THE FLOHAL WOELD AND aARDEN GUIDE. 147 



centre, which detracts much from his many, high merits, of which, of 

 course, colour is the chief. Mr. Cranston's Duchess of ISTorfolk was vory 

 charming in colour and fullness, but, nevertheless, rather loose. ^ Mr. 

 Paul's Teas were of the very best ; and the foliage about his specimens 

 showed, as did his splendid lot of pot plants, that the air of Cheshunt 

 agrees with roses. Mr. Cranston showed Pauline LanzC/^cur, a perpetual 

 of dense habit, the flower full, compact, of good shape and substance, and 

 the colour of the Geant des Battailles clnss, with a shade of purple to 

 soften down the crimson. This will be a favourite for beds, on account of 

 its close growth and full bloom. Mr. Francis showed Lafontaine in very 

 excellent order. Mr. Cranston showed Louis Chaix, a very cheerful rose, 

 unexceptionably good already, and promising to become better. Everj'" , 

 rose grower should have Paul Ricaut ; it is marvellously fine, and to be 

 had at every nursery in the three Idngdoms. Two new seedling roses of 

 the highest merit' were shown by Mr. Standish, of Bagshot. One, 

 named Eugene Appert, was highly approved by the censors. The 

 colour is deep crimson rose, form good, very double, and excellent 

 substance. Late in the day we observed that it was still vivid, 

 notwithstanding the heat of the place : and we, therefore, conclude it 

 to have substantival powers of endurance. But talce the roses as they 

 are, spread before you in thousands, note that they come from east, west, 

 north, and south, from cold clays, from rich loams, from dry marls, from 

 sheltered valleys, and from hills exposed to all the winds of heaven, and the 

 National Ptose'Show teaches this lesson, that the rose is almost as adaptable 

 in its constitiTtion to variety of circumstances as any of the choicest 

 kinds of hardy flowers we possess. "With proper treatment and a wise 

 selection, roses may be grown almost everywhere, in the smoke of London, 

 and among the apple orchards of Herefordshire, among the damps of 

 Essex, and in the bracing air of Yorkshire ridges. Who loves not the 

 rose, and who, loving her, would not add the smile of her beauty and the 

 breath of her fragrance to the man)- charms that life has when embosomed 

 among trees and flowers? 



RECENT EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, ETC. 



Tub Exhibition of the Devon and Exeter Botanical Society, held at Exeter on the 

 27th of May, T^^^s one of the best &ora.]fLHes ever held in the West of England. I^Iessrs. 

 Yeitch contributed largely, which, indeed, would at any time be sufBcient to insure 

 a brilliant spectacle ; but "the exhibition had its proper local support from the neigh- 

 bouring gardeners and amateur cidtivators, without whose presence and competition 

 such affairs, however splendid, arc, morally speaking, no better than temporary bazaara. 

 Messrs. Yeitcli's contributions consisted of Orchids, Azaleas, Ericas, and miscellaneous 

 stove and furnishing plants. Among the Azaleas were Exquisita, Lateritia, Iveryana, 

 Perryana, Dilecla, Eulalia Yan Geert, and Roi Leopold. Cnpe Heaths included Ca- 

 vendishi, Dcpressa, Vestita coccinea, and Spenceriana. The Hoses were magnificent, 

 among which were Charles Lawson, a vivid rose ; J\des Margottin, Coupe d'Hebe, 

 Paul Perras, Duchess of Sutherland, Madame Domage, General Jacqueminot, rich 

 crimson scarlet, and others. Among new and rare plants were Clianthus Dampieri, 

 with brilliant crimson blossoms and dark boss ; Olea ilicifolia, a handsome evergreen 

 shrub from Japan ; Rhododendron Ycitchianum, a greenhouse species, with white 

 flowers, 4 inches across ; Cyanophyllum niagnificum, a stove plant, with deep velvety 

 green foliage ; Embothrium coccineum, evergreen shrub, with flowers of the richest 

 scarlet (figured in the Eloeal Woeld, 1858, p. 29) ; two Belgian Begonias, argentea, 

 and Queen Victoria, very fine. In a glass case was shown the new Pothos argyrsaa ; 

 also a fine collection of Anoectochilus, with handsomely marked foliage. A very full 



