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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  '  GARDENER. 
March  19,  1898. 
Rose  Show  Fixtures  in  1896. 
June  17th  (Wednesday). — York.* 
„  18th  (Thursday). — Colchester. 
„  24th  (Wednesday). — Reading  (N.R.S.) 
„  27th  (Saturday). — Canterbury  and  Windsor. 
„  30th  (Tuesday). — Sutton. 
July  1st  (Wednesday). — Croydon  and  Baling. 
„  2nd  (Thursday). — Eltbam,  Gloucester  and  Norwich. 
„  4th  (Saturday). — Crystal  Palace  (N.R.S.) 
„  7t'n  (Tuesday). — Wolverhampton.* 
„  8th  (Wednesday).— Hitchin  and  Redhill  (Reigate). 
„  9th  (Thursday). — Helensburgh. 
„  15th  (Wednesday). — U1  version  (N.R.S.) 
„  2l8t  (^Tuesday). — Tibshelf. 
„  30th  (Thursday). — Trentham  and  Worksop. 
Aug.  5th  (Wednesday). — Chester  and  Chesterfield,  f 
*  A  show  lasting  three  days.  f  A  show  lasting  two  days. 
I  shall  be  glad  to  receive  other  fixtures  as  soon  as  arranged,  for 
insertion  in  my  next  list,  which  will  be  issued  early  in  April. — Edward 
Mawley,  Rosebank,  Berlihamsted ,  Herts . 
Farningham  Rose  and  Horticultural  Society. 
The  annual  exhibition  of  the  above  Society  is  fixed  for  Wednesday, 
the  1st  July. 
Postponement  of  the  Worksop  Rose  Show. 
We  are  informed  that  the  Committee  of  the  Worksop  Rose  and 
Horticultural  Society  at  a  meeting  held  on  the  11th  inst.  decided  to  hold 
their  show  on  the  30th  July  next,  instead  of  on  the  9th  July,  as  originally 
fixed.  Is  a  late  Rose  season  expected  in  the  Midlands  ? 
In  Memoriam— George  Prince. 
A  feeling  of  the  very  deepest  regret  has  spread  throughout  the 
Rose  world  from  the  announcement  of  the  death  of  one  of  the  most 
redoubtable  champions  of  the  flower,  for  such  undoubtedly  the  subject 
of  this  brief  notice  has  ever  been.  It  was  in  1855  that  he  commenced 
business  in  Market  Street,  Oxford,  and  some  years  afterwards  he  entered 
on  the  occupation,  in  1866,  of  the  grounds  of  Longworth,  some  nine 
miles  from  Oxford,  and  where  he  energetically  entered  on  a  large  culti¬ 
vation  of  his  favourite  flower,  especially  the  Tea  and  Noisette  section. 
It  was  more  especially  by  the  introduction  of  the  seedling  Briar  as 
the  stock  for  the  Tea  Rose  that  his  memory  will  be  always  cherished  by 
the  lovers  of  that  beautiful  section.  It  took  some  time  to  convert  people 
to  this  notion  ;  to  the  trade  it  seemed  a  long  time  to  wait,  to  the  amateur 
who  did  his  own  budding  the  slender  shoots  made  it  far  less  easy  to 
operate  on  than  the  Manetti.  However,  the  splendid  blooms  which  Mr. 
Prince  from  time  to  time  exhibited  and  the  grand  plants  which  he  sent 
out  from  Oxford  soon  convinced  men  that  his  contention  was  correct,  at 
least  so  far  as  the  Tea  Rose  was  concerned,  and  I  suppose  it  is  hardly 
ever  now  budded  on  the  Manetti.  There  is  one  varieiy  in  this  section, 
and  that  the  most  beautiful  I  think  of  all,  that  will  ever  be  associated 
with  him — Comtesse  de  Nadaillac  ;  when  he  exhibited  a  box  of  twenty- 
four  of  this  variety  in  a  favourable  season  it  threw  its  spell  over  all  the 
frequenters  of  the  show,  and  whenever  you  met  a  fellow  lunatic  his  first 
question  was,  “  Have  you  seen  Prince’s  box  of  Comtesse  de  Nadaillac?” 
Some  years  ago  a  plant  of  Souvenir  d’un  Ami  in  his  nursery  sported 
into  a  pure  white,  for  this  he  obtained  the  gold  medal  of  the  N.R.S. 
under  the  name  of  Souvenir  of  Sarah  A.  Prince,  so  called  after  his  clever 
and  amiable  wife,  whose  memory  is  pleasant  to  all  who  can  remember 
her  in  her  Oxford  home.  In  the  year  1884  the  activity  and  energy 
which  he  had  always  shown  was  sadly  checked  by  a  severe  accident, 
for  being  thrown  out  of  a  light  cart  he  became  paralysed  on  one  side, 
his  heart  also  being  considerably  affected  by  the  shock  ;  he  was  no 
longer  what  he  had  been,  but  all  recognised  how  bravely  he 
endeavoured  to  put  a  good  face  on  the  matter,  and  always  spoke 
cheerily  and  hopefully  about  himself.  However,  the  severe  shock  he 
had  sustained  from  time  to  time  laid  him  by,  but  it  will  be  a  satisfaction 
to  all  who  knew  him  to  hear  that  during  his  last  illness  he  suffered, 
comparatively  speaking,  but  very  little  pain. 
Among  our  many  professional  Rose  growers  there  was  no  one  I  think 
more  generally  liked  and  esteemed  than  George  Prince  ;  his  manners 
were  quiet  and  yet  withal  genial  ;  there  was  no  pushing  of  himself 
forward,  no  self-assertion,  but  a  quiet,  gentle,  and  retiring  disposition, 
which  showed  itself  in  all  his  intercourse  with  others,  never  speaking 
evil  of  them,  willing  to  attribute  to  them  the  same  kindly  dispositions 
which  he  felt  towards  them.  As  an  exhibitor  be  never  complained  of  any 
decision  in  which  he  himself  was  concerned  ;  he  would  sometimes  express 
his  opinion  upon  the  judging  of  classes  where  he  was  not  personally 
concerned,  and  his  innate  shrewdn^s,  backed  by  a  wide  experience, 
always  made  his  observations  valuable. 
And  now  we  shall  see  him  no  more  amongst  us,  and,  personally,  I 
not  only  mourn  for  him  as  a  Rose  grower,  but  as  a  friend,  and  I  shall 
be  extremely  glad  if  we  could  perpetuate  his  memory  by  a  Prince 
Memorial  prize.  I  hope  ere  long  to  give  effect  to  this  wish,  for  I 
think  there  are  many  who  owe  so  much  to  him  of  their  enjoyment  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  Tea  Rose  that  they  will  be  willing  to  help  forward 
such  a  movement.  The  business  will  be  carried  on,  I  am  glad  to  say, 
under  the  world-known  title  of  George  Prince,  by  his  two  energetic  and 
amiable  sons,  who  have  had,  of  course,  of  late  years  a  large  share  in  the 
responsibility  and  working  of  the  establishment.  His  widow,  whom  all 
will  remember  at  our  shows  as  Miss  Watson,  is,  I  grieve  to  say,  in  a  very 
sad  state  of  health,  and  I  feel  sure  that  the  sympathies  of  all  who  know 
her  will  be  drawn  towards  her.  Such,  I  feel  is  a  Bhort  and  very  imper¬ 
fect  notice  of  my  good  friend,  and  I  can  only  hope  that  the  name  of 
George  Prince  may  ever  be  associated  with  the  Tea  Rose  as  that  of 
Charles  Turner  has  been  with  the  florist  flowers  which  he  so  ably 
cultivated.— D.,  Deal. 
Noisettes  and  Teas. 
“  H.  D.’s  ”  compositions  to  me  are  invariably  interesting,  but  his 
experience  of  the  manners  and  customs  of  Roses  does  not  in  all  cases 
coincide  with  my  own.  For  example,  when  characterising  Grace 
Darling  and  Madame  Lambard  he  affirms  that  “  the  former  produces 
flowers  of  varying  shades  of  colour,  from  buff  to  bright  rose.”  In  my 
garden,  on  the  other  hand,  this  beautiful  Hybrid  Tea  is  distinguished  by 
one  steadfast  colour — creamy  white,  shaded  and  tinted  with  delicate 
peach.  It  has  never,  so  far  as  I  am  aware,  been  hitherto  described  as 
“a  Rose  of  surprises.” 
But  what  your  contributor  asserts  of  Grace  Darling  is  eminently 
characteristic  of  Madame  Lambard,  which  I  sometimes  call  “  The 
Chameleon  Rose.”  I  am.  however,  strongly  disposed  to  believe  that  at 
least  two  entirely  distinct  Tea  Roses  exist,  each  of  them  bearing  this 
familiar  name.  One  of  them  is  salmon,  shaded  with  pink  ;  the  other 
is  bronzy  red.  The  former  is  the  more  vigorous  and  prolific  of  the  two  ; 
it  is  also  the  more  artistic. 
Reine  Marie  Henriette,  which  I  do  not  find  very  admirable,  unless  at 
a  sufficiently  early  stage,  is  by  no  means  very  felicitously  denominated 
by  whoever  thus  originally  named  it  a  “Red  Gloire.”  It  is,  indeed,  a 
descendant  of  that  magnificent  variety,  being  a  hybrid  between  Madame 
Berard  and  the  venerable  General  Jacqueminot ;  but  except  perhaps  in 
the  matter  of  growth  (and  even  on  this  question  I  am  disposed  to  be 
sceptical)  it  bears  no  resemblance  to  that  remarkable  Rose,  whose  name 
in  my  memory  is  invariably  associated  with  the  most  superbly  imposing 
effects  ;  nevertheless,  Gloire  de  Dijon,  in  beauty  of  form,  is  eclipsed  by 
several,  especially  I  think  by  Bouquet  d’Or  and  Belle  Lyonnaise. 
Perle  des  Jardins  is  a  precious  climbing  Rose,  but  unless  in  what 
may  be  called  perpetuality,  it  cannot  be  regarded  as  a  rival  of  Marbchal 
Niel.  But  I  admit  that  it  is  better  adapted  than  the  latter  by  nature 
for  growing  successfully  in  the  open  air.  While  its  flowers  are  not  so 
delicately  beautiful  as  Marfichal  Niel,  they  are  not  so  easily  annihilated 
by  frost  or  tarnished  by  rain.  Even  when  Marecbal  Niel  is  grown,  as 
it  is  in  my  garden,  on  a  sheltered  south  wall,  it  requires  a  very  excep¬ 
tional  spriDg  and  early  summer  to  insure  its  success.  Perle  des  Jardins 
has  this  serious  limitation,  that  owing  to  some  eccentricity  in  its  interior 
construction,  it  often  comes  “  divided,”  and  does  not,  therefore,  invari¬ 
ably  open  well.  Its  anatomy  is  defective. 
I  quite  coincide  with  your  correspondent’s  estimate  of  The  Bride, 
whose  distinctive  tender  green  shading  beneath  the  snowy  white,  satin¬ 
like  petals — an  endowment  inherited  from  Catherine  Mermet — imparts 
to  this  variety  a  most  unique  aspect,  but  I  regret  that  be  did  not  also 
“  individualise  ”  that  almost  equally  fine  and  exceedingly  floriferous 
variation  from  Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  Souvenir  of  S.  A.  Prince.  Madame 
de  Watteville  is  so  distinctively  coloured  that  it  might  be  described  as 
a  florist’s  flower,  like  the  famous  Picotee  Tulip. 
The  majority  of  his  readers  will  harmonise  with  the  opinion  of  your 
correspondent  when  he  says  that  the  Tea  Roses  “lead  us  up  to  a  higher 
level  of  beauty  ”  than  the  Hybrid  Perpetuals.  In  any  case  their  influence, 
though  not  so  commanding,  is  more  delicate  and  refined.  Yet,  if  I  had 
no  other  alternative,  I  think  I  would  sooner  part  with  Comtesse  de 
Nadaillac  than  A.  K.  Williams,  and  would  hesitate  to  surrender  Mrs. 
Sharman  Crawford  for  Princess  of  Wales.  The  noblest  of  all  Roses  are 
the  Hybrid  Teas,  such  as  La  France,  White  Lady,  Caroline  Testout, 
Gloire  Lyonnaise,  Kaiserin  Augusta  Victoria,  Madame  Fernet  Ducber, 
and  Viscountess  Folkestone,  in  which  majesty  and  tenderness,  strength, 
and  extreme  sweetness  are  marvellously  combined.  Others  may  approxi¬ 
mate  more  nearly  to  the  almost  absolute  perfection  of  form  required  for 
exhibition ;  these  are  ideal  Roses  for  the  garden,  where  they  reign 
supreme.— David  R.  Williamson. 
ANEMONE  POLYANTHES. 
Of  the  Windflowers  inhabiting  the  Himalayan  Mountains,  numbering 
about  fifteen  altogether,  probably  not  more  than  half  a  dozen  are  in 
cultivation  at  the  present  time,  and  that  notwithstanding  the  large 
amount  of  seeds  of  various  kinds  imported  annually  from  these 
localities.  Those  already  introduced  are  much  admired,  and  especially 
those  with  such  a  wealth  of  foliage  and  bold  appearance  as  in  the 
present  instance.  The  wonder  iB  that  more  attention  is  not  given  to 
collecting  seeds  of  the  others,  many  of  which  are  said  to  far  surpass 
those  already  introduced  as  useful  garden  plants. 
Those  annually  received  from  the  south  of  France,  and  which  belong 
to  the  Anemonanthea  group,  seldom  if  ever  give  satisfaction  to  thd 
