Rivers, 
Triomphe de Rennes, Gloire de Dijon, Village Maid, 
and Crested Province, alias Crested Moss. 
In the class of Tea and Noisette Roses, Mr. 
Francis was first and Mr. Paul second. The former 
had a large white and very double Noisette, called 
Madame Deslongchamps, far above La Biche, and 
more like a Sempervirens than a Noisette. Also 
Jean Desprez, Bouche, La Pactole, Eugene Dubourg 
(a fine flesh Tea Rose), and Cloth of Gold. Mr. Paul 
had Miss Gray, but whether it was Lsabella Gray, ; 
the yellow American, I could not make out. It was 
a poor starved specimen of the Miss Gray. 
Mr. Paul was first in a collection of Moss Roses. 
Mr. River’s collection was in twenty or more boxes, 
and in some glass cases. They made the circular sweep 
round the front of the orchestra, in a double row, and 
had a splendid effect. But this fine collection was ill 
dealt with in the arrangement. The central table 
came up close to it, and cut it in two. Then, after 
seeing the one-half of Mr. River’s collection, one had 
to go round the table, and see three or four thousand 
other Roses, before coming to the other half of the 
Sawbridgeworth collection. The circle will be the 
death of the florists in the long run; but to run the 
circle of the Hall, to get at Mr. Rivers half-circle of 
Roses, will be the death of me; and, if they do not 
slacken the reins, I, for one, will never engage to run 
the risk of my health and limbs for all the florists in 
the world—good luck to them. I hope the Council of 
the Horticultural Society will have these tables in 
November as they had them in April last, and not follow 
the fashion of these tight-laced gentlemen. 
Mr Rivers and Mr. Cranston exhibited beds of par* | 
ticular Roses, as I want bedding plants to be com¬ 
peted with ; that is, a box of a kind. Mr. Rivers had j 
a box of Paul Ricaut, and one of Prince Ldon, the I 
most perfect Rose in all the Hybrid Perpetuals. In | 
the centre of his lot was a box of Lord Raglan, and : 
one of Madame Vidot at the farthest end. The four j 
boxes were covered with glass, and the sight was most 
charming. 
Mr. Cranston had similar boxes of Geant des 
Batailles, Jules Margottin, and General Jacqueminot. 
Mr. Rivers had Perle des Panachers (a Gallic Rose, j 
like a light Picotee Carnation), CEillet parfait (also a 
Gallic Rose, like a deep-coloured Picotee), and another 
Gallic one, called (a large fine crimson). In 
his Sempervirens class were Spectabile (a small deep* 
salmon flower), Myrianthes, Rampant, Princess Louisd, 
and Adelaide d’ Orleans (all more or less white, and ! 
large cluster), Striped Unique (a singular-looking 
Rose), Gloire de France (a deep crimson Hybrid 
Perpetual), Le Lion des Combats (a fine dark), Comte 
de Manteuil (a deep Rose), Madam Rivers, General 
Bedeau (a beautiful carmine), Alexandrine Bachmetojf 
(excellent shape, and deep red), Ducliesse de Cambeceres 
(a fine rosy flower), Adelaide Fontaine (a bright sal¬ 
mon), Emperor Napoleon (dark, in the way of Suchet), 
Mathurin Regnier (in the way of Madame Vidot, a 
splendid Rose), Arthur de Sansal (dark as Suchet), 
Mere de St. Louis (lighter than Auguste Mie, and that 
way). Among his Tea Roses were Josephine Matton 
(splendid in the opening bud), Madame Willermoz, 
Niphetos, Adam, and others. 
Mr. Cant, of Colchester, had a second prize for a 
fine lot of single Roses. Our friend, Mr. Terry, was 
very successful among private growers, but they were 
too numerous for my pencil; and the published lists of 
the Society, which I could not obtain at the time, 
must supply the names, and the different degrees of 
success. 
There were two huge devices, and some excellent 
nosegays, made entirely with Roses, and most taste¬ 
ful they were. The Hall was crowded, and ladies 
were industriously noting the names ; but I was com¬ 
pelled to leave the Hall early in the afternoon, being 
almost stunned with the horrid noise and jingling of ( 
the band, which had no sort of business there, but to | 
satisfy a cockneyfied taste for outlandish noises. 
D. Beaton. 
MEETING OF THE BRITISH POMOLOGICAL 
SOCIETY. 
A meeting of the British Pomological Society 
was held on Thursday, June 24th, at St. Martin’s 
Hall, Long Acre, the Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole, 
in the chair. 
John Noble, Esq., of Westbourne Terrace, Lon- 
dou, was elected a Member of the Society. 
A letter from Mr. John Spencer, desiring to re¬ 
linquish the office of Secretary, after the termination 
of the present year, was read, and was ordered to be 
brought forward for consideration at the next meeting. 
A number of Seedling varieties of Strawberry were 
exhibited by Mr. Myatt, of Manor Farm, Deptford, 
amongst which—No. 1, described as a Seedling; first 
fruited in 1856, hardy, and coming into use ; about 
half-way between Keens' Seedlwg and British Queen; 
was a firm, well-coloured, medium-sized fruit, generally 
flatly ovate in form, with deep seed indentations ; and, 
from a plant exhibited, appeared to be of robust habit; 
