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may  be  useful  to  those  who  wish  to  introduce  these  beautiful  flowers 
into  their  gardens  to  name  some  of  the  most  conspicuous  in  the  nursery¬ 
men’s  stands.  In  Messrs.  Paul  &  Son’s  the  following  were  especially 
noticeable  Homft-e,  a  besutifal  old  Tea  ;  Madame  Falcot,  brilliant  in 
colour  ;  Ma  Capucine,  the  deepest  in  colour  of  its  class  ;  L’Ideal ; 
Dr.  Regis,  orange  red  ;  Alister  Stella  Grey,  a  pretty  Noisette,  and  very 
free  flowering ;  Cbedane  Guinoisseau,  a  pretty  little  yellow  Rose ; 
Madame  Pierre  Oochet,  a  very  beautiful  Rose  with  dark  glossy  foliage  of 
free  growth,  but  somewhat  dwarf  and  extremely  floriferous  ;  Celestial, 
Crimson  Rambler,  and  Marquise  de  Salisbury.  Messrs.  Cooling’s  collec¬ 
tion  were  the  following,  besides  those  already  mentioned  in  Messrs.  Paul 
and  Son’s  : — Papillion,  Madame  Adeline  d’Aoust,  Celine  Forestier,  which 
reminds  me  of  good  old  John  Standish  ;  Moss  Salet,  Triomphe  de 
Rennes,  a  favourite  flower  of  the  late  Mr.  RadcliflEe  ;  Perle  de  Feu, 
Madame  Georges  Bruant,  one  of  the  best  of  the  Rugosa  Hybrids ;  Paul’s 
Single  White;  Madame  Carnot,  Bflle  des  Jardins,  Waltham  Climber 
No.  1,  Crested  Moss,  quaint  and  beautiful  ;  Jaune  Desprez,  Beau'd  Incon- 
stante,  very  beautiful  in  its  colouring  ;  Ophirie,  Common  China,  Cramoisie 
Superidure,  The  Pet,  Princesse  de  Monaco,  Bardou  Job,  very  brilliant  ; 
Leopold  d’Orleans,  Rugosa  alba,  Longworth  Rambler,  Single  Crimson, 
and  Maiden’s  Blush. 
Th.ere  is  a  feature  in  the  Crystal  Palace  show  which  is,  I  think, 
unique,  and  which  gives  it  to  an  old  stager  like  mjself  a  peculiar  charm. 
Every  rosarian  in  the  kingdom,  if  be  can  possibly  do  so,  makes  it  a  point 
to  be  there.  One  has  the  pleasure  of  meeting  friends  whom  we  have  met 
in  years  past,  and  may  perhaps  not  meet  again.  It  was  pleasant  to  once 
more  be  able  to  have  a  chat  with  our  popular  President,  to  see  those  who, 
like  Mr.  T.  B.  Hall,  a  retired  veteran,  still  retains  a  keen  love  for  the 
Rose,  though  no  longer  an  exhibitor,  and  so  with  Mr.  W.  J.  Grant,  whose 
Roses  still  live  fresh  in  one’s  memory  ;  but  even  here  there  are  as  in  all 
things  regrets  mingled  with  our  pleasures.  We  miss  the  cheery  greetings 
of  good  old  George  Prince,  and  the  ever  pleasant  recognition  of  that 
keen  rosarian,  the  Rev.  F.  R.  Burnside,  whose  terrible  bicycle  accident 
had  kept  him  a  prisoner  at  home,  and  whose  speedy  recovery  all  rosarians 
earnestly  wish.  _ 
I  need  hardly  sav  that  all  the  arrangements  were  thoughtfully  and 
carefully  carried  out  by  Mr.  Head  and  his  assistants,  and  after  all  there 
is  no  place  so  pleasant  for  a  Rose  show  as  the  Crystal  Palace,  and  I  trust 
for  many  a  year  to  come  the  National  Rose  Society  will  make  it  the 
trysting  place  for  its  exhibitions. — D.,  Deal, 
Notes  ox  “The  Natioxal.” 
The  great  event  of  the  Rose  year — the  Crystal  Palace  Show  of  the 
N.R  S. — has  come  and  gone,  and  I  suppose  the  prevailing  feeling  in  the 
minds  of  those  most  concerned  is  one  of  relief  that  the  function  is  over, 
Four  months  ago  it  seemed  impossible  that  such  a  feeling  could  find 
room  in  the  mind  of  any  rosarian.  The  winter  had  been  the  kindest 
experienced  for  many  years,  the  trees  were  looking  in  splendid  condition 
for  a  vigorous  growth,  and  we  were  ready  to  believe  that  the  long- 
talked-of,  much-hoped-for  “  good  Rose  year  ”  was  at  last  in  sight.  But 
alas  !  The  start  into  growth  seemed  to  be  the  signal  for  the  cassation  of 
all  rainfall,  and  as  the  sun’s  power  increased  the  soil  got  drier,  the 
growths  came  to  a  standstill,  insect  and  other  pests  multiplied  and 
increased  to  an  unheard  of  extent,  and  all  hopes  of  a  good  time  vanished. 
The  whole  of  what  should  have  been  the  growing  season  was  passed 
in  a  withering  drought,  with  the  unavoidable  result  that  the  Roses  were 
thrown  entirely  out  of  character,  came  long  before  they  could  be  used, 
and  came,  generally  speaking,  so  poor  and  thin  that  as  July  4th  drew 
near  the  only  hope  an  exhibitor  could  entertain  was  that  his  rivals’ 
plight  might  be  just  a  trifle  worse  than  his  own,  and  his  only  curiosity 
was  as  to  who  of  the  usual  men  would  be  quite  unable  to  exhibit.  Now 
that  the  Show  is  past,  I  fear  it  must  be  written  down  as  the  worst  the 
N.R  S.  has  ever  held  since  1879,  when  (from  the  very  opposite  cause — 
the  cold  and  wet  and  backward  season)  the  blooms  were  few  and  poor, 
and  those  in  the  winning  stand  in  the  great  trade  class  were  cut  from 
plants  grown  under  glass.  Yet  the  exhibition  of  1896  proved  to  be  a 
very  interesting  one,  and  contained  some  really  fine  blooms. 
The  Northern  growers  were  expected  to  hold  the  advantage  in  such 
a  season,  and  in  the  trade  championship  class  this  was  proved  to  be  the 
case  ;  Messrs.  Harkness  &  Sons  winning,  bnt.  with  a  stand  of  flowers 
which  could  not  compare  with  that  which  gave  them  their  previous 
victory.  They  were  closely  pressed  by  Mr.  Frank  Cant,  and  indeed  if 
the  judging  had  been  delayed  one  hour  the  decision  must  have  been 
reversed.  The  amateur  trophy  was  once  more  won  by  Mr.  Pemberton, 
a  result  which  appeared  to  give  satisfaction  to  all  whom  I  spoke  to  upon 
the  subject.  He  has  manifested  such  persistent  pluck  in  showing 
steadily  on  through  six  years  of  defeat  that  many  were  sincerely  hoping 
that  his  efforts  might  be  rewarded  by  success,  and  so  it  turned  out. 
Probably,  however,  the  most  conspicuous  successes  of  all  were  those 
of  Messrs,  Dickson  of  Newtownards,  in  the  trade  division,  and  Mr. 
O.  G.  Orpen  among  the  amateurs.  The  former  entered  in*  six  of  the 
trade  and  open  classes,  and  were  placed  first  everywhere,  and  with 
flowers  which  in  many  cases  were  the  most  typical  in  the  exhibition. 
This  was  notably  the  case  in  their  stands  of  twelve  Capt.  Hayward, 
and  twelve  Marchioness  of  Londonderry,  where  they  were  far 
ahead  of  all  others,  although  some  fourteen  and  sixteen  boxes  were 
staged  in  the  two  classes  respectively.  When  it  is  remembered  that 
these  plucky  and  enterprising  young  men  had  to  cut  their  flowers  at 
seven  o’clock  on  the  previous  morning,  and  to  take  a  journey  of  some  five 
hundred  miles,  occupying  about  eighteen  hours,  and  involving  thirteen 
changes  of  train  and  steamer,  such  a  result  appears  almost  phenomenal. 
Mr.  Orpen’s  doings  were  no  less  remarkable  in  their  way.  He  was 
first  for  the  champion  Tea  trophy,  first  for  the  Harkness  twenty-five 
guinea  cup,  first  for  twelve  distinct  Teas,  and  second  for  nine  of  one 
variety.  And  this  in  most  cases  against  men  who  probably  have  seven 
times  his  number  of  plants  to  choose  from,  for  Mr.  Orpen  shows  in  the 
“  under  1000  ’’  division  1  The  victory  in  the  Harkness  cup  class  was  the 
third  which  Mr.  Orpen  has  achieved,  and  that  consecutively,  therefore 
he  has  made  this  handsome  prize  his  own  property ;  a  result 
upon  which  he  is  to  be  most  heartily  congratulated,  although  I  and 
others  would  have  been  glad  (in  the  interests  of  the  Society)  to  see  the 
cup  remain  a  little  longer  in  competition  in  order  to  give  interest  to  the 
schedule.  However,  we  can  but  hope  that  Messrs.  Harkness  will  be 
sufficiently  gratified  by  their  own  success  to  provide  a  second  cup,  and 
that  this  may  produce  stronger  and  more  lengthy  competition. 
Mr.  Orpen’s  box  as  a  whole  did  not  reach  the  high  standard  of  his 
previous  exhibits  in  this  class,  there  being  two  or  three  small  flowers  in 
the  front  row  ;  but  these  were  in  measure  compensated  for  by  the 
presence  of  three  magnificent  Teas.  All  three  of  these  were  so  far 
ahead  of  any  others  that  the  judges  were  for  a  time  in  doubt  as  to  which 
should  be  awarded  the  medal  for  the  bast  bloom.  They  finally  decided 
upon  the  splendid  bloom  of  The  Bride,  but  a  little  later  in  the  day 
this  had  past  its  best,  and  the  Maman  Cochet  (which  variety  was  shown 
splendidly  throughout  the  exhibition)  just  behind  it  in  the  box  was  far 
better. 
Special  mention  must  also  be  made  of  Mr.  C.  J.  Grahame’s  winnings. 
As  all  the  Rose  world  knows,  this  gentleman  removed  his  abode  from 
Croydon  to  Leatherhead  last  year  only  ;  so  that  presumably,  every  one 
of  his  trees  has  been  planned  less  than  nine  m'uiths,  and  yet  he  was 
first  for  eight  treble  Teas  and  for  nine  of  one  variety,  and  second  to 
Mr.  0.'’pen  for  the  Tea  trophy.  After  this,  and  given  another  year  for 
Mr.  Grahame's  Roses  to  get  established,  the  battle  between  these  two 
fine  growers  next  year  should  be  worth  going  a  long  way  to  see. 
The  only  other  box  that  struck  me  as  really  fine  was  Mr.  Machin’s 
twelve  Her  Majesty.  These  were  very  good  examples  of  this  somewhat 
uncertain  Rose,  and  to  one  of  them  w«>8  awarded  the  silver  medal  for 
best  H.P.  in  the  amateur  division.  The  medals  in  the  trade  classes 
were  taken  by  Mr.  B.  R,  Cant  with  Duchesse  de  Morny  and  Messrs. 
Harkness  with  Innocente  Pirola ;  in  both  cases  with  flowers  which  in 
an  ordinary  year  would  have  stood  no  chance  of  this  distinction. 
Much  interest  was  added  to  the  schedule  for  this  year  by  the 
provision  (by  an  amateur  whose  name  is  so  well  known  as  to  be 
unnecessary  to  mention)  of  two  cups,  one  for  trade  growers  and  one  for 
amateurs,  for  twelve  and  six  blooms  respectively,  of  Roses  put  into 
commerce  by  Messrs.  A.  Dickson  &  Sons.  These  were  among  the  most 
beautiful  trophies  in  the  schedule.  They  have  to  be  won  twice  before 
becoming  the  property  of  the  exhibitors,  and  the  first  chances  were 
gained  by  Messrs.  F.  Cant  and  Lindsell.  The  same  gentleman  had 
provided  a  class  for  eighteen  Roses  of  English  and  Scotch  raising,  and 
first  prize  here  was  won,  appropriately  enough,  by  the  firm  whose  Roses 
were  the  subject  of  competition  in  the  two  classes  just  named. 
I  have  penned  these  notes  because  I  know  many  readers,  while 
interested  in  Roses,  have  not  sufficient  patience  to  waie  through  the 
long  lists  of  names  which  are  found  in  the  regular  reports  and  which 
exhibitors  find  of  so  great  interest.  Perhaps  such  may  find  in  these 
somewhat  desultory  jottings  anent  onr  exhibition  of  Saturday  that 
which  they  desire. — J.  B. 
ROSE  SHOWS. 
WESTMINSTER.— July  14th. 
In  conjunction  with  the  usual  exhibits  at  the  Drill  Hall  on  Tuesday 
was  au  exhibition  of  Roses.  Numerous  entries  were  received,  but  many 
of  the  intending  exhibitors  failed  to  put  in  an  appearance,  owing,  no 
doubt  to  a  scarcity  of  blooms  through  the  long  continued  drought  and 
sunshine.  The  quality  of  the  flowers,  though  below  the  average,  was 
up  to  expectations  for  the  reason  aforementioned.  Classes  were  pro¬ 
vided  for  nurserymen  and  amateurs.  Amongst  the  former  several  good 
blooms  were  noticed  ;  but  generally  speaking,  there  was  a  decided  lack 
of  freshness  throughout. 
Amateubs’  Classes. 
Two  exhibitors  only  appeared  in  the  class  for  twenty-four  single 
trusses,  Mr.  Salter,  gardener  to  T.  B.  Haywood,  Esq,,  Reigate,  winning 
with  moderate  flowers  of — Back  row  :  Her  Majesty,  Etienne  Levet, 
Duke  of  Connaught,  Madame  Gabriel  Luizet,  Eclair,  Madame  Prosper 
Laugier,  La  France,  Reynolds  Hole.  Middle  row  :  Gustave  Piganeau, 
E .  Y.  Teas,  Pride  of  Waltham,  Pierre  Netting,  Marie  Rady,  CHo,  John 
Stuart  Mill,  Caroline  Testout.  Front  row  ;  Due  de  Rohan,  Captain 
Christy,  Earl  of  Duflferin,  Fran9Dis  Michelon,  Horace  Vernet,  Margaret 
Haywood,  Xavier  Olibo,  and  Charles  Lefebvre.  0.  J.  Grahame,  Ejq., 
Leatherhead,  was  winner  of  the  second  prize.  Mr.  R.  Bonnett,  gardener 
to  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Jackson,  Bedford,  was  first  with  twelve  single 
trusses,  showing  Star  of  Waltham,  Bmilie  Hausburg,  Duke  of  Connaught, 
Marie  Finger,  Marquise  de  Oastellane,  Ferdinand  de  Lesseps,  Ducbeiee  de 
