July 10, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
707 
WEBBS 1 
EMPEROR CABBAGE. 
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and most compact variety I ever grew.” 
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Tuesday, July ijth.—Royal Horticultural Society : meeting of 
committees at to o'clock, 
Wolverhampton Floral Fete (3 days). 
Wednesday, July 14th.—Meeting of committees of the Royal 
Horticultural Society at Chiswick. 
Thursday, July 15th.—National Rose Society’s show at 
Norwich. 
Helensburgh Rose Show. 
Friday, July 16th.—Sale ot imported and established 
Orchids by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Saturday, July 17th.— National Viola Society’s show at 
Regent’s Park. 
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She Rose Show at the Crystal Palace. 
The National Rose Society will have to 
record in their annals that for once, at least, 
the weather was entirely favourable for the 
holding of a show. The day was dull and 
cloudy throughout, being neither too hot 
and close, nor too cold for the comfort of 
the visitors. The same conditions together 
with a moist atmosphere were most favour¬ 
able to the duration of the Roses which 
preserved their freshness for a much longer 
period than we remember them having done 
before at the Crystal Palace. We feel sure 
they would have maintained a respectable 
display during a two days’ show ; whereas, 
on the other hand, we have seen a large 
proportion of them collapse before they 
were many hours staged. The atmosphere 
of the Palace is usually very dry owing to 
so much ventilation from beneath, but the 
state of the atmosphere on this occasion 
prevented any drying effects. 
Ihe show itself may be pronounced one 
of the most successful held by the society, 
both with regard to entries, quantity, and 
quality, there being 669 entries, or 141 more 
than last year. The Victorian Era Exhibi¬ 
tion, which has been in progress for some 
time, prevented the Rose show from getting 
that justice which it has had on many pre¬ 
vious occasions. The Palace Company, we 
suppose, was responsible for the positions 
allocated to the Roses, but it cannot be 
otherwise than detrimental to the display to 
have many of the leading classes, particu¬ 
larly the amateurs’ exhibits, staged in 
positions from which overhead light was 
altogether excluded. This annoyed not 
merely the exhibitors themselves, but the 
general public who failed to see the true 
colours of the Roses, owing to the state of 
semi-darkness which prevailed in those 
obscure spots, affecting whole tables some¬ 
times. The arrangement and sequence of 
the respective classes was most perplexing 
both to the reporters and many of the 
public, who experienced great difficulty in 
finding any given class or exhibit, particu¬ 
larly after the place began to get crowded. 
It may be that the fourth estate is not 
entitled to any consideration or consultation 
in the matter; but the inconvenience 
cannot be" said to end there when the public 
lias to double upon their footsteps many 
times backwards, forwards, and sideways, 
in order to find the exhibits and properly 
understand their significance. It would be 
advantageous to the entire management and 
to their credit, if on future occasions they 
would amend these small matters, as tend¬ 
ing to the betterment or perfection of the 
leading show of the queen of flowers in the 
country. Otherwise we confess that this 
show wa£ well worthy of the Diamond 
Jubilee year. 
The great mass of the visiting public, 
connoisseurs and otherwise, were jubilant 
over the beauty of the Roses, and well they 
might be, for there is no country in the 
world where the queen of flowers is grown 
to greater perfection than in this country, 
the relatively moist atmosphere in average 
seasons being conducive to the durability of 
the modern races of Roses. Some of our 
American visitors had an eye-opener and 
could scarcely believe that such magnificent 
Roses could be grown in the open air in our 
foggy, murky climate. One American 
gentlemen turned about on his heel several 
times trying to imagine by what possible 
means he could take back some of those 
prize Roses in a fresh condition to show 
his friends at home ; but as he was not re¬ 
turning till August, and could hardly return 
immediately to accomplish his purpose, he 
could only regret the impossible, and 
express his dissatisfaction at the same. The 
best American Roses are produced in spring 
under glass, that is, they are forced in 
immense quantities. Yet the varieties 
which succeed best and are most popular 
here, fail more or less completely in the 
United States, refusing either to grow or 
flower satisfactorily, and often succumb to 
mildew. American Beauty is the most 
popular Rose there, and is considered to be 
synonymous with the French Madame 
Ferdinand Jamain, which is but little 
known at even the leading Rose shows of 
this country. 
The destruction of gardens and garden 
property, and the general desolation caused 
by the recent hailstorm at Chelmsford, 
could not have extended to other parts of 
Essex, for that county secured the lion’s 
share of the prizes and honours, a large 
number of the successful exhibitors coming 
from the neighbourhood of Colchester as 
usual. Taking honours alone, we should 
sa^ that Hertfordshire was the most success¬ 
ful, for both of the Champion Trophies 
went there, for seventy-two and thirty-six 
Roses respectively, the latter being for 
amateurs. The former was taken by a firm 
having an establishment in Yorks as well 
as Herts; but taking it all round, the 
winning Roses came from counties south of 
Worcester, Shropshire, and Suffolk. The 
principal counties represented were Essex, 
Herts, Surrey, Worcester, Somerset, 
Oxford. Others showing well were 
Gloucester, Bucks, Shropshire, Cambridge, 
Notts, Suffolk, Kent, and Down, in Ireland. 
