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| Plant Types: | Roses |
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| Description: | [From A Family of Roses, by Sam McGredy and Sean Jennett, p. 23:] Among the most important trials and awards in the British Isles are those of the Royal National Rose Society, whose trial-grounds are at St. Albans. A panel of twenty judges examines the roses there at intervals throughout the season from June to September over two or three successive years.
The Society's Gold Medal is awarded to very few roses and only to those of quite exceptional quality. Only two or three medals are awarded each year; in some years, when no worthy contender is found, no medal is awarded...
[From The Makers of Heavenly Roses, p. 29:] The National Rose Society instituted in 1883 a Gold Medal to be given to outstanding new varieties exhibited at its shows...
[Ibid, p. 32:] The National Rose Society did not award its Gold Medal in 1884... ['Mrs. John Laing'] the best rose Henry Bennett raised... won the [NRS's] second Gold Medal [in 1885]...
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| (Default) Country: | United Kingdom |
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