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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ August, 
Reigate, was awarded the 1st prize for a good stand 
of Belle Lyonnaise ; and Messrs. Paul and Son for 
“ three trusses of any new seedling Rose not yet in 
commerce or announced,” their novelty being a very 
promising H.P., named R. N. G. Baker, rose suf¬ 
fused with purple. 
Manchester Show. 
The Show here was held in the Botanic Gardens. 
Dark Roses largely preponderated. Perhaps one of 
the finest collections of Alfred Colombe ever ex¬ 
hibited was staged by Mr. Jowitt, since for colour, 
size, symmetrical outline and evenness, the blooms 
could not have been better. The Cranston Co. 
exhibited handsome blooms of their new Rose Mary 
Pochin, a fine, fresh, and excellent dark Rose, which 
was much admired. 
Nurserymen. — 72, distinct, single trusses : 1st, 
the Cranston Co., with a fine collection, fresh, 
fine in colour, and large in size, some of the most 
remarkable being Mdlle. Marie Finger, La France, 
Marie Baumann, very fine ; Mary Pochin, new, full, 
and a fine bright flower; Dingee Conard, Alfred 
Colomb, Niphetos, very fine, and perhaps the most 
magnificent bloom in the collection; Dupuy Ja- 
main, Mdlle. Eugenie Yerdier, Capitaine Christy, 
Le Havre, Baron Haussmann, A. K. Williams, a 
beautiful bloom ; Madame Lacharme, Mrs. Jowitt, a 
fine new Rose not yet in commerce; John Stuart 
Mill, Reynolds Hole, Etienne Levet, Souvenir d’un 
Ami, Comtesse de Serenye, Catherine Mermet, and 
Emilie Hausburg in fine condition ; 2nd, Messrs. 
Paul and Son, Cheshunt, who had conspicuous 
examples of Souvenir d’Auguste Riviere, a very fine 
dark Rose ; Marie Baumann, Brightness of Cheshunt, 
Comtesse de Choiseuil, a fine new Rose; Earl of 
Beaconsfield, Annie Wood, Charles Lefebvre, one of 
the best coloured blooms in the Show; R. N. G. 
Baker, new; John Bright, Alba rosea, in beautiful 
condition; Camile Bernardin, Jean Ducher (Tea), 
Charles Darwin.—48, three distinct trusses of each : 
Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, who had fine 
blooms of Magna Charta, Charles Darwin, Catherine 
Mermet, Maurice Bernardin, Camille Bernardin, 
Niphetos, Marguerite Brassac, and Ferdinand de 
Lesseps.—24 distinct varieties, three trusses of each : 
1st, the Cranston Co., who had Beauty of Waltham, 
Exposition de Brie, Princess Mary of Cambridge, 
and Princess Beatrice, all very good.—24 distinct, 
single trusses: 1st, Mr. J. Griffiths, with very fine 
blooms of Beauty of Waltham, Sir Garnet Wolseley, 
Mons. E. Y. Teas, Senateur Vaisse, very fine, Louis 
Van Houtte, Madame Charles Wood, May Quennell, 
large and fresh.—12 Teas or Noisettes, distinct, 
single trusses : 1st, the Cranston Co., with a good 
collection, including Niphetos, a fine bloom, Madame 
Lambard, Souvenir d’un Ami, America, Souvenir de 
Mons. Paul Neyron, and Jean Ducher. 
Amateurs .—36 distinct, single trusses:—1st, Mr. 
Jowitt, with highly meritorious blooms, of which the 
following were beautiful in form and colour :— 
Alfred Colomb, Le Havre, Exposition de Brie, 
Comtesse de Serenye, Camille Bernardin, Beauty of 
Waltham, Louis Van Houtte, A. K. Williams, and 
Marechal Niel; 2nd, Mr. G. P. Hawtrey, Slough. 
Harrison Weir was conspicuous amongst many other 
very good blooms.—24 distinct, single trusses : 1st, 
A. G. Soames, Esq., Bourne, with a very good collec¬ 
tion, including Etienne Levet, Sir G. Wolseley, 
Charles Lefebvre, and La Rosiere.—12 distinct, 
single trusses : 1st, Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering- 
atte-Bower, with very fiue blooms.—6 distinct, 
single trusses : 1st, E. Mawley, Esq., Addiscombe.— 
12 Teas or Noisettes, distinct, single trusses : 1st, 
Mr. G. P. Hawtrey, with very fine blooms, including 
President, Caroline Kuster, Marie Yan Houtte, Jean 
Ducher, Adrienne Christophle ; 2nd, Mr. A. G. 
Soames, in whose stand Catherine Mermet and Caro¬ 
line Kuster were again good.—6 new Roses, distinct 
single trusses, not in commerce previous to 1877 : 
1st, Mr. G. P. Hawtrey, with Countess of Rosebery 
Harrison Weir, Richard Laxton, La Coquette, A. K. 
Williams, and Beauty of Stapleford. 
Open Classes .—12 new Roses, distinct, single 
trusses, not in commerce previous to 1877: 1st. 
Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, with Penelope 
Mayo, full and good, Comtesse de Choiseuil, A. K. 
Williams, Constantin Tretiakoff, Magna Charta, 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, Ctnrlos Darwin, Leon 
Renault, and Paul Jamain; 2nd. The Cranston Co., 
who had Madame Chiverot, Mary Pochin, Princess 
Charlotte de la Tremouille, Wilhelm Koelle, and 
Duchess of Bedford.—12 single trusses of any Hybrid 
Perpetual (dark) : 1st, Mr. T. Jowitt, with Alfred 
Colomb; 2nd, The Cranston Co., with Marie 
Baumann ;*3rd, Mr. G. Prince, Oxford, with Duke 
of Edinburgh.—12 single trusses of any Hybrid 
Perpetual (light) : 1st, Mr. T. Jowitt, with a mag¬ 
nificent stand of La Duchesse de Mornv ; 2nd, The 
Cranston Co., with fine blooms of La France; 3rd, 
Messrs. Davison and Co., with La France.—12 single 
trusses of any Tea or Noisette :—1st, The Cranston 
Co., with large fresh blooms of Niphetos ; 2nd, Mr. 
G. Prince, with Souvenir d’un Ami.—12 single 
trusses of any yellow Rose : 1st, Mr. Prince, with 
Perle des Jardins.—X. 
THE 
GOOSEBERRY CATERPILLAR. 
GwOT may be that amongst the many draw- 
<51 r/) backs which fruit-growers will have to 
place to the credit of the inclement 
season of 1879-80, the exceptional abundance 
of the Gooseberry and Currant Caterpillar will 
not be the least. My own experience, which 
now embraces a few decades, points to the pre¬ 
sent spring and summer having been the worst 
I have ever observed in regard to these pests. 
Here in Essex, whichever way we turn, we see 
the same phenomenon of trees denuded of their 
leaves, and of fruit hanging unnatural-looking 
upon bare stems and branches. 
These pests commenced their onslaught 
much earlier than is their wont, and upon the 
Gooseberry bushes first. Having, where not 
promptly destroyed, committed great havoc on 
these, they next attacked the Currant-bushes ; 
and I observe, in looking through the latter, 
that there still exists upon them numerous 
colonies of these same caterpillars in the very 
earliest stage of pupahood. The moths, -which, 
with their prettily-marked wings, are so con¬ 
spicuous, are also to be seen flitting across 
one’s path in all directions, which, to say the 
least, is bad augury for the future. It is need¬ 
less to say that to destroy these will be 
profitable ? —William Earley, llforcl. 
*** Hellebore powder seems to be one of 
the most reliable remedies, but being poisonous 
requires to be used with caution. 
