July 10, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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Seden ; Masdevallia Lindeni var. grandiflora, a good 
rich magenta-purple flowered variety ; Odontoglossum 
Wilckeanum albens, a magnificently spotted variety, 
which first made its appearance with Mr. Charles 
Vuylstecke, of Loochristy. The flowers are of fine form, 
greenish white, and heavily spotted with purple-brown ; 
and Restrepia antennifera, a beautiful old species with 
handsome flowers, the lip being of reddish orange 
ground colour, densely spotted with reddish crimson. 
The May number of The Orchid Album, the last part 
to hand, opens with a fine plate of the bright cinnabar- 
orange coloured Comparettia speciosa, followed by the 
valuable Lycaste Skinneri alba, the new and remarkably 
beautiful hybrid Lrelia callistoglossa, and the fine white 
Saecolabium violaceuni Harrisonianum. 
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THE NATIONAL ROSE SHOW. 
On Monday night, after about eight days of drought 
and broiling sunshine, he would have been a sanguine 
man who predicted a successful National Rose Show 
for the morrow, and yet, spite of heat and drought, 
which, no doubt, spoilt the chances of many, the 
display of the queen of flowers was a remarkably good 
one, and as full of interest as ever to Rosarians and 
the great mass of holiday visitors to the “ Colinderies.” 
Finer shows the society has had, undoubtedly, es¬ 
pecially of hybrid perpetuals, but the Teas were mag¬ 
nificent, and all were as bright and as fresh as possible 
under the circumstances. Mr. B. R. Cant was in fine 
form again, winning the Challenge Cup, given by the 
amateurs for seventy-two singles, for the -fifth time, 
and the first prize for forty-eight trebles ; and the 
second prize for seventy-two also went to Colchester, 
the successful exhibitor being Mr. F. Cant. Mr. G. 
Prince, of Oxford, again took the lead with twenty-four 
Teas orNoisettes in the same section ; and other suc¬ 
cessful competitors were the well-known growers, Messrs. 
Keynes, Williams & Co., Salisbury, Messrs. Paul & 
Son, Cheshunt, Mr. Turner, Slough, and the Cranston 
Nursery Co., Hereford. 
In division B, open to nurserymen not competing in 
the previous classes, the first prizes for forty-eight 
singles and twenty-four trebles went to Messrs. Curtis, 
Sandford, & Co., Torquay, their last-named collec¬ 
tion being especially fine. In these classes, which 
were well contested, Messrs. Burrell & Co., Howe 
House, Cambridge, Messrs. G. Cooling & Son, Bath, 
and Messrs. Jefferies & Son, Cirencester, also distin¬ 
guished themselves, showing well and securing awards. 
For twenty-four singles, Mr. Geo. Mount, Canterbury, 
was the most successful exhibitor ; while Mr. J. 
Mattock, Upper Headington, Oxford, had the best 
eighteen Teas. 
The amateur’s division, C, brought out a grand lot 
of blooms, and the collection of forty-eight singles, 
which won the Nurserymen’s Challenge Cup for the 
Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering-atte-Bower, Romford, 
were worthy of the award. In this class, Mr. W. J. 
Grant, Ledbury, Hereford, was a good second ; and 
Mr. Ridout, gardener to T. B. Haywood, Esq., Wood- 
hatch Lodge, Reigate, a close third. Mr. Haywood, 
who had previously secured twelve first prizes this 
season, showed very well considering that he had been 
cutting so heavily. Mr. Gray, gardener to Earl 
Stanhope, Chevening, Sevenoaks, secured the highest 
award for twenty-four singles ; Mr. Grant the first 
for a dozen trebles ; and the Rev. Dr. King, Cam¬ 
bridge, the first for eighteen Teas or Noisettes. 
One of the prettiest classes in the exhibition was that for 
twelve bunches of button-hole Roses, in which, however, 
there were only two competitors, Mr. J. Mattock and 
Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, who secured the 
awards in the order named, and who between them had 
very showy examples of Amazone, yellow ; David 
Madel, blush-rose ; Innocenti Pirola, creamy white ; 
Madame de Watteville, Homer, Madame Charles, M. 
Van Houtte, Niphetos, Comtesse de Nadaillac, W. 
Allan Richardson, and Souvenir de Paul Neyron. 
Among the old fashioned section of Moss Roses, Blanche 
Meredith, James Veitch, Laneii, Provence Unique, 
Cristata, Little Gem, and Reine Blanche were finely 
represented. The garden Roses shown by the Rev. J. 
H. Pemberton were also specially worthy of commenda¬ 
tion. The new Roses were not a particularly striking 
lot, but for twelve single trusses of any new variety, 
Mr. Cant came in first with the lovely Tea, Madame 
de Watteville ; Messrs. Curtis, Sanford & Co., second, 
with the dark red II. P., Benoit Comte ; and Messrs. 
Paul & Son, third, with the H. P., Madame Norman- 
Neruda. The best half-dozen blooms of any Tea or 
Noisette came from E. Claxton, Esq., The Rosery, 
Allerton, a lovely set of blooms of Madame H. Jamain. 
In a very fine class of twelve blooms of any white Rose, 
Mr. B. R. Cant staged a grand lot of Niphetos ; Messrs. 
Curtis, Sanford & Co., a superb dozen of Merveille de 
Lyon ; Mr. G. H. Piper, Uckfield, Niphetos also ; and 
Mr. Turner, Alba rosea, and secured the awards in the 
order named. The best crimson Rose, shown in dozens, 
was A. K. Williams, and the best dark velvety crimson 
variety, Reynolds Hole. Mr. Bennett, of Shepperton, 
with Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, took the first award for 
a dozen blooms of any Rose, with a superb lot; indeed, 
it was the subject of remark that among the new va¬ 
rieties introduced of late years, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam 
was the most finely represented in the various stands. 
Among the Teas, Souvenir d’Elise Varden took the lead 
of all, being shown of splendid size and form through¬ 
out ; and than the blooms which secured the prizes as 
the best in the show for Mr. B. R. Cant and the Rev. 
Dr. King, probably more massive examples have never 
been seen. H. K. Williams, exhibited by the Rev. J. 
H. Pemberton, was the best H. P. staged by an amateur; 
and Boieldieu, shown by Mr. Cant, the finest H. P. 
shown by a nurseryman. 
Among the well-known sorts which appeared most 
often in the various stands, and generally in the best 
form, may be named La Havre, Madame Prosper 
Langier, Dr. Andry, Duke of Edinburgh, Senateur 
Yaisse, Reynolds Hole, General Jacqueminot, Ulrich 
Brunner, very fine ; Etienne Levet, Charles Lefebvre, 
Marie Baumann, Marie Van Houtte, Francois Michelon, 
Hippolyte Flandrin, Fisher Holmes, Baroness Roths¬ 
child, Ville de Lyon, A. K. Williams, Mons. Noman, 
Madame Cusin, Alfred Dumesnil, very fine, from 
Torquay; Xavier Olibo, Captain Christy, &c. We 
append a list of the 
Awards of the Judges. 
Nurserymen.—Division A.—Class 1.—Seventy-two 
distinct, single trusses.—First, Mr. B. R. Cant, Col¬ 
chester ; second, Mr. F. Cant, Colchester; third, 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt; fourth, Mr. Charles 
Turner, Slough. 
Class 2.—Forty-eight distinct, three trusses of each. 
—First, Mr. B. R. Cant. ; second, Messrs. Keynes, 
Williams, & Co., Salisbury ; third, Messrs. Paul & Son; 
fourth, The Cranston Nursery Co., Hereford. 
Class 3.—Twenty-four Teas or Noisettes, distinct, 
single trusses.—First, Mr. G. Prince, Oxford ; second, 
Mr. F. Cant; third, Mr. B. R. Cant ; fourth, Mr. 
Charles Turner. 
Division B.—Class 4.—Forty-eight distinct, single 
trusses.—First, Messrs. Curtis, Sanford, & Co. ; second, 
Messrs. Burrell k Co., Cambridge ; third, Messrs. 
Cooling & Son, Bath ; fourth, Messrs. Jefferies & Soil, 
Cirencester. 
Class 5.—Twenty-four distinct, three trusses of each. 
—First, Messrs. Curtis, Sanford, & Co.; second, Messrs. 
Jefferies ; third, Messrs. Cooling & Son ; fourth, Messrs. 
Burrell k Co. 
Class 6.—Twenty-four distinct, single trusses.—First, 
Mr. Geo. Mount, Canterbury; second, Messrs. Harkness 
& Sons, Bedale, Yorks ; third, Mr. T. B. Bunyard, 
Ashford ; fourth, Mr. J. Mattock, Upper Headington, 
Oxford. 
Class 7.—Eighteen Teas or Noisettes, distinct, single 
trusses.—First, Mr. J. Mattock; second, Messrs. Burrell 
& Co. ; third, Mr. G. Mount; fourth, Messrs. Jefferies 
& Sons. 
Amateurs.— Division C.—Class 8. — Forty-eight 
distinct, single trusses.—First, Rev. J. H. Pemberton, 
Havering, Romford ; second, Mr. W. J. Grant, 
Ledbury; third, T. B. Haywood, Esq., gardener, 
J. Ridout; fourth, S. P. Budd, Esq., Bath. 
Class 9.—Twenty-four distinct, single trusses.—First, 
the Earl of Stanhope, gardener, Mr. Gray ; second, 
Geo. Christy, Esq., Westerham ; third, E. M. Betliune, 
Esq., Denne Park, Horsham ; fourth, J. E. Fowler, 
Esq., Woodford, Essex. 
Class 10.—Twelve distinct, three trusses of each.— 
First, Mr. J. Grant ; equal first, Rev. J. H. Pemberton; 
third, Mr. T. B. Hall, Rockferry, Liverpool; fourth, 
T. W. Girdlestone, Esq. 
Class 11.—Eighteen Teas or Noisettes, distinct, single 
trusses.—First, Rev. Dr. King, Cambridge ; second, 
Rev. J. H. Pemberton ; third, Rev. F. Page Roberts ; 
equal third, E. M. Betliune, Esq. 
Division D.—Class 12.—Thirty-six distinct, single 
trusses.—First, A. J. Waterlow, Esq., Great Doods, 
Reigate, gardener, Mr. J. Brown; second, E. Warde, 
Esq., Maidstone; third, E. Mitchell, Esq, Romford. 
Class 13.—Eight distinct, three trusses of each.— 
First, Mr. J. Brown ; second, E. B. Lindsell, Esq., 
Hitchin ; third, Rev. E. L. Fellows, Wimpole Rectory, 
Roystone ; fourth, F. Warde, Esq. 
Class 14.—Eighteen distinct, single trusses.—First, 
E. B. Lindsell, Esq. ; second, Rev. L. Garnett, Chester; 
third, Mr. F. Budgen, Reigate ; fourth, Mr. W. H. 
Wakele 3 r , Rainhain, Kent. 
Class 15.—Twelve Teas or Noisettes, distinct, single 
trusses.—First, E. Clacton, The Rosery, Allerton, 
Liverpool ; second, J. Brown ; third, Rev. L. Garnett; 
fourth, E. B. Lindsell, Esq. 
Class 16.—Eighteen distinct, single trusses.—First, 
Edward Mawley, Esq., Berkhamstead ; second, Rev. 
W. H. Jackson, Bedford ; third, Mr. W Narroway, 
New Headington, Oxford ; fourth, Mr. H. Lister, The 
Gardens, Easton Lodge, Dunmore. 
Class 17.—Twelve distinct, single trusses.—First, 
Rev. Alan Cheales, Brockham Vicarage, Surrey ; second, 
Mr. H. Foster, Ashford; third, H. H. Hayward, Esq., 
Castle Bar, Ealing ; fourth, Mrs. Rothery, Bagshot, 
gardener, Mr. Godfrey. 
Class 18.—Nine distinct, single trusses.—First, Rev. 
PI. B. Biron, Hythe ; second, C. Cuthell, Esq., Dork¬ 
ing ; third, Rev. Canon Hodgson, Hythe, gardener, 
Mr. Shoesmith ; fourth, Mr. Edward Horne, Park 
House, Reigate. 
Class 19.—Six distinct, single trusses.—First, Rev. 
F. S. Taylor, Eversham ; second, Alice Mary Lucas, 
Hitchin ; third, Mr. J. W. Ashurst, Farningham ; 
fourth, Mr. J. Bateman, Highgate Road, N. 
Clase 20.—Six Teas or Noisettes, distinct, single 
trusses.—First, Rev. F. H. Burnside, Chipping Camden, 
Gloucestershire ; second, Rev. Canon Hodgson, gar¬ 
dener, Mr. Shoesmith ; third, Mrs. Fuller, TheVicarage, 
Bexley, Kent ; fourth, Julius Sladden, Esq., Badsey, 
Worcestershire. 
Extra Classes.—Class 21.—Twenty-four distinct, 
single trusses, viz., twelve- hybrid perpetuals, and 
twelve Teas or Noisettes.—First, Rev. R. C. Hales, 
Henfield, gardener, Mr. PI. Simmons: second, Rev. 
W. H. Jackson, Bedford ; third, Mr. W. J. Grant. 
Class 22.—A basket of Teas or Noisettes.—First, Mrs. 
C. Cuthell; second, E. Claxton, Esq. ; third, Rev. 
J. A. Williams, Stratford-on-Avon. 
Class 23.—Twelve distinct single trusses.—First, 
Mr. Shoesmith ; second, Mr. W. J. Grant. 
Class 24.—Six distinct single trusses.—First, Mr. 
J. W. Ashurst ; second, Samuel Tuke, Esq., Hitchin ; 
third, L. Times, Esq., Hitchin ; fourth, Rev. F. F. 
Lambert, Clothall Rectory, Baldeck. 
Class 25.—Six new Roses, distinct, single trusses.— 
First, T. W. Girdlestone, Esq. ; third, Rev. Alan 
Cheales. 
Class 26.—Six single trusses of any hybrid per¬ 
petual.—First, Mr. W. J. Grant; second, T. B. Hall, 
Esq. ; third, W. Narroway ; fourth, S. P. Budd, Esq., 
Bath. 
Class 27.—Six single trusses of any Tea or Noisette.— 
First, E. Claxton, Esq. ; second, Rev. F. H. Burnside ; 
third, T. W. Girdlestone, Esq. ; fourth, Alfred 
Slaughter, Esq., Steyniug. 
Open Classes.—Class 28.—Twelve Teas or Noisettes, 
distinct, three trusses of each. —First, Mr. B. R. Cant; 
second, Mr. F. Cant; third, Rev. F. Page-Roberts ; 
fourth, Mr. W. Piper, Uckfield. 
Class 29.—A collection of Garden Roses.—First, Rev. 
J. H. Pemberton ; second, Julius Sladden, Esq. ; third, 
Mr. J. Walker, Thame, Oxon. 
Class 30.—Twelve bunches of Moss and Provence 
Roses.—First, Messrs. Paul & Son ; second, Messrs. G. 
Bunyard & Co., Maidstone ; third, Cranston Nursery 
Company. 
Class 31.—Twelve bunches of Roses suitable for 
button-holes.—First, Mr. J. Mattock; second, G. 
Bunyard k Co. 
Class 32.—Twelve new Roses/distinct, single trusses. 
■—First, Messrs. Paul & Son ; second, Curtis, Sanford 
& Co. ; third, Mr. B. R. Cant. 
Class 33.—Twelve single trusses of any new Rose.— 
First, Mr. B. R. Cant; second, Curtis, Sanford & Co. ; 
third, Messrs. Paul & Son. 
Class 34.—Twelve single trusses of any yellow Rose. 
—First, Mr. W. J. Grant; second, W. H. Wakeley, 
Esq. ; third, Mr. J. Walker ; fourth, Mr. B. R. Cant. 
Class 35.—Twelve single trusses of any white Rose.— 
First, Mr. B. R. Cant; second, Messrs. Curtis, San¬ 
ford k Co. ; third, Mr. Piper; fourth, Mr. Charles 
Turner. 
Class 36.—Twelve single trusses of any crimson Rose. 
—First, Mr. B. R. Cant; second, Mr. F. Cant; third, 
Messrs. Curtis, Sanford k Co. ; fourth, W. H. Wakeley. 
Class 37.—Twelve single trusses of any dark velvety 
crimson Rose.—First, Messrs. Keynes Williams & Co. ; 
second, Messrs. Cooling ; third, Mr. G. Prince ; fourth, 
Mr. B. R. Cant. 
Class 38.—Twelve single trusses of any Rose.—First, 
Mr. H. Bennett, Shepperton ; second, Messrs. Curtis, 
Sanford & Co. ; third, Mr. B. R. Cant; fourth, Messrs. 
Keynes, Williams & Co. 
Class 39.—Three trusses of any new seedling Rose, or 
distinct sport.—Nurserymen: Best H. P., Boieldieu, 
B. R. Cant ; best Tea, Souvenir d’Elise Varden, B. R. 
Cant. Amateurs: best H. P., A. K. Williams, Rev. 
J. H. Pemberton ; best Tea, Souvenir d’Elise Varden, 
Rev. Dr. King. 
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HORTICUL TURAL s ocieties. 
Shepperton Horticultural.— July 1st .—Held 
in beautiful weather in the delightful grounds attached 
to Mrs. W. A. Lindsay’s residence, which overlooks 
the Thames at one of its most beautiful points. The 
gardens are extensive, and were at the time very gay 
