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ROSE SHOWS. 
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Mansion House Show. 
The display was held in the Egyptian Hall 
and its approaches, and was a new departure 
in Rose-showing. Instead of the intensely 
formal lines of flat boxes the flower-stands were 
grouped in masses of varied size and form, 
with the best possible effect, the whole ar¬ 
rangements reflecting the highest credit on the 
good taste of Mr. J. Forsyth Johnson, under 
whose control they were carried out. The 
show took place on June 30th. It was not 
exactly a competitive show, beyond the dis¬ 
tribution of a few amateurs’ prizes ; on the 
contrary, cut Roses in large numbers were 
freely contributed by most of the great growers, 
and were put up with more regard to pic¬ 
turesque effect than is usual. Two groups, 
one of Fuchsias the other of Begonias, from 
Messrs. Cannell & Sons, set up at the two 
ends of the Hall, formed charming additions 
to the picture. The chief of the Roses came 
from the two Messrs. Paul & Son, Turner, 
Cant, Keynes, Prince, Rivers, Cooling, Rum- 
sey, Cannell, House, and Francis, and a large 
quantity of other cut flowers came from the 
Svanley Nursery. Altogether this incursion 
of the florists into the heart of the City was a 
splendid victory for Flora, the more so that 
the object of the show was beneficent, and 
the Royal Hospital for Women and Children 
the principal benejiciare. 
Crystal Palace Show. 
At Sydenham the rose growers mustered in 
force on July 1st, and a very capital show was 
the result. The trade classes, which contained 
the finest blooms, were exceptionally well filled, 
the flowers being remarkable for their uni¬ 
formly high quality. In the leading class for 
72 singles (1 truss), Mr. B. R. Cant, who had 
the best flowers, was, unluckily, disqualified 
through an accidental mistake in staging two 
blooms of Madame Nachury, but the flowers 
were so good that an extra prize was given to 
them. The 1st prize went to Messrs. Paul & 
Son, of Chesliunt, who staged splendid blooms 
of Madame Isaac Periere, Madame Charles 
Wood, Magna Charta, Marie Baumann, Mons. 
Noman, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Captain Christy, 
Etienne Levet, Madame Lacharme, Alfred 
K. Williams, Marie Finger, Prince Arthur, 
Duchesse de Yallombrosa, Comte Raimbaud, 
Mdlle. Therese Levet, Masterpiece, Devo- 
niensis, Xavier Olibo, Abel Grand, Camille 
Bernardin, Marguerite de St. Amand, Charles 
Lefebvre, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Mar¬ 
chioness of Exeter, Duke of Edinburgh, Emily 
Laxton, Senateur Yaisse, La Duchesse de 
Morny, Countess of Rosebery, Exposition 
de Brie, Helen Paul, a new variety of great 
promise, the flowers large, globular, with fine 
petal, and of a delicate blush colour ; Charles 
Darwin, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier, General 
Jacqueminot, Egeria, Alfred Colomb, Madame 
Gabriel Luizet, Duke of Teck, Catherine 
Mermet, Beauty of Waltham, Souvenir de 
la Malmaison, Madame Nachury, Comtesse 
de Choiseul, a splendid reddish crimson rose ; 
Le Havre, La France, Star of Waltham, Com¬ 
tesse d’Oxford, Duchesse de Caylus, Centifolia 
rosea, Mdlle. Marie Pernet, Madame Alice 
Dureau, John Stuart Mill, Madame Clemence 
Joigneaux, May Quennell, Comtesse de 
Serenye, Horace Yernet, Clothilde Rol- 
land, Duke of Wellington, Niphetos, Maurice 
Bernardin, Franqois Michelon, Ferdinand 
Chaffolte, Mons. George Moreau, Mdlle. Mario 
Rady, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Duchess of Bed¬ 
ford, Abel Carriere, La Fontaine, Madame 
Ducher, Penelope Mayo, and a seedling. 
The 1st prize in the class for 48 trebles (3 
trusses) went to Messrs. Paul & Son, who had 
thrown their chief strength into this class, 
the varieties being Duchesse de Yallombrosa, 
Camille Bernardin, Marie Baumann, Madame 
Lacharme, Captain Christy, Star of Waltham, 
Alfred K. Williams, the finest of the many 
splendid blooms of this excellent rose in the 
exhibition ; Mons. Noman, Marie Finger, 
Ferdinand de Lesseps, Comte Raimbaud, La 
Duchesse de Morny, Madame Hippolyte Ja¬ 
main, Xavier Olibo, Etienne Levet, Centi¬ 
folia rosea, Egeria, Charles Darwin, Madame 
Charles Wood, Pride of Waltham, La France, 
Alfred Colomb, Charles Lefebvre, Emily Lax- 
ton, Franqois Michelon, Prince Arthur, Ex¬ 
position de Brie, Souvenir de la Malmaison, 
Elie Morel, Rosieriste Jacobs, Souvenir d’un 
Ami, Countess of Rosebery, Princess Beatrice, 
Maurice Bernardin, Annie Laxton, Mdlle. Marie 
Cointet, Beauty of Waltham, Baroness Roths¬ 
child, Clothilde Rolland, Comtesse de Ca- 
mando, a small crimson-scarlet flower of good 
quality ; Madame Isaac Periere, Abel Carriere, 
Senateur Yaisse, Mdlle. Eugenie Yerdier, Com¬ 
tesse d’Oxford, Comtesse de Serenye, Mdlle. 
Marie Rady, and Marquise de Castellane. 
Of Tea-scented Roses very beautiful stands 
were shown. The 1st prize for nurserymen 
went to Mr. B. R. Cant, who staged fine 
blooms of Souvenir d’un Ami, Madame Caro¬ 
line Kuster, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, Madame 
Bravy, Rubens, Jean Ducher, President, Marie 
Van Houtte, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Devo- 
niensis, Innocente Pirola, and Madame Jules 
