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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[November, 
FRAGMENTS FROM ROSE SHOWS. 
V E must give the place of honour to 
Her Majesty, one of Mr. Bennett’s 
new pedigree Roses, a large full 
flower of splendid proportions and 
of a beautiful lively pink colour, still more 
enlivened by being brighter and deeper in the 
centre. This gained the National Rose Society’s 
gold medal, and was also much admired at 
the Crystal Palace, where it was awarded a 
lst-class Certificate last year. 
At South Kensington on the occasion of the 
Pelargonium Show, Queen of Queens a new 
Rose, introduced by Messrs. W. Paul & Son, 
manifested its regal character in the shape of 
some exquisite blooms from Waltham Cross. 
It is a light pink Rose, paler than Her Majesty, 
being rosy pink in the central parts and blush 
towards the margin; it is also different in 
shape, being more globular. Like Her Majesty 
it has been shown more than once during the 
last year or two, and rejected, or at least not 
premiated, but this year both sorts have been 
grandly shown, and have won, what we never 
doubted belonged to them, a place in the 
foremost Rose ranks. 
At the Crystal Palace Show, in the class foi¬ 
ls trusses of any kind of Tea or Noisette Rose, 
Niphetos took the first place, large fresh 
blooms being shown by Messrs. Keynes & Co.; 
Jean Ducher, shown by Mr. Prince, came next; 
and the third place was taken by Innocente 
Pirola, as shown by Mr. B. Cant.—At the 
same show, the most striking new Roses, 
shown in the class for varieties not in commerce 
previous to 1880, were Pride of Waltham, 
Mdlle. Julie Hymonier,Mons. Alfred Dumesnil, 
White Baroness, Mrs. Jowitt, and Brightness 
of Cheshunt.—Further, Mr. H. Bennett re¬ 
ceived a lst-class Certificate for his new 
Rose, Mary Bennett, a very fine rose-coloured 
variety. 
At Bath, a superb bloom of Alfred K. 
Williams in Mr. Prince’s stand, was awarded 
the National Society’s Silver Medal as the 
finest Hybrid Perpetual in the whole exhibition. 
The best Tea or Noisette also awarded a 
Silver Medal, was a magnificent flower of 
Niphetos, shown by Messrs. Keynes & Co.— 
The first prize for a stand of twelve single 
trusses of any Rose was won by Mr. Prince 
with a magnificent stand cf the Tea Catherine 
Mermet.—In the class for pink Roses, Messrs. 
Cooling & Son won the first- prize with twelve 
single trusses of Madame Gabriel Luizet, the 
soft silvery radiance of which made it a most 
lovely and conspicuous object.—For six trusses 
of any New Rose of 1881 or 1882, Messrs. 
Paul & Son were first with Madame Cusin, a 
Tea Rose, of good form and substance, a rosy- 
purple colour with a yellow base to the petals, 
a style of colouring at once novel and effec¬ 
tive. 
At Sheffield, Messrs. Paul & Son took first 
prize for 12 New Roses, not in commerce before 
1880, with a stand on which Duke of Albany, 
deep crimson, George Moreau, George Baker, 
Rosieriste Jacobs, Pride of Waltham, Ulrich 
Brunner, and Madame Isaac Periere were the 
most attractive blooms. In Messrs. Cranston 
& Co.’s competing stand, were Souvenir de 
Madame Berthier, reddish crimson, good; 
Guillaume Guillemot, shell-like fiery crimson, 
and Ernest Prince.—Messrs. Paul & Son also 
won first prize in a similar class at the Wirrall 
Rose Show held in St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, 
showing amongst others, Ulrich Brunner, 
George Moreau, Mrs. Harry Turner, very 
bright and full, Guillaume Guillemot, Mrs. 
Jowitt, Merveille de Lyon, Souvenir de Madame 
Alfred Yy, and Madame Isaac Periere. 
In the class for a New Seedling Rose not in 
commerce, at the Wirrall Rose Show, Mr. 
Frettingham, Beeston, won the gold medal for 
blooms of Lord Frederick Cavendish, a rose 
which is full, bright in colour, a robust grower, 
and much after the style of Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh in the wood. 
At the West of England Rose Show, Mr. 
Griffiths, Tillington, exhibited a bloom of H.P. 
Constantine Tretiakoff, of unusual size and 
perfect symmetry and smoothness, quite 
unique, and the premier bloom in the exhibi¬ 
tion ; the colour is cerise-red. 
Among the Amateur’s classes at the National 
Rose Show at Southampton, Alfred K.Williams 
was awarded the Silver Medal of the Society 
as the best H. Perpetual in the show ; it was 
show-n by Mr. J. Ridout, gardener to T. B. 
Hey wood, Esq., Reigate.—The best Tea or 
Noisette in the same show, also selected for a 
silver medal, was Marechal Niel, shown by 
Mr. Davies, Wilton. 
