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NAMES AND CATALOGUES OE EOSES. 



|HY should the estimable families of eminent rose-breeders 

 become a nuisance to bewildered purchasers of the beau- 

 tiful products of their skill ? Why should my rose-beds 

 be a puzzle to me, that they may be a register of all the 

 Pauls and the Verdiers ? 

 AVhy, ao^aiu, should those excellent men, our gardeners, be so 

 uncomfortable whenever they have to mention the names of some of 

 our sweetest flowers ? If we must have Erench names, might not 

 ■we be mercifully allowed, considering the value of the English 

 market, to have moderately short and simple ones ? 



It seems to me that the catalogues which are sent out with so 

 much expense and trouble by our great rose-growers might be much 

 improved — I. If the beautifully delicate, yet distinct gradations of 

 colour could be better classified. 2. If the descriptions were written 

 with a view to identification rather than advertisement. 



I grow a rather large number of the best roses ; and though my 

 unpractised eye finds too little difference between some new kinds, 

 yet generally a little observation of the shape, colour, and habit of 

 the flowers, foliage, and stems, enables me to know a variety when I 

 see it. Surely the clever gardeners who are interested in roses must 

 see these distinctions much more clearly than I do, and ought to be 

 able to express them in words. I find the best catalogues of little 

 use for identification. "W. J. 



SJiudy Camps. 



NOTES ON EOSES. 



BY THE llEV. W. F. EADCLYFFE, OKEFOED-FITZPAINE. 



N the Eloeal 'WoELn for June, 1S68, page 186, under 

 the description oi Baron Lassus de St. Genies, the Editor 

 asks, " Has there not already been a rose let out of the 

 above name ?" In 1802 or 1803 G-ranger sent out the 

 Baroness Lassus de St. Genies, but I do not believe the 

 been sent out before. It was described somehow as 



-Eed, with purple 



Baron has 

 follows : — 



Baronne Lassus de St. Genies (Granger) 

 shading, globular and large, and of good form. 



I have forgotten the exact words, but the above is near enough . 

 I add the roses of late, though not latest date, that are worth a place 

 under " Einger Post." 



Madame Fillion. — Salmon rose, a new colour, cupped. 



JEmile Boyau (W. Paul). — Elat, full, pale flesh purple, tinted at 

 the edges, flowering abundantly. 



