JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
87 
July  24,  1902. 
Hereford  and  West  of  England. 
The  thirty-sixth  exhibition  of  this  society,  the  oldest  it  may 
proudly  be  claimed,  the  parent  of  all  existing  Rose  shows,  was 
held  in  the  Shire  Hall,  Hereford,  last  Wednesday,  July  16,  with 
a  success  far  superior  to  any  that  have  taken  place  of  late  years. 
This  happy  result  mainly  followed  from  the  leading  professionals 
— Messrs.  A.  Dickson  and  Sons,  Belfast  and  Ledbury;  B.  Cant, 
F.  Cant  and  Co.,  Prior  and  Sons,  Colchester;  J.  Townsend, 
Worcester;  G.  Prince,  Berks;  J.  Mattock,  Oxford,  and  King’s 
Acre  Nurseries,  Hereford — and  amateurs,  Rev.  G.  H.  Pemberton, 
Essex;  Rev.  F.  R.  Burnside,  Essex;  Rev.  F.  G.  Fulford,  Haxley ; 
Rev.  R.  Powley,  Upton  Scudamore;  Messrs.  Conway  Jones, 
Gloucester;  Mr.  R.  Foley  Hobbs,  Worcester,  putting  in  an 
appearance,  as  this  year,  owing  to  the  late  fixture  of  the  show, 
such  distant  exhibitors  were  set  free  from  their  engagements  at 
more  comeatable  and  commercial  centres. 
The  day  being  brilliantly  fine,  the  attendance  was  unusually 
good,  and  everything  couleur  de  Rose,  floriculturally  and 
financially.  Owing  to  the  late,  cold,  dragging  spring,  Roses,  as 
may  be  supposed,  were  not  uniformly  good.  Indeed  it  may  be 
said  that  in  point  of  condition,  the  blooms  were  either 
lacked  freshness  and  smoothness  Messrs.  Dicksons’  seventy-two 
was  a  notable  exception,  of  which  we  append  a  list . 
Division  I.  (Nurserymen).— First  prize,  Messrs.  Dickson  and 
Sons.  Back  row:  Madame  C.  Testout,  Helen  Keller,  Marie 
Baumann,  Gladys  Harkness,  A.  Colomb,  Madame  E.  Verdier, 
M.  Rady,  Robert  Scott,  Marchioness  Dufferin,  Lady  C'lanmorris, 
Duke  of  Fife,  Duchess  of  Portland,  Thomas  Mills,  Florence 
Pemberton,  Mamie,  Bessie  Brown,  Tom  Wood,  Lady  M. 
Fitzwilliam,  Ulrich  Brunner,  Mildred  Grant,  Gustave Piganeau, 
Lady  Myra  Beauclerc,  Comtesse  de  Ludre,  Her  Majesty.  Middle 
row:  A.  Iv.  Williams,  Edith  D’Ombrain,  Shandon,  Innocente 
Pirola,  John  Ruskin,  Pierre  Notting,  Lady  Ashtown,  Frangois 
Michelon,  Alice  Lindsell,  La  France,  Mrs.  R.  G.  Sharman  Craw¬ 
ford,  Duchess  of  Bedford,  Maman  Cochet,  H.  Vernet,  Hon.  E.' 
Gifford,  J.  S.  Mill,  White  Maman  Cochet,  Danmark,  Mrs.  John 
Laing,  Earl  Dufferin,  Muriel  Grahame,  Suzanne  M.  Rhodoconachi, 
Jean  Ducher,  Margaret  Dickson.  Front  row:  M.  C.  Ramey, 
Marquis  Litta,  a  new  seedling,  Frangois  Gurtin,  Mrs.  E.  Mawley, 
K.  A.  Victoria,  Madame  Luizet,  Comtesse  de  Nadaillac,  Victor 
Hugo,  Souvenir  de  S.  A.  Prince,  Madame  Cusin,  Queen 
Alexandra,  Berthe  Giemen,  Medea,  Prosper  Langier,  White  Lady, 
Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  Golden  Gate,  Etoilg  de  Lyon,  Comtesse 
/  koto  bi / 
H.  F.  Taylor,  Liverpool 
A  Good  Strain  of  Herbaceous  Calceolarias.  (See  page  78.) 
exceptionally  good  or  exceptionally  bad;  while  owing  to  the 
scorching  day  previously,  many  exhibits  held  out  signals  of 
distress  from  their  long  journey.  Many  varieties,  notably  among 
the  new  and  lately  introduced  into  commerce,  have  well  sustained 
their  reputation,  while  others,  especially  among  Messrs.  A. 
Dicksons’  H.T.’s  have  already  made  their  mark.  The  praise  of 
their  Mildred  Grant  was,  of  course  in  everybody’s  mouth ;  while 
H.P.  Ben  Cant  is  undeniably  a  splendid  addition,  in  point  of 
colour,  substance,  and  robust  habit,  to  the  not  too  large  pro¬ 
portion  we  have  among  the  dark  varieties.  Another  H.P.,  Frau 
Karl  Druschi  (Lambert),  struck  us  more  than  any  other  Rose  in 
the  show.  It  was  shown  superbly  as  a  treble  in  one  of  Messrs. 
Dicksons’  stands,  and  will  undoubtedly  become  more  and  more 
popular  as  it  is  better  known,  not  only  from  its  size,  substance, 
and  high  centre,  but  from  its  exquisite  colour,  being  snow  white, 
differing  from  most  of  its  class,  in  which  lemon,  blue,  or  other 
neutral  tints  are  observable.  Medea,  Tea,  was  shown  grandly  by 
Messrs.  Dickson  and  elsewhere,  and  should  be  in  every  collection. 
Among  other  Roses  “  whose  year  it  is,”  and  which  were  remark¬ 
ably  well  shown,  and  in  several  exhibits,  \cere  Horace  Vernet  and 
Earl  of  Dufferin  among  Dark  Roses  (and  here,  en  passant,  H.P. 
Bacchus,  may  be  strongly  recommended  as  a  most  reliable  dark  | 
variety  but  seldom  exhibited).  Maman  Cochet,  Tea,  was  shown  ; 
everywhere  splendidly,  and  its  sport.  White  Maman  Cochet, 
equally  good  and  perfectly  distinct.  While  several  of  the  exhibits 
Serenye,  Beauty  of  Waltham,  Marchioness  of  Londonderry,  Mi'S. 
Bateman,  Frangois  Louvat.  Second  prize,  Messrs.  D.  Prior  and 
Sons ;  third  prize,  Messrs.  B.  R.  Cant  and  Co. 
Messrs.  A.  Dickson  also  carried  off  the  following: — First  prize. 
Class  3,  for  trebles;  first  prize  Class  4,  and  for  eighteen  Teas  or 
Noisettes  with  Maman  Cochet,  Souvenir  de  S.  A.  Prince,  Mrs. 
Edward  Mawley,  White  Maman  Cochet,  C.  Mei-met,  Etienne  de 
Lyon,  Madame  Wagram,  Comtesse  de  Turenne,  Bridesmaid, 
Golden  Gate,  Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  Hon.  E.  Gifford,  Jean  Ducher. 
Madame  Cusin,  Innocente  Pirola,  Princess  of  Wales,  Medea, 
Comtesse  Nadaillac,  Madame  de  Watteville. 
Also  first  prize,  Class  17,  twelve  of  any  one  light  Rose  with 
H.T.  Mildred  Grant.  First  prize,  Class  19,  any  one  yellow  Rose 
with  Tea  Medea. 
First  prize  Class  18,  with  any 'one  dark  Rose,  fell  to  Messrs. 
Prior  and  Son  with  Horace  Vernet,  and  for  any  one  white  Rose  to 
Rev.  F.  R.  Burnside,  writh  White  Maman  Cochet.  This  was 
indeed  a  grand  collection,  keenly  competed  for  and  fairly  won  in 
an  open  class  by  an  amateur. 
In  the  amateur  division  the  first  prize — Class  5,  twenty- 
four  varieties — was  carried  off  by  the  Rev.  G.  H.  Pem¬ 
berton,  with  a  fine,  well  staged  but  somewhat  travel 
worn  collection,  of  which  the  following  is  a  list: — Charles 
Lefevbre,  Caroline  Testout.  General  Jacqueminot,  Ulrich 
Brunner,  Marie  Baumann,  Her  Majesty,  Comte  Raimbaud, 
