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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
July 12 , 1913 . 
I EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS. I 
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National Rose Society. 
Although the day was not a promising one, 
especially in the early morning, July 4 turned 
out to be a first-rate day for a rose show. 
Rain kept off, occasionally the sun shone, 
but usually there was what a photographer 
calls "" a good light,’' and a pleasant breeze. 
There were crowds of visitors, and the ladies 
put on their lightest and brightest summer 
frocks so that the scene, both in the tents 
and in the Royal Botanic Society’s Gardens, 
was a very bright and animated one. 
There was never a finer rose show than 
this one. Every one of the hundred and 
eleven classes was well filled, and in some 
cases there were more than a score of com¬ 
petitors for the place of honour. The'flowers 
were bright and clean, and lacked nothing 
in size, and they were present in such abun¬ 
dance that they quite defeated the sugges¬ 
tion that this is a bad rose year. The com¬ 
paratively cool day was in their favour, and 
they lastly well. The ladies’ classes for ar¬ 
rangements of roses for floral decoration 
formed a very interesting feature, and inci¬ 
dentally demonstrated the high value of 
Irish IHegance rose for decorating, as it was 
by far the most popular rose with exhibi¬ 
tors. 
New roses attracted general attention, and 
the Irish raisers had a great day. Four 
policemen had all their work cut out to keep 
the visitors steadily moving through the 
wide tent in a stream two or three deep. 
We think that, if the tabling had been about 
a foot or so higher, visitors would' have been 
better able to see the blooms, because those 
on (the outer side of the stream would then 
have had a view of the new varieties that was 
denied many of them (especially if of low 
stature) on this occasion. However, the ar¬ 
rangements for the new roses were better 
than before, and we refer our readers to our 
description of the medal varietiesi, and those 
commended, under “ New Plants.” 
NEW ROSES. 
The following were in competitive classes: 
In the class for nine blooms of any new 
rose, Messrs. Jas. Cocker and Sons, Aberdeen, 
scor^ with Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, and Mr. 
G. Prince came second with the blush Mrs. 
Maynard Sinton., 
For a dozen new roses, Mr. G. Prince was 
placed first with Countess of Ilchester, Ethel 
Malcolm, Mrs. H. Hawksworth, Mrs. Muir 
Mackean, British Queen, Mrs. F. Hobbs, 
Elizabeth, etc.; Messrs. Perkins and Sons 
second ; and Messrs. Alex. Dickson and Sons, 
third. 
Mr. J. Mattock had the best nine vases of 
new decorative roses, and scored with Mrs. 
H. Taylor, A. R. Goodwin, Mrs. E. J. Hol¬ 
land, Walter Speed, His Majesty, Duchess of 
Wellington, Jas, Coey, Mrs. A. Tate, and 
Lady A. Stanley; Mr. E. J. Hicks second. 
The Hammond Cup for six blooms of new 
roses was won by Mr. F. Dennison with 
Mrs. A. E. Coxhead, Mabel Drew, Alex. Hill 
Gray, Duchess of Westminster, Mrs. A. Ham¬ 
mond, and Mr. J. Welch; Mrs. R. Fortescue 
second. 
SILVER MEDAL BLOOMS. 
The society awarded silver medals to the 
following " best *’ blooms in the show : 
Nurserymen. — H.T., G. Dickson, from 
Messrs. Frank Cant and Co.; H.P., Mrs. John 
Laing, from Messrs. R. Harknees and Co.; 
T. or N., Mrs. E. Mawley, from Mr. George 
Prince. 
Amateurs.—^H.T., Avoca, from Dr. Pal- 
lett; H.P., Horace Yernet, from Mr. Foley 
Hobbs; T. or N., Mrs. Foley Hobbs, from 
Mr. C. Eversfield. 
NURSERYMEN. 
The nurserymen’s championship was won 
on this occasion by Messrs. Benjamin R. 
Cant and Sons, Colchester, from five compe¬ 
titors. This firm staged a fine set, and had 
particularly heavy blooms of Mrs. Sam Ross, 
Edward Mawley, Mdme. Jules Gravereaux, 
Mrs. T. Roosevelt, Caroline Testout, J. B. 
Clarke, Bessie Brown, Lieut. Chaure, Mil¬ 
dred Grant, Earl of Warwick, British 
Queen, White Maman Cochet, and the bril 
liant Augustus Hartmann. Messrs. Alex. 
Dickson and Sons, Newtownards, second with 
a beautifully bright set that contained a lot 
of red and crimson varieties; Messrs. Frank 
Cant and Co., Colchester, third; and Messrs. 
R. Harkness and Co., Hitchin, fourth. 
First prize for forty trebles fell to Messrs. 
Alex. Dickson and Sons, Newtownards, for a 
famous set that included Denis, Mrs. David 
McKee, Lyon Rose, Bessie Brown, Mabel 
Drew, Mdme. Jules Gravereaux, and H. Y, 
Machin in fine form; there were five compe¬ 
titors, and second place fell to Messrs. B. R. 
Cant and Sons, Colchester, who had heavy 
blooms; Messrs. Frank Cant and Co., Col¬ 
chester, third. 
The China Trophy for forty-eight blooms, 
distinct, had eleven competitors, and the 
lucky prizewinner was Mr. George Prince, 
Longworth, whose box of grand blooms con¬ 
tained superb specimens of Florence Pember¬ 
ton, Mrs. Maynard Sinton, Mrs. Foley 
Hobbs, Mrs. L. Welch, Mrs. Miles Kennedy, 
Lyon Rose, G. C. Waud, Bessie Brown, F. 
K. Druschki, Countess of Caledon, and Mrs. 
T. Roosevelt; Messrs. Perkins and Sons, 
Coventry, came second with smaller and very 
clean flowers; Messrs. G. and W. Burch, 
Peterborough, third). There were nine en¬ 
tries of forty-eight blooms, distinct, and here 
Messrs. Chaplin Bros., Lim., Joynings Nur¬ 
sery, Waltham Cross, annexed the chief 
award with a heavy set of clean flowers; 
Mr. W. B. Hammond, Grovelands, Burgess 
Hill, second; and Mr. J. Mattock, Heading- 
ton, third. The best set of sixteen trebles 
among six entries was from the King’s Acre 
Nursery Company, Hereford, and this firm 
staged Horace Vernet, Mabel Drew, Mdme. 
C. Soupert, Bessie Brown, and Queen of 
Spain well; Messrs. G. and W. H. Burch, 
Peterborough, second ;and Mr. W. H. 
Frettingham, Beeston, Notts, third. 
NURSERYMEN’S TEA BOSES. 
The Domibrain Cup for two dozen tea or 
noisette roses fell to Mr. George Prince for 
a glorious set, his finest examples being Mrs. 
E. Mawley, a super^b flower; Souv. de Pierre 
Netting, Mdme. C. Soupert, Molly Sharman 
Crawford, Mrs. M. Kennedy, Boadicea, and 
Medea; there were six entrants, and second 
place fell to Mr. Henry Drew, Longworth; 
and third to Messrs. B. R. Cant and Sons. 
Mr. J. Mattock, Headington, scored for a 
dozen tea and noisette roses, and was fol¬ 
lowed in order by Messrs. J. Burrell and Co., 
Cambridge, and Mr. E. Hicks, Wallingford, 
Berks; there were twelve boxes sttaged. Six¬ 
teen trebles of tea or noisette varieties is a 
severe class, but there were six competitors, 
and Mr. H. Drew won, and showed Mdme. 
Jules Gravereaux, Mrs. Foley Hofbbs, Mrs. E. 
Mawley, Medea, Mdme. C. Soupert, and 
White Maman Cochet finely; Mr. George 
Prince had to be conjtent with second place, 
and Mr. J. Mattock came third. 
Messrs. Frank Cant and Co., Colchester, 
led for twelve white and twelve crimson 
roses with F. K. Druschki and Gloire de Che- 
dane Guinoiseeau; Messrs. B. R. Cant and 
Sons second, and Mr. W. Bentley, Leicester, 
third. 
ROSES IN VASES AND BASKETS. 
A beautiful class was the one for a dozen 
vases of roses not more than six tea or noi¬ 
sette varieties, and out of six entries, Messrs. 
D. Prior and Son led with lovely flower, r 
Pharisaer, Lady Ashtown, Bessie Broi 
lie Holland, Mdme. J. Gravereaux Mn T 
Roosevelt, White Maman Cochet,’ Mn* i 
Bateman, E. J. Hill, Lyon, K^seriii i 
Victoria, and Mrs. A. Coxhead; Messrs AU 
Dickson and Sons second, and Mr. G. Prii-> 
third. Nine varieties of tea or noitr 
roses, seven blooms of each in vases 
fine class, and a most effective one,’but % 
could find no trace of a first prize wimt 
though we sought for some time after tc 
public was admitted. 
Five baskets of cut roses, baskets not 
exceed 14in. in diameter, formed a mapr 
cent class, as there were six compeafi. 
and consequently thirty baskets of loTe’i 
blooms. The premier award fell to Mcati-* 
Chaplin Bros., Waltham Cross, for 
flowers of Lyon, Mdme. Abel ci;_ 
Duchess of Wellington, G. C. Waud, ari 
Pharisaer; King’s Acre Nursery CompanT 
second; Messrs. R. Harkness and Co. third. 
Nine baskets of roses found four firms 
competing, and Messrs. Paul and Sons. 
hunt, led the way with Marquise de Sinetr, 
Mdme. Melanie Soupert, Mdme. A. Chateiuy. 
Lady Ashtown, Molly S. Crawford, Hiitt 
K irk, Lyon, Andre Gamon, and Joseph Hill'; 
Messrs. D. Prior and Son second, and Mr 
J. Ma|;tock third. 
Mr. George Prince had the best ba 
any tea or noisette rose, his variety bein? 
Mrs. Foley Hobbs; Mr. J. Mattock .‘5eo>D(l 
with Mrs. T. Roosevelt; seven entries. Th^ 
baskets of Rayon d’Or were gorgeous, aul 
prizes went in order to Mr. George Pris^v 
Messrs. D. Prior and Son, and Mr. 
Bentley. 
The Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Ronrford 
showed the best three baskets of flowers, h 
varieties being Danae, Mrs. Alfred Tate, ad 
Mdme. Abel Chatenay; Mrs. Wights 
Beng^, Herts, second; and Mr. H. T 
Machin, Worksop, third. 
Mr. Eversfield beat Mr. G. A. Hammond 
the amateurs’ class for seven vases of ti" 
blooms each, and Mr. J. Hart, Little Heatk 
Potters Bar, beat Rev. J. B. Shackle, Drop 
more. Maidenhead, for five vases of 
In other vase classes Dr. Panckridge; 3** 
E. F. Brown, Sussex Place, Slough; Mr. 1 
Davies, Beaoousfield; and Mr. S. F. Jacisot 
Epsom, were other leading prize-winaen. 
All the basket classes were a huge succ^ 
for a basket of eighteen blooms of oth^ 
a tea or noisette or H.P. variety, 
Jas. Cocker and Son, Aberdeen, scoiw 
super'b flowers of Mrs. Andrew Carne^; ^ 
W. Bentley second, and Mr. J. 
third; sixteen entries. Messrs. 
and Co., Hitchin, scored for a ba* 
H.P.’s; Messrs. F. Cant and Co. second 
entries. 
AMATEURS. 
The competition for the 
pionship and gold medal for 
dozen blooms was very keen. . 
was Mr. Franklin Dennison, Cra^ord, ^ 
ington Spa, and he scored witn g 
flowers, his finest being Oberhof^, 
Terks, Guetave Piganeau, 
ton, Mrs. J. Welch, Mrs. Foley 
Maman Cochet, Mabel Drew, 
Yvonne Vacherot, Mdme. Jul« G 
J. B. Clarke, Mildred Glra^. 
Sutherland, and Princess Marie ^ i 
Dr. T. E. PaUett, Earls Colne, Es^ 
close second, and Mr. C. C. Eversfi 
sham, third; eleven competitors. 
open amateurs’ class for ^ 
the awards fell in order to F. agioa; ^ 
who was in great form on this o^ ^ 
T. E. Pallett, and Tom IV»- 
MiU, Bedale. For a dozen 1* 
nison continued his conquering ^ 
this class he showed as 
others; Mr. Conrway Jones, Huce^ ^ 
cester, came second, and Mr. • 
mond third. - 
For the best nine blooms of . ^ j* 
than a tea or noisette variety • 
lett scor^ with Avoca, S' 
superb style, as eviden^ 
Colchester last week; Mr. 
