July 11th, 1885. 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
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reader will remember that in the former part of this 
article the Bose plants taken up were reduced to a 
single stem each, consequently, the branches now to 
be pruned are side shoots from that stem. We will, 
therefore, commence with the lower ones, which were 
previously trained to a horizontal position, or nearly 
so. These were now cut back to about six to eight 
eyes (joints or buds), so termed by gardeners, the bud 
being dormant and in recess, not protruding. The 
next above them, four to six eyes, or 3 ins. to 4 ins. 
The remainder to three or four eyes, or 1 in. to 2 ins., 
except the top one or leader, which is maintained in 
an upright position and forms the main or centre 
stem in continuation of the single one to which the 
plant was at first reduced. This one is left about 8 ins. 
long. 
The foundation and shape of the future bush 
is now formed. The plant is thus left in a conical 
shape, which is considered to be one of the best for 
this and bush Eoses generally. The semi-circular 
form is also appreciated, and the pyramidal. In after 
years there is very little trouble in pruning and 
training any bush so started. It soon comes to 
cutting back the shoots all over to two or three 
eyes above the preceding year’s pruning, the leader 
being left six to nine eyes long in its perpendicular 
position, and the bush increases in size annually in 
accordance. This is termed the short spur system 
of pruning. It will readily be understood that the 
two last-made growths, with a portion of the first, are 
entirely cut away. The buds or eyes left are dormant, 
not protuberant, and situated in the earliest made and 
best ripened wood of the past season’s growth, and 
therefore the strongest and best adapted to produce 
the finest flowers in the coming season. 
At the same time that this operation of pruning 
takes place the annual re-pot(ing takes place also. A 
portion of the soil that comes away freely by shaking, 
without injury to the roots, is dispensed with. The 
roots must not be mutilated in any way or handled, 
as it injures them. As mentioned previously a stem 
has been prepared for Ihis purpose. The pots 
selected were a size larger, ranging from 7 ins. to 
10 ins. in diameter and depth internally. Two 
inches increase, or one all round between the ball of 
earth left and the side of the pot, is considered a fail- 
annual shift for the season. Nor is it at all wise to 
overpot, as it engenders exuberant growth and less 
flowers, resulting in a ragged, loose appearance and 
flimsy branches. It must also be borne in mind that 
a size larger pot is required every season. 
After four years, more or less, the plants will become 
too large for fuither pot culture, and, as a rule, are 
planted out and younger stock take their places. 
Moreover it will be found that the younger plants are 
better adapted in every way for pot culture, and 
flower much better than the older ones. 
Gardeners adopt a routine whereby the older plants 
are dispensed with and younger ones are introduced 
annually. In potting, drainage is of primary con¬ 
sideration, and should be attended to. Soil is of 
equal importance. The compost for Eoses, when 
selected, should consist of three parts loam, one of 
thoroughly decomposed manure, to which may be 
added a little charcoal and wood ashes and bone dust 
if at hand. 
If loam is not at hand, any good garden soil will do. 
The best alluvial soil was used in this instance, no 
other being available. Potting should be done firmly, 
and 1 in. of space in depth on top left for water. 
A good watering was given to settle the soil about the 
roots thoroughly after potting and replacing them in 
their dormitory; the pots were enveloped in sand, but 
any dry material will do. Water was finally withheld 
after this. Still the roots were found to be active and 
growing slowly. After about two and a half to three 
months the season for activity had arrived, when they 
were taken out, arranged and replunged in the place 
prepared for them. 
In this way the plants in question were managed, 
and I found no necessity to change the treatment 
or cause to regiet the trouble I had bestowed upon 
them. Three flushes of bloom followed during the 
season, and the flow ers were very fine. This was 
the first of my expeiience in Eose culture in India, 
and it will still be found valuable in application to 
this and the Hybrid perpetual and other hardy Euro¬ 
pean varieties in most parts of India.— The Indian 
Gardener. 
THE NATIONAL ROSE SHOW. 
The annual exhibition of the National Eose Society, 
held in the large Conservatory at South Kensington 
on Tuesday, v-as a decided success, though we cannot 
say that the average quality was so good as we have 
seen on some previous occasions. At “ the Palace ” 
on the previous Saturday the general quality of the 
blooms was better, though even there the effects of the 
late spring and the cool nights were plainly visible in 
the pinched and under-sized appearance of some of 
the varieties. Admit that this is not a first-class Eose 
season, and that the great heat experienced on Monday 
caused the flowers to open too quickly, and we have 
at once an explanation of the reason why so many 
“ eyes ” were visible among the H. P.’s. But if the 
latter were not quite up to the mark, the deficiency 
was more than compensated for by the Teas and 
Noisettes, which both in numbers and quality made 
up such a display as we do not see every season ; they 
were indeed grand. 
In divisions A and B, w-hich were confined to trade 
growers, there was a fair competition in most of the 
classes, and with seventy-two single trusses, Mr. B. E. 
Cant, of Colchester, again carried off the challenge 
trophy given by the amateurs, the other winners in 
this competition being Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt; 
The Cranston Nursery Co., Hereford ; and Mr. Turner, 
Slough. Mr. Cant put all his strength into this class, 
for with forty-eight trebles he could get no nearer than 
fourth, the first prize going to Messrs. Paul & Son, 
the second to Mr. Turner, and the third to Messrs. 
Keynes, Williams & Co., Salisbury. With eighteen 
Teas or Noisettes, Mr. G. Prince, of Oxford, was as 
usual invincible, beating Mr. Cant, Mr. Turner, and 
Messrs. Paul & Son, who secured the other prizes in 
the order named. The leading class in the B division, 
and which was confined to exhibitors not competing in 
the previous classes, was for forty-eight single trusses, 
and here the claims of Devonshire made themselves 
felt, Messrs. Curtis, Sandford & Co., of Torquay, 
securing the highest award, Mr. F. Cant, Colchester, 
coming in second, Messrs. J. Burrell & Co., Cambridge, 
third, and Mr. J. House, Peterborough, fourth. With 
twenty-four trebles Messrs. Curtis, Sandford & Co., 
were also first, Mr. House securing second honours, 
Messrs. G. Cooling & Son, Bath, the third, and the 
Cotswold Eoses of Messrs. J. Jeffries & Son, Ciren¬ 
cester, the fourth. For twenty-four singles the awards 
went to Messrs. Kinmont & Kidd, Canterbury ; Mr. J. 
Mattock, Oxford; Mr. J. Walker, Thame, and Mr. C. 
Mount, Canterbury, in the order named; while with 
a dozen Teas, Mr. G. W. Piper, of Uckfield, came 
to the front, followed by Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., 
Maidstone, Mr. J. House, and Messrs. Burrell & Co. 
Of the flowers staged in the leading collections we 
can say but little in detail, owing to the limits on our 
space, but of the varieties most numerouslyrepresented, 
and in the best condition, we may enumerate first 
and foremost the grand white Merveille de Lyon, 
which was in splendid form throughout, and the large 
carmine-rose Ulrich Brunner, which has seldom been 
seen in more perfect condition. The others whose 
names were jotted down by us, are Madame Ducher, 
Marie Baumann, Fisher Holmes, Beauty of Waltham, 
Queen of Queens, Eeynolds Hole, Mons. E. Y. Teas, 
Horace Vernet, Dupuy Jamain, Francois Michelon, 
Annie Laxton, Abel Carriere, Alfred Colomb, Annie 
Wood, A. K. Williams, very bright, but hardly so 
perfect in form as usual this season ; Captain Christy, 
Dr. Andry, Countess of Eoseberry, Ferdinand Chaf- 
folte, Baroness Bothschild, Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
Etienne Levet, and Exposition de Brie. 
There was an excellent competition in all the 
amateurs’ classes, though here also the blooms were 
not, as a rule, of a high order of merit. The 
Challenge Trophy given by nurserymen for forty- 
eight single blooms was won by the Eev. J. H. 
Pemberton, Havering, Bomford, who was closely 
followed by Mr. W. J. Grant, of Ledbury, Hereford ; 
T. W. Girdlestone, Esq., Sunningdale ; and the Eev. 
C. Hales, Henfield, Sussex. With twenty-four singles 
there were only two competitors, and the highest 
award went to the Eev. F. Page Eoberts, The Bectory, 
Scole, Norfolk, who also staged a splendid box of 
eighteen Teas, and secured the first prize in that 
class. The most popular class appeared to be that 
for twelve single Hybrid Perpetuals, in which there 
were^ eleven competitors, amongst whom the Eev. 
J. H. Pemberton again came in first with a superb 
lot, the other successful exhibitors being T. W. 
Girdlestone, Esq., It. N. G. Baker, Esq., Heavitree, 
Exeter, and S. P. Budd, Esq., Bath. In the division 
open only to competitors not showing in the four 
preceding classes, the first prizes were won as follows : 
—For twenty-four distinct single trusses, Mr. Brown, 
gardener to H. J. Waterlow, Esq., Great Doods, 
Eeigate ; for eight trebles, Mr. Brown; for eighteen 
singles, Miss Baker, Holmfels, Eeigate ; and for twelve 
Teas, Mr. Brown. 
The extra classes brought out some of the finest 
blooms staged, and were good all through. A popular 
class with the ladies was that for a basket of Eoses, 
the best of which came from E. Claxton, Esq., 
Allerton, Liverpool, a very fine lot of blooms effec¬ 
tively arranged with fronds of Maiden-hair Ferns. 
The Veitch Memorial Medal for twenty-four blooms 
was won by the Eev. W. H. Jackson; and Mr. 
McIntosh’s prize for twelve Teas fell to the lot of Mr. 
G. Prince, who never showed a better lot of blooms. 
The collections of garden Eoses were very interesting, 
and well represented. The first prize went to J. 
Sladden, Esq., Badsey, in whose stand were hand¬ 
some bunches of such fine sorts as the White Hybrid 
China, Madame Plantier, Eosa multiflora, Bougere, 
Hybrid Provence, Princess Clementine, Madame 
Capucine, La Ville de Bruxelles, and Fellenberg. The 
best dozen Eoses selected for their suitability for 
button-hole decoration came from Mr. J. Mattock, 
of Oxford—a pretty box of blooms containing such 
varieties as Catherine Mermet, Souvenir de Paul 
Neron, David Pradel, Homere, Marie Van Houtte, 
Eubens, Madame Faleot, Madame Lambard, and 
Anna Olivier. 
The new Eoses were not a particularly striking lot, 
and the first prize went to Messrs. Curtis, Sandford 
& Co., the second to Messrs. Paul & Son. With 
twelve blooms of any new Eose, however, there was a 
better competition. Mr. B. E. Cant took the first 
prize with Madame de Watteville, pale creamy-yellow, 
changing to white, and flushed with rose at the tips, 
a pretty flower in the bud state. Messrs. Curtis, 
Sandford & Co. were second, with Alphonse 
Soupert. The best box of yellow Eoses was one of 
Comtesse de Nadaillac; and in the corresponding 
competition for white Eoses no less than nine 
boxes of Merveille de Lyon were staged — a 
grand exhibition of a very fine Eose. The prize¬ 
winners here were Messrs. Curtis, Sandford & 
& Co., Mr. F. Cant, and Messrs. Paul & Son. A. K. 
Williams, shown by Messrs. Cooling & Son, was the 
best crimson, and Jean Lilievre, from Messrs. Curtis, 
Sandford & Co., the best dark crimson velvety flower. 
Mr. H. Bennett, Shepperton, staged some remarkably 
fine boxes of blooms of Her Majesty, Lady Mary 
Fitzwilliam, and his latest introduction—Mrs. John 
Laing, a very fine seedling from Francois Michelon, 
large, somewhat globular, a pretty shade of Eose pink, 
and very fragrant, and for which he was awarded the 
Gold Medal as the best seedling. The Silver Medals 
for the finest individual blooms were awarded to Mr. 
G. Prince and Mr. T. Brown for Teas Comtesse de 
Nadaillac and Jean Ducher; and to Mr. G. Mount 
and the Eev. J. H. Pemberton for H. P.’s Marie 
Baumann and Ulrich Brunner, all of which deserved 
the honours conferred on them. 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Shepperton and District Flower Show.—The 
second annual show was held on the 2nd of July at 
Sunbury, in the grounds of Sunbury Court, kindly 
placed at the disposal of the committee by Colonel 
Harfield, the president. The judges, Messrs. J. 
Baines, J. Child, S. Hibberd, and J. Laing, had no 
easy task to perform, for thanks to the judicious 
management and unremitting exertions of Mr. A. 
Stearns, the honorary secretary, this show proved a 
real success and a great improvement on the last. 
The band of the Eoyal Horse Guards was in attendance, 
and favoured by perfect weather a numerous and 
fashionable assembly did honour to the show. 
Mr. S. West, gardener to Major Lendy, was first for 
Orchids, beating Messrs. Jackson, who proved, how¬ 
ever, a good second. Major Lendy’s Cattleya gigas, a 
grand variety, with spikes carrying six blooms each, 
