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r.rav Beaulieu. Bath, second with Floren^ 
Sberton. and Mr. F. t^rd with 
last-named variety The Hobbies Cup, . 
open to growers of fewer than 3^^ plants, 
Ts won by Mr. W. O. Times, Hitchin, but 
fiome of his twenty-four flowers wore rather 
weathered; Mr. W. Boyes, Leicester, second, 
iuid Mr. H. R. Darlington, Potters Bar, 
third In this section Mr. C. C. Eversfleld 
had the best nine roses of any but a tea or 
noisette variety with a splendid box of Dean 
^Captain W. Jarratt Thorp, Gransmore, 
Hucclecote, won the Ben Cant Memorial Clip 
for two dozen varieties, in the section open 
to growers of fewer than 2,000 plants; his 
Miss Folev Hobbs and Hugh Dickson were 
fine. Mr.“H. L. Wettern, Waratah, Sander- 
stead, second, and Mr. G. Speight, Market 
Harborough, third. Mrs. Croft Murray, 
Perivale, Hyde, led for eighteen blooms, and 
Mr. G. Spe‘ight showed the best six blooms 
of one variety (Her Majesty) in this section. 
Dr. Chas. Lamplough, Kirkstall, Alverstoke, 
put up a splendid doz*en flowers in his stand 
that won the President’s Cup, open to 
growers of fewer than 1,000 plants; Mr. 
Lewis S. Pawle, Beaconsfield, second, and 
Mr. F. H. Cook, Birch, Colchester, third. 
Mr. G. Curnock Sawday, Beechfield, Wey- 
bridge, and Mr. J. J. Williamson, Hawl^ 
hill. Walmer, and Dr. Chas. Lamplough were 
leading prizewinners in the section open to 
growers of few'er than 750 plants; while in 
the division for growers of fewer than 500 
plants Mr. J. Smart, Mr. Sherwood, Steven¬ 
age, and Mr. F. H. Fieldgate, The Cottage, 
SMubend, Colchester, were the leading prize¬ 
winners. 
In the division for smaller growers we 
noticed that Mr. W. Moore, Priest Hill, 
Caversham; Mr. S. P. Page, Nottingham; 
Mr. H. Clinton Baker, Bayfordbury; Mr. 
B. J. Walger, Chatteris, Cambs.; Eev. J. T. 
Kershaw, Corsley Rectory, Warminster; Mr. 
A. Searle, Ashton Lodge, Bassett; Mr. H. F. 
Matthews, Stevenage; Mr B. Fortescue, 
Dropmore, Maidenhead; Mrs. M. M. Mur¬ 
ray, Horsendon, Isle of Wight; Mr, G. B. 
Ash, Bushey Heath; and Mr. J. W. Roff, 
Mood Green, were among the successful 
competitors. 
The Suburban Championship Cup for six 
grown within eight miles of Charing 
wss, was won by Mr. L. W. Atkinson, Rose- 
bourne, Palmers Green, with crood flowers of 
^an Hole, F. K. DruschH, Gioire de 
thedane Guinoisseau, Mildred Grant, Wm. 
bhean, and Mrs. Foley Hobbs; Mr. W. E. 
Martin, Bromley Lodge, North Finchley, 
^nd, and Mr. Ramon d’Escofet, Kingsley 
^ane. Dulwich, third. Mr. G. W. Cook, 
Kadstock, Whetstone, was first in the metoro. 
politan class for six flowers. 
Mr. Eversfleld, Horsham, was first for 
twenty-four roses in the class open to those 
Challenge Trophy, 
ue Harkness Cup, for a dozen blooms, an 
pen amateur class, was won by Dr. Chas. 
^mplough with fine examples of Mdme. 
P ? Gravereaux, Mrs. M. Kennedy, Avoca, 
Wliite Maman, Cochet. 
bi/.’ Luton, showed the best six 
Wooms each of Mdme. M. Soupert and Lyon, 
t Amateurs’ Tea Rose Trophy was won 
Alexander Hill Gray, Beaulieu, Bath, 
Mi A box of Medea, Lady M. Corry, 
Kflthscliild, Nita Weldon, A. Hill 
Mml’ J- Dupuy, Sony, de P. Netting 
E V. 1 “ Cambert.ini, Mrs. H. Taylor, Mrs! 
Gravereaux, Muriel 
Crawf,?'^’ Maman CocTiet, Molly S. 
Mdm! Hobbs, R. W. Smith, 
ontriM and Maman Cochet. Six 
twoid' C. Eversfield Horsham, 
^‘^rtescue third. Mr. 
blooms dozen tea and noisette 
Mr Gray second, and 
Jones third. 
teas an3 Memorial Cup for eight trebles, 
«rav was won by Mr Alex. Hill 
Kotti’i,^ ^ Madman Cochet. Sony, de Pierre 
and White Maman 
second. M* Eyersfield coming 
^ith perfe^r noisette rose, and led 
perfect examples of White Maman 
Cochet in a close competition. Mr. F. 
Slaughter, Steyning; Mr. H. Balfour, Head- 
ington Hill, Oxford; Dr. Chas. Lamp¬ 
lough, Mr. J. Smart. Jun.. Mr. A. Searle, 
Mr. G. C. Sawday, and Mr. W. Upton (Lei¬ 
cester) were other prize-winners in tea rose 
classes. 
Mrs. H. Taylor was the tea variety that 
Mr. A. Hill Gray won a first prize with for a 
basket of bloom; Dr. Panckridge, Peters- 
field. second. 
DECORATIVE ROSES. 
Mr. J. Mattock led for eighteen bunches 
of perpetual decorative roses, and showed 
Duchess of Wellington, Mdme. M. Soupetts 
Mrs. H. Stevens, Lady Rossmore, and Mrs. 
P. Blair beautifully; Mr. John Pigg, Roy- 
ston, second. Mr. W. Bentley, Belgrave, 
Leicester, led for nine varieties of perpetual 
decorative roses, with lovely flowers of 
Mdme. A. Chateuay, Jos. Hill, Molly S. 
Crawford, Duche^ of Wellington, G. Shaw- 
yer, Mdme. M. Soupert, Koningen Carola, 
Lady A. Stanley, and Ethel Malcolm; seven 
entries. Messrs. Chaplin Bros, second, and 
Mr. E. J. Hicks third. 
For twenty four varieties, five blooms of 
each, staged in a vertical line, Mr. Elisha 
Hicks, Hurst, Berks, was a good first, his 
flowers being Rayon d’Or, Lyon, Mrs. A. 
Tate, T. C. Wand, and Laurent Carle; Mr. 
J. Mattock second. Mr. J. Mattock won 
the Turner Cup for a display of tluree do^n 
bunches of decorative roses, and did so. with 
a lovely exhibit and glorious bunche® of Sim¬ 
plicity, Gen. MacArthur, Goldfinch, Crimson 
Damask, Lady Hillingdon, Marquise de 
Sinety, Irish Glory, etc.; Messrs. Frank Cant 
and Co., Colchester, second, and Messrs. W. 
Spooner and Sons, Woking, third. 
Ale&srs. W. Spooner and Sons, Woking, led 
for eighteen bunches of summer roses, and 
their set included Celestial, Jersey Beauty, 
Helene, Gardenia, and Hiawatha. Mr. E. J. 
Hicks was first prize winner for eighteen 
bunches of decorative roses, and made a spe¬ 
cial feature of Blush Rambler, Edu Meyer, 
Coronation, and Moschata alba; Mr. Ernest 
Hicks, Wallingford, second. 
A capital dozen bunches of polyantha roses 
won a first prize for Messrs. F. Cant and 
Co., and the chief varieties were Leonie 
Lamesch, Philippine Lambert, Perle d’Or, 
White Pet, Marie Pavie, and Perle d^ 
Rouges; Mr. G. Prince second; four com^i- 
tors. For a dozen bunches of Wichuraiana 
roses, Mr. E. J. Hicks scored with such 
varieties as Jos. Billard, Jersey Beauty, Hia¬ 
watha, and Alberic Bar bier; Messrs. F. Cant 
and Co. second, and Mr. J. Pigg third. 
In the amateurs^ division for decorative 
roses, the competition was keen. Mr. J. 
Hart led for eigh/ieen blooms in not fewer 
than sis varieties, and Mr. H. E. Darling¬ 
ton came second. Mr. H. Yessey Machin, 
Worksop, was a capital first for eighteen 
bunches of roses, and he had goodly blooms 
of Killarney and Lady Curzon * Rev. J. H. 
Pemberton second. The latter, however, 
showed the best seven bunches of seven 
blooms each. -r. tvt 4 . 4 . 
Mr Stevenson, gardener to E. G. Mocatta, 
Esq. Addlestone, put up a fine set of six 
bunches of decorative roses, and set up ^s- 
tave Regis, Trier, Harry Kirk, Irish He- 
gance, Aennchen Muller, and Carmine Pillar 
grandly Rev. J. B. Shackle second. Mr. 
Iteven^n was also first for fine stands ot 
decorative roses, and here Alberic Barbmr, 
Irish Elegance, and Orleans were fine. Dr. 
Williams, Tlie Moat, Harrow, staged the 
best set of six bunches <>1 ^ichuraia^ro^s, 
and Mr. R. C. Nevill, Chislehurst, beat Mr. 
H. L. Wettern for a dozen bunches of de- 
coraitive roses, with a beautiful set of Ma- 
crantha, Una, Gustave Regis, etc. 
LADIES’ CLASSES. 
In the ladies’ class for table decoration 
Miss E. M. Davies, Burgess Hill was pl^ 
first for a capital arrangement of Irisb Ele¬ 
gance. Mrs. Oakley Fisher, Egremont 
House Sudbury, second, with Irish Elegance, 
and Miss Brill, Ivy Bank Sutton, third. 
This class was for those who had not pre¬ 
viously won a prize for table decoration at 
a N.R.S. Show. 
In the table decoration class, where single 
roses were barred. Miss Maud Wes^, Frith 
Dene, Reigate, scored with an arrangement 
of Richmond roses; Mrs. Sawday, Beechfield, 
Weybridge, second, with Mrs. Alfred Tate; 
Mrs. A. Robinson, Carshalton, third, with 
Mdme. Abel Chatenay. For a table decora¬ 
tion of single roses Mrs. E. M. Burrell, Holly 
Lodge, Westwood Road, Southampton, was 
first with a glowing design of the new single 
variety Irish Fireflame; Mrs. F. Peters 
W^ood, Weybridge, second, and Mrs. J. W. 
Smith, Sparrows House Hall, third, each 
with Irish Elegance. 
Lady amateurs showed baskets of roses 
very finely, and Mrs. E. F. Brown, Lynton, 
Slough, won capitally witli Lyon Rose, ele- 
ganjtly set up; Mrs. Sawday second, with an 
erect vase-shajicd basket of Irish Eleganw. 
Mrs. Colston Hale, Virginia Lodge, Warmin¬ 
ster, won first prize for a basket of roses, 
other foliage allowed, with a large design of 
Irish Elegance and Mrs. A. Tate; Mies J. B. 
Langton second, and Miss D, F. Brown, 
Brokes Lodge, Reigate, third, with a bold 
basket of Mrs! Sharman Crawford. 
Mrs. Jane B. Langton, Raynient, Hendon, 
set up the best bowl of Wichuraiana roses, 
and used the soft pink Francois .Touranville; 
Mrs. E. B. Burrell second with Rene Andre. 
For a bowl of roses, any kinds, Mrs. F. E. 
Mead, Hemel Hempstead, led with Irish Ele¬ 
gance, finely set up; Mrs. A. Allen Hope, 
Addlestone, second, and Miss Brill, Sutton, 
thi^. 
In an open class, Mrs. E. J. Hicks scored 
for a bowl of roses with the glowing liyon, 
associated with Rosa rubrifolia foliage; Mrs. 
A. R. Bide second with Mrs. Mona Hunting, 
and Mrs. E. F. Brown, Slough, third, with 
Lady Flora Wilson. 
The best bowl of exhibition roses was one 
of Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, arranged by 
Mrs. L. Courtenay Page, who was follow^ 
by Mrs. E. Burnett with Mdme. M. Soupert, 
and Mrs. J. Bide, Ux'bridge, who staged the 
variety Mrs. G. Shawyer. In a somewhat 
similar class Mrs. A. Robinson, Carshalton, 
led with Mdme. Abel Chatenay; Miss J. B. 
Longton second with Dawn and Lina 
Schmidt Michel, and Mrs. L. Courtenay Page, 
Enfield, third, with Sunburst-. 
GROUPS OF ROSES. 
Messrs. Hobbies, Lim., Dereham, secured 
the gold medal for a large display of pot and 
cut roses; they had weeping standards of 
Hiawatha and other Wichuraiana varieties, 
hanodng baskets of the brilliant Rayon d Or, 
and°a groundwork of baskets of popular ^ 
and hybrid tea roses, and stands of the pretty 
single variety Pink Pearl. Messrs. Paul and 
Son, Cheshunt, second; Messrs. A. J. and. t.. 
Allen, Norwich, third. 
Premier award and gold medal for a 1^ 
representative group of roses 
Messrs. W. and J. Brown, Stonefo^. with 
splendid stands of Lyon, Hugh Dick^ 
Frau Karl Druschki, 
Chatenay, Crimson Rambler, Mdme. C. Sou¬ 
pert, Marquis de Sinety, and other fine varie¬ 
ties.' There were seven fine displays in the 
class for a 10ft. high group of roses, and 
these contributions were a great feature. 
Messrs. G. Jackman and Son, Woking, won 
with a fine effort, and made free use of Frau 
Karl Druschki, Lyon, and Le Progr^; Mr 
Karl Thirkildson, Old Southgate, second, and 
Messrs. Morse Bros.. Woodbridge, third. 
Gbld Medal.—To Queen Mary (H.T.), 
from Messrs. Alex. Dickson and Sons, Lim.; 
to Brilliant (H.T.), and to Mrs. James Lynas 
(H.T.), from Messrs. Hugh Dickson, Lim. 
Silver-gilt Medal.—To Mrs. Ambrose 
Ricardo (H.T.), from Messrs. S. McGredy and 
Son; to Wm. Cooper (H.T.), Mrs. J. W. 
Parker (H.T.), Ulster Gem (H.T.), single, 
Muriel Dickson (hybrid Austrian), and Mrs. 
Hugh Dickson (H.T.), from Messrs. Hugh 
Dickson, Lim.; to Red Letter Day (H.T.) and 
Conway Jones (H.T.), from Messrs. Alex. 
Dickson and Sons, Lim.; and to Mrs. G. Nor¬ 
wood (H.T.), from Mr. E. J. Hicks. 
