July  17,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
The  reputation  of  the  Ireland  Roses  were  well  maintained. 
Once  again  the  Messrs.  A.  Dickson  and  Sons,  Newtownards, 
■  carried  off  the  principal  prizes  for  seventy-two  varieties  and 
thirty-six  trebles.  In  the  first-named  there  were  a  great  even¬ 
ness  of  bloom  and  freshness  and  diversity  of  colour,  while  variety 
embraced  some  of  the  firm’s  own  introductions  and  novelties. 
The  following  kinds  were  staged: — A.  K.  Williams,  Innocente 
Pirola,  Shardon,  Comtesse  de  Turenne,  Marquis  de  Litta, 
Caroline  Testout,  Chas.  Lefebvre,  Lady  Clanmoire,  Ulrich 
Brunner.  Margaret  Dickson,  Marquis  of  Dufferin,  Tom  Wood, 
Gladys  Harkness,  Tom  Mills,  Horace  Vernet,  Edith  D’Ombrain, 
Mamie,  Lady  Arthur  Hill.  Kaiserin  A.  Victoria,  Duke  of  Wel¬ 
lington,  Bertha  Gieman,  Marie  Baumann,  Merveille  de  Lyon, 
Mrs.  J.  Laing,  Duchess  of  Portland,  Marie  Rady,  Madame  G. 
Luizet,  Duke  of  Teck,  Florence  Pemberton,  Louis  Van  Houtte 
(fine),  lady  Ashtown  (new),  Mrs.  R.  G.  Sharman-Crawford,  Due 
de  Rohan,  G.  Piganeau,  Avoca,  S.  M.  Rodocanachi,  Mildred 
Grant  (Silver  Medal  N.R.S.),  Liberty,  Souv.  de  S.  A.  Prince, 
General  Jacqueminot,  Danmark,  Ed.  Herve,  Marchioness  of 
Downshire,  Heinrich  Schultheis,  Killamey,  Xavier  Olibo,  Mrs. 
Cocker,  Duchess  of  Bedford  (fine),  Her  Majesty,  Alfred  Colomb,' 
Mrs.  Ed.  Mawley,  Earl  Dufferin,  Ernest  Metz,  Madame 
Delville,  Medea,  Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant,  Countess  of  Caledon, 
Francois  Michelon,  Baroness  Rothschild,  Prosper  Langier, 
White  Lady,  Beauty  of  Waltham,  Ulster,  Comte  Raimbaud, 
Robert  Scott,  Dr.  Andry,  Ledbury,  Alphonse  Soupert,  and 
Bessie  Brown  (extra).  The  King’s  Acre  Nurseries,  Limited,  was 
second,  their  best  blooms  being  Lady  Sheffield,  Madame  Chas. 
Wood,  Reynolds  Hole,  Sultan  of  Zanzibar,  Horace  Vernet,  and 
Abel  Carriere.  Messrs.  Cooling,  Bath,  were  third;  Victor  Hugo 
and  Gladys  Harkness  in  this  stand  were  extra  fine.  There  were 
seven  entries.  *  * 
In  the  succeeding  class  there  is  necessarily  a  repetition  of 
the  foregoing  names,  which  the  Messrs.  Dicksons  staged  in  their 
well-known  form,  the  most  striking  blooms  being  Mrs.  W.  J. 
Grant,  A.  K.  Williams,  Caroline  Testout,  and  Louis  Van  Houtte, 
the  latter  extra  fine.  Again  the  King’s  Acre  Nurseries,  Limited, 
were  a  good  second,  Marie  Rady.  Jean  Ducher,  Duke  of  Fife, 
Mildred  Grant,  and  Kaiserin  A.  Victoria  representing  the  best. 
Messrs.  Cooling  took  the  remaining  prize.  For  eighteen  trebles 
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Mr.  George  Prince,  Oxford,  well  won  the  first  prize,  which 
included  fine  Maman  Cochet,  Mrs.  Grant,  Fisher  Holmes,  The 
Bride,  Madame  de  Watteville,  White  Maman  Cochet,  Innocente 
Pirola,  Bridesmaid,  Bessie  Brown,  and  Marie  Baumann;  second, 
Mr.  John  Mattock,  Oxford,  with  Amazon,  Le  Havre,  Muriel 
Grahame,  Marie  Rady,  Medea,  and  White  M.  Cochet  as  his 
finest;  third,  Messrs.  Townsend  and  Sons,  Worcester.  The 
latter  were  in  good  form  in  the  next  class  for  thirty-six  distinct, 
staging  J.  Dickson,  Tom  Wood,  Killamey,  Clio,  Capt.  Hayward, 
Bladud,  Mrs.  Crawford  splendidly.  Mr.  George  Prince  followed 
closely,  Reynolds  Hole  being  a  conspicuous  blossom  in  his  stand. 
Mr.  J.  Mattock  was  an  excellent  third. 
Mr.  G.  Prince  scored  again  in  a  class  of  eighteen  distinct 
Teas  or  Noisettes,  and  with  a  fine  bloom  of  Ernest  Metz  won 
the  silver  medal  of  the  N.R.S.  for  the  best  bloom  in  that 
section.  Golden  Gate  was  another  striking  flower  in  this  stand. 
Mr.  J.  Mattock  staged  well  for  second  place,  Princess  of  Wales, 
Souv.  d’Elise  Vardon,  Bridesmaid,  and  Etoile  de  Lyon  being 
conspicuous  flowers.  Messrs.  Dicksons  were  third  among  several 
other  exhibits. 
Staged  in  vases  with  long  stems,  twelve  varieties,  five  of 
each,  made  a  distinct  feature,  Mr.  Mattock  leading  with  good 
blooms  of  Mrs.  Laing,  Catherine  Mermet,  Maman  Cochet,  Louis 
Van  Houtte,  The  Bride,  and  Muriel  Grahame.  Mr.  G.  Prince 
was  second  with  a  well-arranged  exhibit,  unnamed  ;  third, 
Mr.  Geo.  Mount,  Canterbury.  With  twelve  single  trusses  of 
any  Rose  Messrs.  Dicksons  won  with  fine  blooms  of  Mildred 
Grant  ;  Messrs.  Townsend  and  Son  second.  Messrs.  Tresseder 
and  Sons,  Cardiff,  and  J.  Mattock  won  with  Medea  the  prizes 
given  for  twelve  yellow  varieties.  Messrs.  G.  Mount  and 
Dickson,  with  General  Jacqueminot  and  Tom  Wood,  took  the 
prizes  for  twelve  crimson  Roses.  Mildred  Grant,  for  Messrs. 
Dickson,  proved  the  winner  among  new  Roses,  six  trusses. 
In  the  amateurs’  division  there  were  some  noteworthy  stands, 
the  best  twenty-four  distinct  varieties  coming  from  Conway 
Jones,  Esq.,  Gloucester,  and  with  a  fine  bloom  of  Prince  Arthur 
secured  the  silver  medal  of  the  N.R.S. ;  A.  Hill  Gray,  Esq., 
Bath,  second,  in  whose  stand  Princess  Beatrice  was  a  note¬ 
worthy  bloom ;  third,  Mrs.  R.  Rust,  Swanswick.  For  twelve 
trebles  the  same  positions  were  held  by  the  foregoing  exhibitors, 
and  with  eighteen  distinct  varieties  Mr.  R.  Foley  Hobbs, 
Worcester  led  the  way.  Several  other  glasses  were  represented 
by  local  growers,  and  it  is  worthy  of  note  that  no  inferior  stand 
in  the  open  or  amateur  sections  were  on  view. 
Begonias  and  Strawberries  are  amalgamated  in  the  title  of 
the  Bath  Summer  Show,  and  though  the  former  in  a  competitive 
sense  was  no  great  feature,  Messrs.  Blackmore  and  Langdon’s 
exhibit  was  sufficient  justification  for  the  co-equality.  Their 
double  blooms,  a  foretaste  of  which  has  been  already  reported 
from  the  R.H.S.’s  Holland  Park*  festival,  and  well  illustrated 
in  a  recent  number  of  this  Journal.  Briefly,  they  were  superb. 
The  Rev.  Yorke  Faucett  was  the  principal  exhibitor  of  both 
single  .and  double  specimen  plants  and  also  cut  blooms,  Mrs. 
Sims,  also  of  Bath,  taking  other  prizes. 
Strawberries  Avere  finely  staged,  every  dish  having  a  high 
merit.  For  six  dishes  Mr.  J.  Ricketts  won  in  a  keen  contest, 
Messrs.  Porter  and  E.  J.  Ricketts  being  made  equal  second. 
Mr.  W.  Vilven,  Bathford  Nurseries  (Mr.  Button  manager), 
staged  in  finely  developed  berries  the  new  Trafalgar,  Climax, 
and  Royal  Sovereign,  the  Messrs.  Ricketts  sharing  the  remain¬ 
ing  honours  with  good  fruit.  In  the  single  dish  Mr.  C. 
Burridge  put  up  the  finest  dish  of  Sir  Joseph  Paxton  Ave  have 
seen  for  a  long  time.  Leader  produced  the  heaviest  fruit  in  a 
class  for  tAvelve  berries. 
Decorated  tables  by  lady  competitors  numbered  twelve, 
which  made  a  fine  floral  feature.  The  same  tent  accommodated 
SAveet  Peas  in  great  perfection,  bouquets  and  baskets  of  Roses, 
vases  of  Roses,  sprays  for  ladies’  Avear,  and  herbaceous  flowers, 
all  in  great  profusion  and  finest  quality.  The  garden  Roses 
must  not  be  omitted  from  these  in  dressed  tables.  Bunches  of 
separate  sorts,  single  and  moss  kinds,  all  contributed  to  the 
splendour  of  the  Queen  of  the  West,  a  title  given  the  largest 
tent.  In  these  Messrs.  Cooling  again  proved  invincible.  Such 
exhibits,  displayed  as  they  are  so  well,  are  more  fascinating 
even  than  the  more  conventional  sIioav  bloom  to  a  large  section, 
of  the  garden  lover  and  public  patron. 
Non-competitive  exhibits  occupied  much  space,  Mr.  Godfrey, 
Exmouth,  staging  Cannas,  Carnations,  and  Zonal  Pelargoniums 
in  pots ;  Sweet  Peas,  Campanulas,  Delphiniums,  and  Phloxes 
in  a  cut  state;  and,  needless  to  say,  all  of  high  standard. 
Messrs.  House  and  Son,  Westbury-on-Trym,  had  a  large  exhibit 
of  their  newer  SAveet  Peas,  herbaceous  flowers,  Violas,  and 
Pansies,  including  an  intensely  interesting  vase  of  the  old 
double  black  Pansy. 
.  Much  credit  devolves  on  Messrs.  Pearson  and  Jeffery,  who, 
Avith  their  chairman  of  committee,  R.  B.  Cater,  Esq.,  guide 
everything  with  smoothness  and  business-like  tact,  and  the 
popularity  of  the  Bath  SIioavs,  despite  frequent  untoward 
weather,  is  well  maintained. 
