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THE GARDENING WORLD 
August 29, 1896. 
manni alba, Edouard Andre, with red flowers, and C. 
crispa with blue-purple flowers similar in form to 
those of C. coccinea. Spring and summer-flowering 
types are grown in quantity, including the beautiful 
Belle of Woking, Duchess of Edinburgh, Mrs. Geo. 
Jackman, and the popular species, C. montana, and 
C. indivisa lobata. Summer and autumn-flowering 
species and varieties are twice as numerous as those 
of the foregoing section, of which we can mention but 
a mere fraction. Varieties of great merit are Beauty 
of Worcester, bluish-violet, Flammula Rubra 
Marginata, creamy-white with reddish-plum mar¬ 
gins, Jackmanni Superba, finer than the type, 
Smith's Snow White Jackmanni, and a great many 
others. Large quantities of Ampelopsis Veitchi, are 
also grown, together with the beautiful A. V. pur¬ 
purea, with darker purple and bronzy leaves, most 
conspicuous in autumn. A great variety of other 
useful garden climbers are located in various parts of 
the nursery. 
Tuberous Begonias for bedding purposes, in single 
and double forms, and in white, pink, rose, scarlet, 
yellow.crimson.and other shades are grown. We noted 
numerous colours in a large batch of seedling Cannas 
raised here. In a cooler house, zonal Pelargoniums 
are grown in quantity. The finer varieties we noted 
were Heattelle Farraris, scarlet; Madame Bonde- 
ville, white overlaid soft scarlet; Roi de Negress 
double velvety crimson ; Ville Portier, semi-double 
cerise ; and Dulcibella, delicate peach colour. Seed¬ 
lings are raised in numbers here, and some of them 
are choice and pretty. 
Roses. 
Roses are one of the leading features of this nursery, 
being grown in quantity and number both under 
glass and out of doors. The former are either pot 
plants or they are being propagated by grafting, 
particularly the new varieties, of which it is desired 
to increase the stock rapidly. For instance, amongst 
the pot plants we noticed all the best types of 
climbing Tea Roses, also Marecbal Niel and other 
Noisettes of the finer sorts, new and old. 
Lawrence Allen is, perhaps, the best new hybrid 
perpetual Rose introduced to commerce, since Her 
Majesty was distributed. The blooms are of large 
size, high in the centre, well built, and of a beautiful 
soft pink, shaded with a lighter hue. The way the 
outer petals are revolute at the edges reminds us of 
the beautifully characteristic form of La France. It 
is deliciously scented—a quality that is but too 
frequently absent from Roses of this class. It is of 
vigorous growth, flowers freely and early, and will 
no doubt take its place on the exhibition boards. It 
has received two Awards of Merit from the Royal 
Horticultural Society, and one from the Royal 
Botanic Society. The form of the flower and foliage 
may be seen by reference to the accompanying 
illustration for which we are indebted to Messrs. 
Cooling and Sons. Another new H.P. Rose, also 
put into commerce this year for the first time, and 
like Lawrence Allen, raised by Messrs. Cooling, is 
Bladud, the globular blooms of which are white, 
tinted with blush in the centre, and more beautiful 
than the name. It was flowering freely in the end 
of July. It flowers very freely in the autumn and is 
useful for exhibition purposes. Other new varieties 
being rapidly propagated are Philemon Cochet, 
Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Maria Christina Reine 
d'Espagne. These new Roses are being grafted on 
the Brier stocks. The Teas were being potted on 
from the propagating bed as they became fit. The 
general collection of hybrid perpetual and Tea Roses 
it is needless for us to mention in detail, and 
impossible in a short article : for they are exceedingly 
numerous, and include all the best and others in 
cultivation. The bulk of the stock of the hybrid 
perpetuals, is grown in large breaks in the open air. 
Mr. Cooling, who had joined us in the course of 
our inspection, informed us that he grows between 
300 and 400 varieties. 
Old-fashioned Garden Roses. 
As mentioned above, we particularly wished to see 
the garden Roses after seeing the beautifully and 
tastefully set-up collections at exhibitions during the 
show season. This interesting class is scattered 
about the nursery, but the bulk of them, covering an 
area of four acres, is centred round a long walk, 
and to a great extent grown as climbers upon tall 
poles. The newer sorts are being propagated by 
grafting under glass. Close by the walk in question, 
is a large break of Manetti stocks grafted or budded, 
with garden Roses from the collection by the walk. 
Alister Stella Gray is mostly under glass. It was 
raised by Mr. A. H. Gray, the noted rosarian of 
Bath, and is described as a yellow companion to 
Crimson Rambler, with flowers in clusters and 
resembling those of W. A. Richardson, but smaller. 
The stems grow 15 ft. to 18 ft. in height during the 
season. Thalia is another Polyantha rambler being 
rapidly increased. A frame close by the houses 
is entirely filled with what Mr. Cooling terms 
botanical Roses, but which we might describe as 
species and botanical varieties, that are often 
exhibited among garden Roses. Amongst them we 
noted the yellow Bmksian Rose. The ’95 set of 
Lord Penzance’s Briers is also being rapidly 
multiplied in the propagating pit, independently of 
the stock in the open ground. Crimson Rambler is 
also being increased very extensively ; and alongside 
of it was Crimson Bedder, a scarlet and crimson 
bedder of the H.P. type, raised by Messrs. Cooling. 
Irene Watts is a new China Rose in the propagating 
pit. 
In the open ground, garden Roses are represented 
by Blairii, Harrisonii, Charles Lawson, Double 
White Sweet Brier, and Bennett’s Seedling, a tall 
pyramidal bush that was one mass of white bloom 
earlier in the season. These and the undermen¬ 
tioned are mostly grown as pillar Roses on either 
side of the long walk. Polyantha grandiflora makes 
10 ft. to 12 ft. of growth in a season. Here also 
were Rosa fulgens, Briers in quantity, R. lucida, 
with foliage already of a deep bronzy hue. In pass¬ 
ing along the walk we noted an extensive plantation 
of Brier stocks, some thousands of which are worked 
as standards including an extensive batch of Teas. 
Continuing, we noted the single white Rosa macran- 
tha; Bardon Job, semi-double carmine , Gustave 
Regis, one of the best yellow garden Roses ; River's 
Musk, producing large bunches of white Roses, 
tinted with pink; Fringed Musk, and Madame 
d’Arblay, the latter being 8 ft. to 10 ft. high, and pro¬ 
ducing pure white flowers in clusters of fifty to sixty. 
Pissardi produces bunches of pink buds that open 
white. A deliciously fragrant Rose is the hybrid R. 
rugosa Blanche de Coulbert, that forms a dwarf 
bush. The typical R. rugosa was laden with large 
red fruits. The deep glaucous, bronzy-green leaves 
of R. rubrifolia are very distinct. A fine plant of R. 
gigantea on a wall close by, had not yet flowered. 
The Copper Austrian, and Yellow Austrian Briers, 
W. A. Richardson, and Harrisonii are grown in 
great quantity. Here also are Celine Forestier, 
L'ldeal, Cheshunt Hybrid, Hebe’s Lip, the dwarf, 
semi-double R. rugosa delicata, delightfully fragrant, 
and Cooling’s White Noisette, with pearly white 
flowers, that are deliciously fragrant and were much 
admired at the Reading and Crystal Palace shows of 
the National Rose Society. 
Early Apples, &c. 
Apples that are ripe in the end of July must be 
considered early indeed : but some of the undermen¬ 
tioned were even past their best owing to the earliness 
of the season. Beauty of Bath is an early dessert 
Apple of high quality, becoming more popular 
every season. The fruit is globular, heavily blotched 
and suffused with bright crimson on a yellow ground. 
The fine bloom on the Red Astrachan is well known. 
Duchess of Oldenburg is also heavily striped and 
blotched with crimson. Cardinal, or Peter the 
Great, is similarly marked but paler, and is a new 
Apple from the Crimea. All these are grown as 
pyramids on the Paradise, and have been very 
highly coloured this year. 
Ornamental trees and shrubs are also grown here, 
including several beautiful Thorns such as Crataegus 
Carrieri, with white flowers, turning rose, and fruits 
as large as a Cherry ; and C. Crus-galli, with black 
fruits. Herbaceous plants are cultivated likewise. 
The fruit trees are mostly grown in another nursery 
but time prevented us from inspecting them. The 
above, however, will give a fair conception of the 
many-sided nature of the Bath Nurseries. 
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NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE FLOWER 
SHOW. 
The Crystal Palace was, as usual, the venue of this 
annual show. Operations were conducted on a most 
extensive scale, the meeting having more of the 
character of a great national fete than anything else ; 
for the management of the Co-operative Horti¬ 
cultural and Agricultural Association believe in work¬ 
ing upon popular lines. Hence the more sober 
attractions of a flower, fruit, and vegetable show were 
supplemented by a series of concerts, athletic sports 
in great variety, and the inevitable fireworks at the 
close. Friday, unfortunately, turned out a pouring 
wet day, and this undoubtedly thinned out the 
attendance to a vast extent ; but Saturday, although 
dull at times, was fine, and crowds of people 
thronged the nave and transepts of the great glass 
edifice, and strolled through the charming grounds, 
which are just now looking their best in spite of the 
recent drought. 
When the “ One and All ” show, the name by which 
it is popularly known among its supporters, was held in 
1886, the entries numbered 294. Last year this had 
grown to 4,107, a vast improvement, whilst this year 
they exceed 4,200, a still further increase. The dry 
summer has caused garden produce to be unusually 
forward, and the date, August 21st and 22nd, is 
rather too late for a general show of this kind. How¬ 
ever, it seems to have suffered in no very great 
degree, either in quantity or in quality of the 
exhibits. 
The show was divided into two sections, the first 
for professional gardeners, for whom a very liberal 
programme had been provided, the second for 
amateur cultivators, who also turned up in strong 
numbers. Friday, August the 21st, was devoted to 
Section 1. The classes for a collection of vege¬ 
tables, to include six kinds, were not so well patronised 
as they might have been. For the sake of con¬ 
venience, as well as with a view to render the com¬ 
petition between exhibitors more just and equal, the 
country had been divided up into sections, prizes 
being offered to each. In the western division Mr. 
J. Nowell, Hereford, was placed first with a nice 
collection. Mr. C. J. Waite, gardener to Colonel 
Talbot, Glenhurst Gardens, Esher, came out with 
flying colours in his usual thorough style. Mr. 
Nowell was first with three dishes of Tomatosof five 
fruits each, and Mr. J. Holton headed the list of 
competitors for a collection of six dishes of distinct 
varieties of Potatos, nine tubers going to a dish. 
In the classes for fruits the premier award for a 
collection of six kinds, Pines excluded, fell to the lot 
of Mr. Nowell. Mr. Taylor, Forest Hill, was 
adjudged first for two bunches of Black Grapes ; 
Mr. Webster, Beckenham, taking a like place for 
two bunches of White Grapes. 
Table decorations were an important feature in 
this day's show. There were eight entries for a 
floral table, the competition being very keen, and 
great interest being excited. Ultimately Mr. J. T. 
Madge, High Road, Streatham, headed the list, 
whilst Mrs. G. A. Batson, Florist, Woolwich, made 
a very close second. 
As has been already intimated, Saturday, the 
amateurs' day, was a conspicuous success. It is 
calculated officially that there has been a decrease of 
between 300 and 400 entries in the section for pro¬ 
fessionals, and rich amateurs, with a great increase 
in the workmen’s section, which more than compen¬ 
sated for the loss. The total number of exhibits in 
the workmen’s section was 2,741. Of entries for 
Potatos alone there were 397 ; and the same number 
for Vegetable Marrows. Onions, Leeks, and Shallots 
were shown by 249 people; and forty-eight large 
collections of vegetables,representing no less than 328 
exhibits found a place on the exhibition tables. 
Beans were forthcoming to the tune of 237 exhibits; 
although Peas had declined to eighty-four, and these 
principally came from the North of England and 
Scotland. Of cut flowers there were 765 entries in 
this section. Marigolds would seem to be high 
favourites with cottagers, seeing they were forth¬ 
coming from no less than 104 different sources. 
Asters came second with 94. 
As in the professional section on Friday, the 
country had been split up into several divisions in 
the making up of the schedule for collections of 
vegetables. The following exhibitors were credited 
with first awards in their respective divisions, all of 
them showing material that argued well for their 
ability as cultivators ; —Midland and East ; Mr. G. 
