July  li,  1901.  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER.  39 
Hereford  and  West  of  England  Rose,  July  2nd. 
The  thirty-fifth  anniversary  of  this  flourishing  exhibition  was  held 
in  the  Shire  Hall,  Hereford,  and,  despite  of  a  wet  afternoon,  an 
abnormally  dry  period  some  weeks  before,  and,  perhaps  worst  of  all, 
a  drenching  storm  of  wind  and  rain  on  the  previous  Sunday  night,  an 
excellent  display  of  Roses  was  staged  in  every  class,  of  which  I  ask 
your  permission  to  give  the  public  in  our  Rose  Journal  those  leading 
features  which  would  seem  to  be  most  generally  interesting. 
Imprimis :  It  may  be  safely  prophesied  that  as  long  as  that  enter, 
prising  Rose  firm,  Messrs.  Dickson,  supplement  their  Newtownards 
Rose  nurseries  by  one  at  Ledbury,  our  old  and  formerly  staunch 
friends  from  Cheshunt,  Colchester,  Bedale,  Oxford,  Slough,  &c.,  will 
play  us  truant,  as  was  the  case,  a  veteran  like  myself  remembers, 
some  decades  ago,  when  the  King’s  Acre  Roses  were  invincible 
in  home  quarters. 
More  unlikely 
events  may  happen 
again  in  history 
repeating  itself 
under  altered  cir¬ 
cumstances.  Dis¬ 
tance  does  not  lend 
enchantment  to  the 
view,  it  seems,  in 
the  opinion  of  our 
big  Rose  exhibitors. 
No,  they  do  not 
see  their  way,  they 
can  only  come  at 
a  disadvantage,  so 
decide  to  stay  at 
home.  We,  of 
course,  miss  them 
very  much,  but 
how  superbly  Mr. 
Dickson  exhibited, 
and  what  a  host 
he  was  in  himself, 
the  fact  of  his 
carrying  off  every 
first  prize,  except 
one,  in  every  class 
he  could  compete, 
is  evidence  suffi¬ 
cient.  The  second 
and  third  prizes 
were  really  good, 
but  the  decision  of 
the  judges  was 
never  in  doubt  for 
a  moment.  Espe¬ 
cially  noticeable  in 
Messrs.  Dickson’s 
collection  were  the 
large  number  of 
their  own  seedlings 
and  interesting  in 
some  cases  from 
the  fact  of  their 
being  first  intro¬ 
duced  tothe  public. 
The  following  is 
a  correct  list  of 
varieties  in  Messrs. 
Dickson’s  collec- 
tion,  with  remarks 
on  those  especially 
promising  or  well 
shown.  Caroline  Testout,  superb  ;  Ulrich  Brunner,  Mrs.  John  Laing, 
Charles  Lefebvre,  Marchioness  of  Londonderry,  John  Rnskin,  most 
promising  seedling  ;  Danmark,  Gustave  Piganeau.  Tom  Wood.  Alice 
Lindsell,  great  acquisition  ;  Louis  Yan  Houtte,  Mrs.  R.  G.  S.  Crawford, 
specially  fine  this  year  ;  Earl  Dufferin,  Maman  Cochet,  another  Rose  of 
the  year;  Lady  Ashtown,  promising  seedling;  White  Lady,  Emily 
Gonin,  Alfred  Colomb,  Madame  Gabriel  Luizet,  Comte  Raimbaud, 
Innocente  Pirola,  grand  ;  Sir  Robert  Stout,  new  ;  Ernest  Metz,  Mar¬ 
chioness  of  DufferiD,  Her  Majesty,  fine;  Exquisite,  Ellen  Drew,  J.  S. 
Mill,  Lady  Clanmorris,  Dupuy  Jamain,  Marchioness  of  Downshire, 
Charles  Darwin,  fine  colour  ;  Francois  Miohelon,  Mrs.  Grant,  superb  ; 
Charles  Gater,  Mrs.  Edward  Mawley,  Rose  of  the  season  ;  S.  M.  Rodo- 
canachi,  Florence  Pemberton,  new  seedlingj  Prosper  Langier,  Countess 
of  Caledon,  Kaiserin  Augusta  Victoria,  lovely ;  La  France,  Duohess  of 
Portland,  seedling,  pretty ;  M.  de  Delville,  Alice  Grahame,  seedling, 
good;  Shandon,  Niphetos,  Mrs.  Giles  Kennedy,  seedling;  Lady  Moyra 
Beauclerc,  fine  ;  Marie  Rady,  Mildred  Grant,  splendid  ;  A.  K.  Williams, 
Ulster,  Horace  Yernet,  exquisite  ;  Bessie  Brown,  excellent ;  Madame 
Cusin,  Robert  Scott,  new  ;  Marjorie,  Marie  Baumann,  White  Cochet, 
Duchess  of  Bedford,  Muriel  Grahame,  Duohesse  de  Morney,  Killarney, 
very  sweet  and  lovely  ;  Madame  Hoste,  General  Jacqueminot,  Margaret 
Dickson,  Helen  Keller,  Souvenir  de  President  Carnot,  Marquise  Litta, 
Comtesse  Nadaillao,  fine;  Due  de  Rohan.  Second  prize  fell  to  Messrs. 
J.  Townsend  &  Sons,  Lower  Broadheath,  Worcester  ;  third  prize  to 
King’s  Acre  Nurseries,  Hereford. 
First  prize,  thirty-six  varieties,  Mr. -[John  Mattock,  Oxford  ;  second 
prize,  Messrs.  Pewtress  Bros.,  Tillington ;  third,  Messrs.  D.  and 
W.  Croll,  Dundee.  First  prize,  twenty-four  varieties  (three  of  each), 
Messrs.  Dickson;  second  prize,  “Messrs.  Townsend;  third  prize, 
Mr.  John  Mattock,  Oxford.  Hybrid  Teas,  twelve  varieties. — First 
prize,  Messrs.  Dickson,  with  the  subjoined  excellent  blooms  :  Bessie 
Brown,  large  and  good;  Caroline  Testout,  perfect;  Mildred  Grant, 
exquisite ;  Robert  Scott,  Countess  of  Caledon,  Florence  Pemberton, 
Lady  Moyra  Beauclerc,  Alice  .  Lindsell,  fine  ;  Kaiserin  Augusta 
Victoria  Lady  Mary  Fitzwilliam,fMargorie,  Duchess  of  Albany. 
In' the  Tea  and 
Noisette  division 
Messrs.  Dickson 
were  again  to  the 
front  with  a  lovely 
well  arranged  col¬ 
lection,  which  in¬ 
cluded  Mrs.  Edwd. 
Mawley,  perfect  ; 
Niphetos,  Madame 
Cusin,  Bplendid  ; 
Madame  Caroline 
Kuster,  Comtesse 
de  Nadaillac, 
superb  colour  ; 
Madame  Hoste, 
White  Cochet, 
Ernest  Metz,  The 
Bride,  Souvenir 
d’Elise  Vardon, 
splendid  ;  Muriel 
Grahame,  fine  ; 
Maman  Cochet, 
Bridesmaid,  Mare, 
chal  Niel,  Madame 
de  Watteville,  In- 
nocente  Pirola, 
good  ;  Catherine 
Mermet,  Jean  Du« 
cher.  Second  prize, 
Mr.  J.  Mattock ; 
third  prize,  King’s 
Acre  Nurseries. 
In  the  open 
olasses,  which  were 
especially  well 
shown,  the  first 
prize  for  light  Rose 
H.P.’s  (twelve  of  a 
sort)  fell  to  Messrs. 
Dickson  with  su« 
perb  level  blooms 
of  Mildred  Grant ; 
second  prize  to 
Messrs.  Townsend 
with  Her  Majesty  ; 
both  collections  so 
evenly  good  that 
the  judges  must 
have  had  some 
trouble  to  decide. 
First  prize  for  any 
dark  Rose  was 
taken  by  King’s 
Acre  Nurseries,  and  deservedly,  with  exquisite  blooms  of  A.  K.  Williams, 
for  once  turning  the  tables  on  Messrs.  Dickson,  who  took  second  prize 
with  Ulrich  Brunner.  First  prize  for  any  yellow  Rose  :  First  prize, 
Messrs.  Dickson,  with  Duchess  of  Portland,  neat  but  small  blooms  ; 
second  prize,  Messrs.  Townsend,  with  Marie  Yan  Houtte.  First  prize 
for  any  white  Rose  :  First  prize,  Messrs.  Dickson,  with  grand  blooms 
of  Bessie  Brown ;  second  prize,  Messrs.  Townsend,  with  larger  but 
less  smooth  blooms  of  the  same  variety. 
An  interesting  prize  was  offered  by  the  president,  Mr.  Arkwright, 
for  twelve  distinct  Roses,  one  truss  of  each,  of  natural  growth  and  of 
characteristic  habit,  not  disbudded,  very  charmingly  carried  off  by 
the  donor,  showing  by  the  contrast  between  the  first  and  second 
prize  how  everything  in  competitions  of  this  kind,  where  sentiment 
and  taste  are  concerned,  depends  on  the  setting  up. 
In  division  2,  amateurs,  Mr.  Conway  Jones,  Gloucester,  and 
Mr.  R.  F.  Hobbs  were  the  principal  prizewinners  in  classes  very  well 
filled.  The  three  National  Rose  Society’s  medals  were  awarded  as 
follows  : — Mr.  R.  Foley  Hobbs,  for  his  exhibit  of  Her  Majesty,  a  grand 
bloom ;  second  prize,  Mr.  Conway  Jones,  Innocente  Pirola ;  and  third 
prize  to  Rev.  Preb.  Ashley,  A.  K.  Williams. 
ROSE  MRS.  J.  LAING. 
Premier  H.P.  (N.R.S.)  from  Messrs.  D.  &_W.  Croll. 
