OCTOBER. '217 



PAUL'S QUEEN VICTORIA ROSE. 



The subject of our present Plate, wlilcli is certainly the Rose 

 of the season, was raised from seed in the vicinity of Paris, 

 where it was met with by Mr. William Paul, of the Nurse- 

 ries, Cheshunt, Herts, who succeeded in purchasing the entire 

 stock. It is a seedling from La Heine, which it resembles in 

 habit of growth and form of flower ; but it is less double, and 

 consequently opens more freely. The colour is white, tinted 

 with the softest rose, equal in delicacy and beauty to that of 

 the old Celestial Rose. It belongs to the class of Hybrid Per- 

 petuals; but the Messrs. Paul inform us that it does not bloom 

 so freely in the autumn as some of its congeners. This, how- 

 ever, is likely to be but a temporary defect. It is well known 

 that some of our finest Hybrid Perpetual Roses, of which we 

 may instance Robin Hood and "William Jesse, were shy autumn 

 bloomers when they first made their appearance ; but they 

 are now much improved in this respect. The probable theory 

 by which we can account for this is, that the variety when 

 fresh from the seed-bed possesses more vigour than at any 

 subsequent period, and hence the disposition to make wood 

 rather than flower-shoots. This tendency becomes modified 

 by age, and greater fruitfulness is the result. Until this state 

 of things arrives, it is easy to secure a good crop of blooms in 

 the autumn months by cutting oft' the June buds as soon as 

 they have been formed ; a new growth follows the operation, 

 and a new crop of flowers is developed. We might say much 

 of the beauty and symmetry of this flower, but our drawing 

 speaks more eloquently on this point than we could do. Suf- 

 fice it to say, that we believe it to be true to life, and with 

 the single remark, that the growth is at present very vigorous, 

 we leave it to tell its own tale. 



We may just state, that plants will be first sold early in 

 November of the present year; and that amateurs will do 

 well to lose no time in adding so fine a variety to their col- 

 lections. 



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