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reach of frost until they- are wanted for use. 
In addition to tlie varieties which we have 
already named, we can also confidently recom¬ 
mend for autumn use Yeitch’s Autumn Giant, 
and Dickson’s Eclipse, the latter having proved 
here to be very true in its character and in¬ 
valuable as an autumn kind.— G. T. Miles, 
Wycombe, Abbey Gardens. 
NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY. 
S MONGST the successes of the year may 
be noted the Shows held under the 
auspices of the National Bose Society. 
The metropolitan meeting at the Crystal Palace, 
on July 3rd, was indeed fixed Yather too early 
for some growers, but the display was, never¬ 
theless, a good one. The final contest for the 
Cranston Challenge Cup, between Mr. Jowitt, 
of Hereford, and Mr. Baker, of Heavitree, took 
place on this occasion, the rival “ forty-eights ” 
being very closely matched ; but the greater 
substance of Mr. Jowitt’s flowers eventually 
gained for them the coveted trophy. The 
Provincial Show at Manchester on July 17th 
was more fortunate as to time, and proved a 
grand success, the flowers generally being of 
good quality, both as regards size and colour. 
Crystal Palace Show. 
Nurserymen. —The Silver Cup given by Mr. Hol- 
lingworth, of Maidstone, for the best 72 single 
trusses, distinct, was won by the Cranston Nursery 
and Seed Co.; Messrs. Curtis, Sandford, and Co., 
Torquay, were 2nd; Messrs. Paul and Son, Ches- 
hunt, 3rd; and Messrs. Keynes and Co., Salisbury, 
4th. The finest of the first-prize blooms were those 
of Annie Laxton, Madame Furtado, Hippolyte 
Jamin, Centifolia rosea, Sir Garnet Wolseley, Jean 
Chirpin, General Jacqueminot, Constantin Tretiakoff, 
Etienne Levet, Countess of Oxford, Mrs. Baker, 
Beauty of Waltham, Horace Vernet, Madame Charles 
Wood, J. S. Mill, Senateur Yaise, Cheshunt Hybrid, 
and Mons. Noman.—The same exhibitors occupied 
the same relative positions in the class for 24 
“trebles,” a class which was very creditable in point 
of quality. The Cranston collection contained three 
very fine trusses of the old favourite, General Jacque¬ 
minot, which were simply superb in size, substance, 
and colour ; other varieties, splendidly shown, were 
Etienne Levet, Countess of Oxford, Beauty of Wal¬ 
tham, Devoniensis, Sir Garnet Wolseley, Alfred 
Colomb, Marquise de Mortemart, J. S. Mill, Madame 
Noman, and Hippolyte Jamin.—36 single trusses : 
1st, Mr. James Walters, Mount Radford Nursery, 
Exeter; 2nd, Mr. Turner, Slough; 3rd, Mr. Frank 
Cant, Colchester; and 4th, Mr. W. Farren, Cam¬ 
bridge.—24 distinct, three trusses of each : 1st, the 
Cranston Co.; 2nd, Mr. G. W. Piper, Uckfield; 3rd, 
Messrs. Keynes and Co.; and 4th, Messrs. Paul and 
Son.—24 singles: 1st, Mr. Walters ; 2nd, Mr. 
Turner; 3rd, Mr. W. Farren; and 4th, Mr. Rumsey, 
Joyning’s Nursery, Waltham Cross. In these several 
classes the varieties were nearly the same, those 
shown by Mr. Walters being very fresh and parti¬ 
cularly bright in colour.—12 Teas or Noisettes, 
single trusses: 1st, Mr. Prince, of Oxford; 2nd, 
Messrs. Mitchell and Sons, Piltdown Nursery; and 
3rd, Messrs. Paul and Son. 
Amateurs. —The closost competition took place in 
tho amateurs’ classes. The first was for 48 single 
trasses, in which the competition was confined to the 
previous winners of the Cranston 50-guinea Chal¬ 
lenge Cup; Mr. Jowitt was declared the winner. 
The most striking of his blooms were those of Sul¬ 
tan of Zanzibar, Etienne Levet, Annie Laxton, Dr. 
Andry, A. K. Williams, Abel Grand, Madame C. 
Wood, Due de Yallombrosa, Laurent Descourt, Cap¬ 
tain Christy, Alfred Colomb, Charles Lofebvre, Lo 
Havre, Horace Yernet, Edward Pynaert, Princess 
Beatrice, and Souvenir d’Elise, the last-named being 
judged the finest single Tea Rose in the show, and 
as such awarded the special prize given by tho 
Society of Rosarians of Antwerp, who also gave a 
similar award for the best H.P., which was won by 
Mr. Baker, with a magnificent flower of A. K. Wil¬ 
liams, whose beauty of form and brilliancy of colour 
was conspicuous in his stand of forty-eight, which 
came in 2nd.—36 single trusses ; this was a very 
strong class, and brought out a grand lot of flowers. 
Mr. James Brown, gr. to A. J. Waterlow, Esq., Rei- 
gate, was 1st.—For 24, Mr. Baker was 1st.—For 18 
single trusses, Mr. Thos. Gravely, Cowfold, Sussex, 
won the 1st prize, a Cup, given by Mr. Baker ; Mr. 
F. Warde was 2nd; and the Rev. E. S. Fellowes, 
Wimpole Rectory, Royston, 3rd, amongst 13 com¬ 
petitors.—12 “trebles:” Mr. Baker, 1st; Mr. Jowitt, 
2nd.—12 single blooms : 1st, Mr. J. Ridout, gr. to T. 
B. Haywood,Esq., Reigate.—Messrs. Paul and Sons’ 
Silver Cup for six distinct Chcshunt-raised Roses, 
two trusses of each, only brought one stand of 
blooms, and to this, shown by Mr. Jowitt, the cup 
was awarded, the varieties being Duke of Edinburgh, 
Princess Mary of Cambridge, Lord Clyde, Annie 
Laxton, Sultan of Zanzibar, and Cheshunt Hybrid.— 
9 blooms : 1st, Mr. Ridout; 2nd, the Rev. Allan 
Cheales.—12 Teas, or Noisettes : 1st, Mr. G. P. 
Hawtrey, Aldin House, Slough, with fine blooms of 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Madame Hippolyte Jamin, 
Madame Lambard, Rubens, Boule d’Or, Catherine 
Mermet, &c. 
Open Classes. —12 New Roses, distinct, and not 
in commerce previous to 1877: 1st, Mr. Turner, 
with Harrison Weir, Madame Lambard, Mrs. Laxton, 
Madame Alexandre Bernaix, Charles Darwin, Pene¬ 
lope Mayo, Richard Laxton, Madame Emma All, 
A. K. Williams, Duchess of Connaught, Hon. Geo. 
Bancroft, and Mrs. Harry Turner, a beautiful dark 
crimson; 2nd, Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, 
with Edward Dufour, Egeria, Duke of Teck, May 
Quennell, Leon Renault, Cannes de Coquette, Charles 
Darwin, Madame Alphonse Lavallee, Paul Jamin, 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, Harrison Weir, and Earl of 
Beaconsfield.'—12 blooms of Marechal Niel: 1st, 
Mr. B. R. Cant, the blooms being all cut from the 
original plant introduced into this country in 1864, 
a standard on the Brier planted against a south wall 
—12 blooms of A. K. Williams, perhaps the finest of 
all the new Roses: No entries.—12 blooms of Marquise 
de Castellane : 1st, Mr. James Walker.—12 blooms 
of Reynolds Hole : 1st, Mr. J. Walker.—12 blooms 
of any Hybrid Perpetual not named above : 1st, Mr. 
J. Walker, with grand blooms of Marie Baumann ; 
2nd, the Cranston Co., with Horace Vernet; 3rd, 
Messrs. Paul and Son, with Charles Darwin. In 
the corresponding competition for 8 blooms, Mr. 
R. N. G. Baker was 1st, with a splendid stand of 
Madame la Baronne de Rothschild; 2nd, the Cran¬ 
ston Nursery and Seed Company, and 3rd, Mr. 
Jowitt, with excellent stands of Madame Lacharme, 
which beat others of Captain Christy, La France, 
Comtesse de Serenye, and Mdlle. Marie Cointet. 
Mr. James Brown, gardener to A. J. Waterlow, Esq., 
