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Daisy  (new),  Duchess  of-  Bedford,  Comtesse  Serenye,  S.  M.  Jtodocanachi, 
Duchesse  de  Morny,  Prince  Arthur  (very  good),  Alice  Lindsey  (new  I 
promising  pink),  Mackereth  (useful,  very  dark,  after  Victor  Hugo),  Anna 
Oilivier,  Dr.  Andr4,  The  Bride,  Jeanie  Dickson,  Alice  Grahame  (fine), 
Horace  Vernet,  Madame  Cusin  (very  good),  Louis  Van  Houtte  (splendid 
colour),  Comtesse  de  Nadaillac,  Thomas  Mdls,  Souvenir  d’un  Ami.  Venus, 
Hottentot  (very  dark  beauty),  Maman  Cochet,  Shannon,  Abel  Carriere, 
Souvenir  d’Elise  (glorious),  Abel  Grand,  Mrs.  John  Laing,  Due  de 
Rohan,  Ulster,  Devienne  Lamy  (good),  Lady  Myra  Beauclerc,  Xavier 
Olibo  (brilliant),  Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant,  Crown  Prince,  Madame  de  Watte- 
ville,  Camille  Bernardin  (splendid),  Kaiserin  Augusta  Victoria  (fine), 
Francois  Louvat,  Duke  of  Alban}-,  Marquise  Litta,  Killarney  (pretty), 
Jeanette  Scott  (very  good),  Countess  of  Caledon,  Charles  Lefebvre 
(grand),  Mrs.  Mawley  (exquisite),  Beauty  of  Waltham,  Merveille  do 
Lyon,  Star  of  Waltham,  and  Innocente  Pirola. 
Mr.  Townsend,  Worcester,  took  second  prize.  There  were  several 
admirable  blooms  in  this  collection.  The  third  position  was  assigned 
to  the  energetic  Hon.  Sec.,  Rev.  Preb.  Asley,  with  a  splendid  collection, 
which  gained  the  additional  distinction  of  being  allotted  the  N.R.S.’s  two 
silver  medals  (1)  for  the  best  Tea  Rose  (Catherine  Mermet),  and  (‘2)  for 
the  best  Rose  exhibited  by  an  amateur.  The  third  N.R.S.’s  medal  fell  to 
Mr.  T.  Hobbs,  Bristol  (Marchioness  of  Londonderry). 
In  the  Tea  and  Noisette  division,  in  the  nurserymen’s  class,  Messrs. 
Dickson  carried  off  the  first  prize,  Souvenir  d'Elise,  Maman  Cochet, 
Caroline  Kuster,  Catherine  Mermet,  The  Bride,  and  Anna  Oilivier  were 
pre-eminently  fine  ;  second,  Mr.  Mattock,  with  especially  fine  blooms  of 
Ernest  Metz,  Innocente  Pirola,  and  Princess  of  Wales.  In  the  open 
classes  for  twelve  one  sort  Roses,  light  variety,  first  prize  fell  to  Messrs. 
Dickson,  with  superb  blooms  of  Bessie  Brown  ;  dark,  to  Mr.  Townsend, 
with  bright  smooth  blooms  of  A.  K.  Williams  ;  yellow,  to  Messrs. 
Dickson,  with  level  blooms  of  Kaiserin  Augusta  Victoria,  who  also  took 
first  prize  for  white  with  Marchioness  of  Londonderry.  It  only  remains 
to  be  added  that  the  herbaceous  department  was  extremely  good,  and 
contained  many  very  interesting  and  new  varieties.  The  space  allotted 
Fig.  14.- CYCLAMEN,  1837—1897. 
(The  results  of  cross  fertilisation  and  selection.) 
to  the  English  Fruit  and  Rose  Company,  whose  Roses  are  unusually 
late  this  year. 
Thirty-six  varieties  were  carried  off  by  Mr.  Mattock,  Oxford,  with 
fine  specimens  of  fresh  and  bright  blooms.  Second,  Mr.  Jeffries, 
Cirencester.  Third,  Mr.  Pewtress,  Tillington,  Hereford. 
Twenty-four  varieties,  three  of  each.— First  prize,  Messrs.  Dickson, 
with  such  superlative  specimens,  that  each,  without  comment,  is  worthy 
of  being  recorded  : — Gustave  Piganeau,  Kaiserin  Augusta  Victoria, 
Ulrich  Brunner,  Mrs.  John  Laing.  Star  of  Waltham,  Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant, 
Horace  Vernet,  Muriel  Grahame,  Ulster,  Lady  Mary  Fitzwilliam,  Helen 
Keller,  Souvenir  de  President  Carnot,  Heinrich  Schultheis,  Margaret 
Dickson,  Etienne  Levet,  Bessie  Brown,  Countess  of  Caledon,  Marquise 
Litta,  C.  Lefebvre,  Star  of  Waltham,  Duchess  of  Bedford,  Madame 
■Gabriel  Luizet,  Mrs.  Sharman  Crawford.  Second,  Mr.  Townsend. 
Third,  English  Fruit  and  Rose  Company. 
Amateurs  (open),  twenty-four  varieties.— First  prize,  Mr.  Conway 
Jones,  who  also  carried  off  first  prize  in  the  twelve  varieties,  three  of 
«ach,  with  bright  and  level  collections.  Second,  Mr.  T.  Hobbs,  Bristol. 
Third,  Rev.  R.  Powley,  Warminster.  Eighteen  varieties.— First  prize, 
Rev.  F.  J.  Fulford,  with  large  and  very  fresh  blooms.  Second  prize, 
Mr.  R.  Foley  Hobbs.  Third  prize,  Rev.  R.  Powley. 
Herefordshire  amateurs’  (eighteen  varieties)  gold  N.R.S.’s  medal  fell 
to  these  collections  was  all  completely  filled,  and  very  satisfactorily  this 
happened,  as  much  of  the  space  allotted  to  the  Rose  department  was  far 
from  full. — Herefordshire  Incumbent. 
MANCHESTER.— July  8th. 
With  such  names  as  Messrs.  B.  R.  Cant,  F.  Cant,  Alex.  Dickson  and 
Sons,  Prior  &  Sons,  W.  Paul  &  Son,  Townshend,  Mattock,  1  rince,  Hark- 
ness,  in  the  trade,  and  Pemberton,  Lindsell,  Boyes,  and  Hobbs  in  the 
amateur  section,  no  wonder  that  (barring  the  National)  the  Show  was 
considered  superior  to  all  others  seen  this  season.  Competition  was  keen, 
and  long  before  reaching  the  Botanical  Gardens  the  fame  of  the  Show 
was  noised  abroad,  and  the  day  being  perfect,  all  the  elite  of  Manchester 
and  the  district  seemed  to  be  present.  In  the  grand  glass-covered 
promenade  with  its  creeper-covered  roof  the  Roses  found  their  home,  and 
wisely  Mr.  Weathers  had  acted  upon  advice  given  by  many  last  year,  and 
had  breadths  of  tiffany  spread  so  as  to  break  the  direct  rays  of  the  sun. 
Mr.  James  Brown,  a  fine  grower  of  the  Rose,  worked  with  Mr.  V  earners 
and  Mr.  Paul  so  assiduously  that  the  labours  of  exhibitors  were  greatly 
relieved,  and  we  heard  nothing  but  unstinted  praise  from  all. 
The  chief  class  was  for  sixty,  distinct,  and  five  staged,  Mr.  B.  R.  Cant 
of  Colchester  securing  the  prize  with  very  good  blooms.  The  stand  was 
