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pots. They laid most stress upon new and rare varieties or 
rtoses of recent introduction. '1 hey had a tine lot of their new 
Tea Rose Lady Roberts, the flowers of which are of a beautiful 
reddish-apricot passing into coppery red of a metallic hue at 
the base of the petals. The long pointed blooms of beautiful 
conical shape were the admiration of visitors. Another hand¬ 
some new Rose was the hybrid perpetual, named Muriel, with 
flowers of a deep salmon pink, well formed, and of a fine exhi¬ 
bition size. The hybrid Tea, named Frau Peter Lambert, may 
be compared to K. A. Victoria, from which it differs by being 
pink. The huge white blossom of the hybrid Tea Mildred Grant, 
that was the sensation of last year, was in, fine condition. Other 
Roses of good form in this group were Prince de Bulgarie, rosy 
flesh and salmon ; Aimee Cocliet, rosy peach, with paler outer 
petals; Souv. de Jean Ketten, rosy carmine shaded salmon; 
Souv. de P. Notting, Tea, mixture of apricot and golden yellow ; 
Mine. Jean Dupuy, a reddish yellow Tea; Peace, a beautiful 
white; Lady M. Beauclerc, Tennyson, the lovely Lady Batter¬ 
sea, Boadicea, Sulphurea, and the beautiful and interesting 
Schneewitchen. They also' had a new dwarf Polyantha Mine. 
Levavasseur, like a dwarf Crimson Rambler, the colour of the 
flowers being closely similar. Pretty also’ was the saffron-yellow 
flowers of Rene Andre, one of the hybrids of the Rosa wichu- 
riana type. The group was one of the finest which the firm has 
put up at the Temple Show. 
Mr. Charles Turner, The Royal Nurseries, Slough, set up a 
large group of Roses in the form of a high, sloping bank, on the 
face of which were standards of such Roses as Mme. Cusin, 
Muriel Graham®, Niphetos, Souv. de Pierre Notting, Maman 
Cochet, and Crimson Rambler. The last-named variety was also 
grown in the form of dwarf trained bushes, and also covered 
an arch of some 3ft. in depth, resembling that of a bridge. He 
also had some Pelargoniums and a few Carnations in the group, 
which filled one* end of the big tent. 
Messrs. Benjamin R. Cant and Sons, The Old Rose Gardens, 
Colchester, exhibited a group of Roses, consisting largely of the 
new Blush Rambler, of which we give an illustration. They had 
35 plants of it. Other pot Roses they exhibited were Margaret 
Dickson, Caroline Testout, Ulrich Brunner. Mrs. Cocker, Clio 
Baroness Rothschild, Merveille de Lyon, Antoine Rivoire, The 
Garland, Dundee Rambler, Mrs. Paul, Felicite Perpetue 
Moschata alba, Mrs. Mawley, Lady Myra Beauclerc, Duke of 
Wellington, Fisher Holmes, and various others in great variety. 
The Blush Rambler attracted a great amount of attention. 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush and Son had a fine lot of Richardia 
elliottiana, with a groundwork of Erica ventricosa coccinea 
minor. The background of the group consisted of Palms, Rose 
Crimson Rambler, Azaleas of the Ghent types, A iburnum 
plicatum, Liliurn Harrisii, and various others, the whole forming 
a most interesting display. 
Mr. G.eorge Mount, Canterbury, exhibited a> collection of 
Roses, some in pots and some in the cut stage. Excellent were 
his cut blooms of Caroline Testout, Bessie Brown, Duchess of 
Albany, Ulrich Brunner, Niphetos, Catherine Mermet, Mildred 
Grant, Mrs. John Laing. 
Mr. W. J. Woods, Swaythling, Hants, arranged a small 
group of the Polyantha Rose Mme. Levavasseur on the glass. 
Messrs. William Cutbush and Son had a bank of Rose, 
Dorothy Perkins, trained in balloon shape, and well flowered. 
Hobbies, Limited, Dereham, exhibited a collection, of Roses 
in the form of pot plants and cut flowers, chiefly the 1 Rambler 
varieties, including Crimson Rambler, Alberto Barbiei, 
Leuchtstern Dorothy Perkins, Rene Andre. 
CLEMATIS. 
Messrs. Richard Smith and Co., Worcester, had rather a novel 
group of Clematis and Roses. Instead of the solid bank of large 
pot-plants of Clematis, as on former occasions, they had fewer 
of the large plants, and the others were differently trained. 
Amongst large plants of Clematis were well-flowered specimens 
of Mrs. G. Jackman, Venus victrix, purpu 'ea elegans, and 
Enchantress. Other varieties were trained in the form of trel¬ 
lises, such as Excelsior, a handsome white, Mrs. G. Jackman, 
and the double lavender Belle of Woking. They also had a 
pathway round the back of the group of Clematis, and covering 
the arches were well-flowering plants of Crimson Rambler. Bam¬ 
boos also formed the sides of the walk in places, but the Roses 
on the arches were certainly a novelty. Along the front of the 
group they had various other flowering plants ; also a new crested 
Variety of Asparagus plumosus. 
Messrs. Geo. Jackman and Son, Woking Nursery, Surrey, 
exhibited a very extensive group of Clematis in plants of 
moderate size, and grown in pots. Very interesting and choice 
varieties were the mauve King Edward VII. ; the Duchess, pale 
blush ; Fairy Queen, of huge size, and white with a rosy stripe 
along the centre ; Mrs. Geo. Jackman, white ; purpurea elegans, 
like a greatly magnified Jackmani; Ville de Lyons, with dark 
purple-red flowers ; and Mme. Ed. Andre, similar in colour to 
the last named, but with broader and very imbricate petals. 
One of the finest of the double varieties was the Duchess of Edin¬ 
burgh, with large white flowers. 
GLOXINIAS. 
As already mentioned, Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading, 
erected a special pavilion for the accommodation of their exhibits 
by the- sanction of the Master of the Temple, the Hon. Sir 
William Grantham. Gloxinias formed only part of their 
splendid exhibit, but they were larger and finer than ever. The 
splendid size and colour of the flowers gave no indication what 
ever of the unfavourable spring through which they have passed. 
It seems almost invidious to single out any variety as better than 
another, because each is the best of its own particular colour, 
and any collection would be incomplete without the best of each 
Redeea arisoeea AMURENSIS. (See Trees and Shrubs.) 
particular hue at least. The pure white variety, Her Majesty, 
is more than up to the usual standard in size and purity. Very 
attractive also was the variety Duchess of Connaught, which 
was specially noticed by Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of 
Connaught last year at the Holland House Show, when Her 
Royal Highness gave permission to Messrs. Sutton and Sons to 
name it after her. Reading Scarlet, Duchess of York, Duke of 
York, and other standard named varieties raised by the firm 
were also shown in excellent form. Their spotted hybrids were 
also well shown, and attracted a considerable amount of atten¬ 
tion. 
Messrs. John Peed and Son, Roupell Park Nurseries, West 
Norwood, exhibited a group of Gloxinias, in much finer form 
than they have hitherto had at the Temple Show. The plants 
were in thirty-two, and a few in twdnty-four size pots, and were 
very floriferous. Where all were so good, it is difficult to single 
out the best, but some of those which had no names at all were 
equally as fine as the named ones. If names may be given, we 
may mention Countess of Warwick, soft pink ; H. Edwin Peed, 
crimson ; W. Weaver, brilliant purple blue ; Royal Purple, of 
the colour indicated by the name ; Lady Roberts, of the purple 
seen in the Petunia ; Empress of India, dark violet; C. Young 
crimson scarlet; Margaret, white, with a blue zone; Duchess 
of York, white spotted, with soft violet; Duke of Edinburgh, rich 
dark purple ; Beacon, brilliant crimson scarlet;) and John 
