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July 14, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
THE NATIONAL ROSE SHOW AT THE 
CRYSTAL PALACE. 
In accordance with general anticipation, the annual 
exhibition of Roses held at the Crystal Palace in 
charming .veather on Saturday last did not reach 
the Society's highest standard of excellence. There 
were plenty of blooms, of course, but the display 
seemed to be thin, and the general average of quality 
was only medium, the light coloured blooms being 
by far the best. Late pruning, the severe frosts in 
May, and the great heat of the previous week, 
together with the want of rain in many localities 
kept many well-known competitors at home for 
want of show blooms. The leading nurserymen's 
classes found the Colchester growers in the best 
form, and Mr. Frank Cant, of Braiswick, is to be 
congratulated on his victories in the mam competi¬ 
tions. In the champion class for seventy-two 
singles, he beat his uncle, Mr. B. R. Cant, hand¬ 
somely, staging amongst others, large, bright and 
clean bloom of Ulrich Brunner, Gustave Piganeau, 
Duchesse de Morny, Souvenir d’ Elise Vardon, 
Louis "Fan Houtte, Star of Waltham, Her Majesty, 
Mrs. Jowett, Comtesse de Ludre, Niphetos, Marie 
Baumann, Baroness Rothschild, Duke of Edinburgh 
Merveille de Lyon, Gen. Jacquiminot, Duke of 
Wellington, Marie Verdier, Beauty of Waltham, 
Reynolds Hole, Madame Cusin, Margaret Dickson, 
Comte Raimbaud, E. Y. Teas, Marchioness of 
Londonderry, La Boule D or and Harrison Weir. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, were third. 
With forty distinct trebles Mr. Frank Cant again 
beat Mr. B. R. Cant and Messrs. Paul & Son in the 
order named, showing capital examples of Alfred 
Colomb, Marchioness of Londonderry, Caroline 
Testout, Star of Waltham, Baroness Rothschild 
Marie Baumann, Gen. Jacquiminot, Gustave Piga¬ 
neau, Spenser, La Boule d'or, A. K. Williams, 
Beauty of Waltham, Niphetos, Merveille de Lyon, 
and Duke of Teck, &c. Messrs. D. Prior & Son, 
Colchester, had the best twenty-four single blooms, 
Messrs. J. Burrell & Co., Howe House, Cambridge, 
coming in second. In the former stand the leading 
examples were Merveille de Lyon, Ulrich Brunner, 
Margaret Dickson, Beauty of Waltham, Madame 
Bravy, and Gustave Piganeau. 
For a dozen.distinct hybrid Teas, Mr. Frank Cant 
secured the second prize with La France, La France 
de ’89, deep rose-pink, "Fiscountess Folkestone, Dan¬ 
mark, LadyMary Fitz william, Augustine Guinoisseau, 
Maid of the IMist, Gloire Lyonaise, Princess May, 
Kaiserin Auguste F'ictoria, Auguste Helen, and 
Germaine Caillott. For twelve single trusses of any 
yellow Rose Mr. J. Mattock, Headington, Oxford, 
was first with Jean Ducher ; Mr. George Prince, 
Oxford, second, with Marie Van Houtte, and 
Messrs. D. Prior & Son, third with the same variety. 
In a grand class of twelve blooms of any white 
Rose, Mr. G. Prince was first with superb examples 
of Souvenir de S. A. Prince ; Messrs. A. Dickson & 
Sons, Newtownards, second with Margaret Dickson 
in fine form; and Mr. Frank Cant, third with 
Souvenir de S. A. Prince. Merveille de Lyon was 
well shown by several exhibitors, but stood no 
chance against the Oxford blooms. In a fair class 
of twelve blooms of any crimson rose, the primier 
award went to Mr. B. R. Cant for Marie Baumann ; 
the second to Messrs. Perkins & Son, Coventry, for 
A, K. Williams; and the third to S. P. Badd, Esq., 
Bath, for Alfred Colomb, all very bright and fresh. 
The class for a dozen blooms of any new Rose 
attracted considerable attention, as here was to be 
seen the best new Rose in the show—the Marchioness 
of Downshire—represented by a dozen superb 
blocsns. It has a grand shell petal, is of a rich 
peach-pink colour, and has broad handsome foliage. 
These were exhibited by Messrs. A. Dickson & Sons, 
and were well first ; Mr. Frank Cant coming in 
second with IMarchioness of Londonderry, a massive 
white Rose, with a faint blush of pink in the centre ; 
and Mr. J. Mattock, third, with Margaret Dickson. 
Messrs. D. Prior & Sons had the best dozen 
Marechal Niels, small, but lovely coloured blooms ; 
and in a competition with a dozen blooms of any 
Tea or Noisette, Mr. Mattock came in first, with 
Souvenir d'Elise F'ardon ; Messrs. Townsend & Son, 
Broad Heath, Worcester, second, with The Bride ; 
and Mr. Frank Cant, third, with Ethel Brownlow. 
With a dozen grand blooms of Mrs. John Laing, the 
Messrs. Townsend were first in a class for hybrid 
perpetuals or hybrid Teas ; Mr. B. R. Cant coming 
in second with Alfred Colomb; and Messrs, D. 
Prior & Son, third, with Horace Vernet. For a 
similar numbes of any dark velvety Rose, Messrs. 
G. W. & H. Burch, Peterborough, were first with 
Earl Dufferin; and Mr. F. Cant, second, with 
Reynolds Hole ; while with any light Rose the last 
named exhibitor was first in a strong class, with 
magnificent examples of Mrs. John Laing. 
With Teas and Noisettes the Oxford growers were 
invincible, Mr. Mattock securing premier honours 
with eighteen single blooms, and Mr. G. Prince 
with the same number of trebles. Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Souvenir d'Elise 
Vardon, Madame Cusin, Innocente Pirola, 
, Hon. Edith Gifford, Madame Hoste, Rubens 
and Marie Van Houttee were superb in Mr. Prince's 
stand ; and some of these, with The Bride, Souvenir 
d'um Ami, Anna Olivier, Madame de W'atteville, 
Princess Beatrice, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Alba 
Rosea and Catherine Mermet, made up a fine box 
from Mr. Mattock. Messrs. Burrell & Co., were 
second in the latter competition, and Messrs. D. 
Prior & Son in the former. 
Garden and button-hole Roses were a most 
pleasing feature and brought out some very beautiful 
decorative sorts. With three dozen bunches of 
garden Roses, Messrs. Paul & Son were well first, 
showing fine bunches of Marquis of Salisbury, 
brilliant crimson, Laurette Messimy, Bijou des 
Prairies, W. A Richardson, exceedingly bright in 
colour, Aimee Vibert, Common Moss, Reine Olga 
de Wurtemburg, Madame Pierre Cochet, Perpetual 
White Moss, Commandant Beaurepaire, Gustave 
Regis, Felicite Perpetue, etc. Messrs. G. Cooling & 
Sons, Bath, were second. With eighteen bunches Mr. 
C. Turner, Slough, was first with a very fine lot, 
including Crimson Rambler, Lamarque, Perle d'or, 
cristata, Madame Falcot, W. A. Richardson, 
Blanche Moreau, Boule de Niege, etc., Messrs. D. 
& W. Croll, Dundee, coming in second. The best 
display of Roses came from C. J. Cuthill, Esq., 
Chapel Croft, near Dorking, a very lovely lot of 
garden Roses, Mr. G. Mount, Canterbury, being 
second, and Mr. Mattock third. The best eight 
bunches of single-flowered Roses also came from Mr. 
Cuthill, a very pleasing stand, including Lucida 
Alpina, Indica rosa, Rubiginosa, Rugosa alba, Mos- 
chataalba, Macranthaand Rubifolia. Lord Penzance, 
Eshing Park, Godaiming, was second. Mr. Mattock 
had the best dozen bunches of button-hole Roses, an 
extremely pretty lot, consisting of L'Ideal, W. A. 
Richardson, Laurette Messimy, Anna Olivier, 
Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Homer, Marie Van Houtte, 
Ruhens and Madame de Watteville. Mr. F. Cant 
came in second, and Mr. A. Evans, Marston, Oxford, 
third. 
In the amateur’s competitions there were fairly 
good competitions all round. The best forty-eight 
singles came from S. P. Budd, Esq., Bath, a bright 
fresh lot of blooms, the best of which were of 
Harrison Weir, Etienne Levet, A. K. Williams, 
Marie Baumann, Margaret Boudet (a most beautiful 
bloom). Her Majesty, Merveille de Lyon, Innocente 
Pirola, Ulrich Brunner, S. M. Rodocanachi, Dr. 
Audry, Dupuy Jamain, Fisher Holmes, &c. Mr. W. 
Drew, Uplands, Ledbury, was second, and the Rev. 
J. H. Pemberton, Havering-atte-Bower, third. With 
three dozen singles premier honours went to T. B. 
Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate, who 
beat Mr. Budd and Mr. Pemberton in the order 
named. Mr. Hayward had some very bright blooms 
especially of Francois Michelon, Margaret Dickson, 
Marie Baumann, Her Majesty, Etienne Levet, Duke 
of Edinburgh, J. S. Mill, A. K. Williams, 
Merveille de Lyon, Beauty of Waltham, and Ulrich 
Brunner. With a dozen trebles Mr. Budd again 
came to the front with a good stand, including fine 
trios of Her Majesty, A. K. Williams, Earl of 
Dufferin, Marie Baumann, A. Colomb, Ulrich 
Brunner, and Merveille de Lyon. Mr. W. Drew 
came in second, and Mr. T. B. Haywood third. 
With two dozen singles Mr. Thomas Hobbs, Easton, 
Bristol, came in first, showing all well-known sorts, 
the second prize going to Miss Baker, Holmefield, 
Reigate, and the third to the Rev. A. Foster-Meliar, 
Sproughton Rectory. In another competition, with 
a similar number, premier honours went to the Rev. 
H. A. Berners, Harkstead Rectory, Ipswich, who 
had extra fine and bright examples of La Havre, 
Baroness Rothschild, Ulrich Brunner, Victor Hugo, 
Mrs. J. Laing, S. M. Rodocanachi, Marie Bau¬ 
mann, Francois Michelon, and Marie Rady. Mr. A. 
Slaughter, Steyning, was second, and Mr. E. 
Bethune, Denne Park, Horsham, third. For 
eighteen singles Mr. R. E. W'est, Reigate, was first 
with a beautiful lot, and Mr. James Parker, Hitchin, 
third. For a dozen of any hybrid f>erpetual or 
hybrid Tea, T. B. Haywood. Esq., was first with a 
splendid box of Her Majesty, and in a similar class 
for nine, the Rev. Hugh A. Berners was first with 
Merveille de Lyon. The same exhibitor also secured 
the trophy for eighteen Teas or Noisettes with a 
beautiful lot, including the Hon. Edith Gifford, 
Madame Hoste, Comtesse de Nadaillac, The Bride, 
Ethel Brownlow, Etoile de Lyon, and Madame Bravy. 
Mr. Orpen, West Bsrgholt, Colchester, had the best 
half-dozen teas, three blooms of each ; and the Rev. 
j. H. Pemberton the best six new Roses in Caroline 
Testout, Marchioness of Londonderry, Spenser, 
Margaret Dickson, Marchioness of Dufferin, and 
Duchess of Fife. The Silver Medal for the best 
Tea or Noisette Rose went to the Rev. A. Foster- 
Meliar for a fine example of Souvenir d’ Elise 
Vardon. 
-- 
GARDENING AT A RAIL- 
WAY STATION. 
Bramley is the first station from Guildford, on the 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway to 
Horsham, and the station master there is an ardent 
amateur gardener, to whom great praise is due for 
the admirable manner in which he has florally 
decorated the station under his charge. The plat¬ 
forms are over 300 ft. long, and have numerous 
baskets of plants on both. There is also a border 
about 6 ft. wide, which is planted with various 
shrubs, ornamental trees, and bedding plants of 
various kinds. The specimen Laurels are neatly 
kept, and between them are some grand standard 
Roses, some of which have attained huge dimen¬ 
sions, being 6 ft. across and bearing upwards of 120 
blooms and buds. The varieties are Blairii, Charles 
Lawson, Gloire de Dijon, Merveille de Lyon, 
Baroness Rothschild, etc., and some of them were 
budded by the enthusiastic station master himself 
some twenty years ago. 
The goods shed walls are covered with Gloire de 
Dijon and Cheshunt hybrid Roses, bearing dozens 
of magnificent flowers. The plants employed for 
bedding are grouped in dozens of a sort, and consist 
of Stocks, Asters, Delphiniums, Marigolds, Pinks, 
Begonias, Mimulus, Lobelia, Calceolaria, Tropae- 
olums. Poppies, Sweet Peas, Lilium candidum, etc., 
and the whole forms a very pleasing tout-ensemble. 
The telegraph poles and lamp posts are adorned 
with Sweet Peas, and the signal-b x and waiting- 
room windows are likewise furnished with plants of 
various kinds, such as Pelargoniums and Calceo¬ 
larias, some of the latter bearing upwards of thirty 
trusses of bloom. 
I had a chat with this garden enthusiast and 
learnt that he had been station master upwards 
of twenty years, and that his one hobby is gardening. 
He works up so many Roses each year so as to have 
a young stock always coming on, and raises the 
majority of his plants in cold frames. He certainly 
deserves very great credit for making his station so 
pleasing and interesting. Some railway companies 
offer prizes for the best kept stations. I think the 
Midland Company does, and it is a pity that more 
do not do so, as it would be a great inducement to 
those employed at the various stations to take an 
interest in gardening and so make many a dull place 
cheerful and pleasing to the travelling public. In 
such a competition Bramley Station would take a 
lot of beating.— Riisticus. 
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PAPAVER PAVONINUM. 
A LARGE number of the annual species of Poppy are 
very popular at present, and though the flowers are 
anything but durable, there are few things which 
give such bright and sharply defined colours. That 
under notice grows freely, but is anything but com¬ 
mon in gardens as yet, although we think there is a 
future before it such as P. Rhoeas umbrosum has 
had. The flowers are somewhat cupped after the 
style of those of P. glaucum, and they are of a 
brilliant scarlet with a black zone engirdling them, 
and surrounding the mass of black anthers in the 
centre. The specific name refers to this zone, which 
fancy has compared to the spot on the tail feathers 
of the peacock. 
