THE ROSE SHOW.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1068, 29 November 1877, Page 3

THE ROSE SHOW.

The annual Rose Show in connection with the Christchurch Horticultural Society was held yesterday in the Congregational schoolroom. The society can hardly he congratulated upon the show as a whole, though here and there were stands of much excellence. The fact is, that it was held a week or ten days too late, nearly the whole of the roses exhibited being far over-bloomed to be in anything like show condition. We missed with regret that champion rose-grower, Mr Potts, from the list of exhibitors. This gentleman’s roses are always a treat to see, and the show of yesterday suffered in no small degree from his absence. Another year we hope to welcome him once more to the ranks of these competitors. Thanks primarily to Messrs Duncan and Son, and also to the other ladies and gentlemen who forwarded plants for exhibition, the room presented a very pretty appearance. The lilium gigantea, pelargoniums, and calceolarias sent by the former, a very pretty hanging floral device of roses tastefully interspersed with ferns, sent by Mr E. C. J. Stevens, and two charming baskets of ferns, exhibited by Professor Bickerton, attracted well-deserved attention during the day. It may be remarked that in the majority of classes the amateurs ran the gardeners very close ; indeed, Mr Garrick’s stand of twentyfour were much superior —as far as the majority of blooms were concerned — to the same number exhibited by the gardeners. Mr Carrick certainly deserved his prize, for the evident care bestowed upon his blooms and the excellent show condition in which he brought them out. The pelargoniums exhibited were really very fine all through, and were one of the features of the show.

Coming now to the show proper the first I class to come under notice was cut flowers I open class for thirty roses. Mr Strange was I first with a fair stand, but the majority of the blooms were by far too much blown. The best in the stand was a very nicely bloomed | Queen Yictoria. Mr Wynn Williams took j second prize. His stand compi’ised a good i selection of blooms, but the same remark ! applies to this as to the first prize one. The ] best in this was a Rushton Radcliffe. Mr ; Greenaway was third, but none call for ■ remark, except a good bloom of General Jacqueminot. The next class, eighteen j roses, brought out a very nice stand in- [ deed, that of Mrs Murray-Aynsley, which was I as a whole the best in the show. The blooms were well and evenly grown, and there was an absence of the over-blooming so noticeable in ; other stands in the show. Amongst the blooms were good specimens of Duke of ; Wellington, Cloth of Gold, Alfred Colomb, and Charles Fountaine. Mr Greenaway w r as second with a fairly good lot, but none of them were named. We have before remarked upon the necessity of the society making it compulsory on exhibitors to name their roses, and we are yet in hopes of seeing this rule rigidly enforced. Mr Wynn Williams was third with a fair stand, but the blooms were only of average quality. In the class for twelve roses, Mr W. Strange took first honors, the only bloom calling for notice being a good Madame Rothschild. The second prize fell to Mr Wynn Williams, and the third to Naim and Sons. The finest bloom in the show was feo be found in the latter in the shape of a really splendid one of Marie Van Houte. In the class for three roses Mr Greenaway took first, and Mr E. C. J. Stevens second. Wc incline very strongly to the belief that the decision of the judges should have been reversed, as, to our mind, Mr Stevens’s exhibit was by far the best. The prize for twelve tea or noisette roses was taken by Mr Stevens with a very nice stand. For the bouquets there was good competition. Messrs Nairn and Sons took first, and Mr Greenaway second prize—a result we were somewhat at a loss to understand. The best made bouquet of the lot indeed, compared with the first and second prize ones, the only one entitled to the name—that exhibited by Mrs Stevens—was passed over on account we believe of it containing some fer:-.s. This, it seems to us, was a somewhat overstrained idea of the judges, the more so as the prize winners were really table decorations, and not bouquets at all. The amateur classes were well filled, and generally exhibited a fair amount of quality. The other departments of the show, if not possessing so much merit as we should have liked to have seen, were yet respectable. We append the I'KIZE LIST, CUT FLOWERS —OPEN CLASS. Thirty Roses, varieties—lst prize, If. Strange: 2nd, Wynn Williams ; 3rd, J. Greenaway. Eighteen Roses, varieties—lst prize, Mrs Murray-Aynsley; 2nd, J. Greenaway; 3rd, Wynn Williams.

Twelve Roses, varieties—lst prize, W. ■Strange; 2nd, Wynn Williams; 3rd, Nairn and lons. Three Roses of one variety—lst prize, J. Jreenaway ; 2nd, E. G. J. Stevens; 3rd, Wynn vVilliams. Eighteen Tea or Noisette, or either varieties No award. Twelve do.—lst prize, E. C. J. Stevens, Bouquet of Rose*—lst prize, Nairn and Sons; !nd, J. Greenaway; 3rd, H. Spicer. AMATEUR CLASS. Twenty-four Roses, varieties —Ist prize, Mr ■V.. Garrick. Eighteen do. —Ist prize, S. Jackman. Twelve do.—lst prize, S. Jackman; 2nd, D. Craw. Six do.—lst prize, S. Jackman ; 2nd, F. Savvey; 3rd, D Craw. Three Roses of one variety—lst prize, A. Innes. Twelve Noisette or Tea, or either variety— No award. Six do. do.—lst prize, S. Jackman. Bouquet of Roses —Ist prize, Mr A. Garrick ; 2nd, S. Jackman. j TOT ROSES —OPEN CLASS. Twelve Roses, varieties—No award. Six Roses, varieties—lst prize, J. Greenaway; 2nd, Nairn and Sons. Three Roses, varieties —Ist prize, Nairn and Sons. AMATEUR CLASS. Six Roses, varieties —Ist prize, G. A. Reade. Three Roses, varieties —Ist prize, G. A. Reade. One Rose —Ist prize, G. A. Reade. OTHER EXHIBITS—CUT FLOWERS, OPEN CLASS. Twelve Pinks, not less than six varieties —Ist prize, R. Line ; 2nd, Dnncan and Son. Twelve Carnations and Picotees —No award. Twelve Antirrhinums—No award. Twelve Penstemons —No award. Six Delphiniums—No award. Twelve Pelargoniums, varieties —Ist prize, Duncan and Son. General Collection —Ist prize, Duncan and Son and Nairn and Sons, equal. AMATEUR CLASS. Six Pinks, varieties —Ist prize, D. Craw ; 2nd, Captain Rose. Six Carnations and Picotees —No award. Six Pelargoniums, varieties —Ist prize, G. A. Reade. Six Delphiniums—lst prize, D. Craw. General Collection, hardy—lst prize, D. Craw; 3rd, Harvey.