Plate 433. 

 ROSE— SOUVENIR DE MONS. POITEAU. 



During the autumn of 1867 when on u visit to Paris, we 

 went, as is our wont, to the Eose garden of our excellent friend 

 Mons. Margottin, of Bourg la Eeine, and although it was some- 

 what late in the season, were enabled to see a bloom of this 

 rose, which then struck us as of a very jDcculiar shade of colour, 

 and when we again saw it in the collection of cut roses exhi- 

 bited at Kensington by Messrs. Paul and Son, of Cheshunt, 

 our opinion was fully confirmed, and we are inclined to think 

 it will prove one of the favourites of the year. As usual, there 

 are various opinions as to the merits of the new roses, and so 

 little was seen of them last season in France, that it is, perhaps, 

 more than any former year, a matter of question. 



The love for this Queen of flowers is by no means on the 

 decline ; on the contrary, there is an ever-widening circle of 

 admirers and growers ; for those who admire, cannot but, if at 

 all possible, grow them ; and since the introduction of the 

 Manetti stock it is not a matter of so much doubt as formerly ; 

 and so thorough has been the attention paid to them, that we 

 can hope for but little advance in the method of cultivation. 

 It is now thoroughly established that it is well-nigh impossible 

 to give them too much manure ; while the experience of the 

 past summer has taught us the value of watering— these are 

 two cardinal points. With regard to green-fly, there is no more 

 certain method of getting rid of them than by good syringeings ; 

 should this not be effectual, there are now some preparations of 



