256 THE FLORIST. 



Celina, crimson ; Curled Crested (Willison), fine red. French : CEillet 

 parfait, striped; Queen (Willison), dark-shaded maroon; Prince of 

 Wales (Burgess) ; George Glcnny (Burgess) . There v;ere seve- 

 ral other fine Roses of Burgess's, but the above were of superior 

 character. Boula de Nanteuil, crimson-purple, superb. Hybrid 

 China : General Kleber, deep crimson ; Comtesse de Lacepede, pale 

 blush ; Triomphe de la Guerre, lilac rose, fine, a splendid pillar 

 Rose, and blooms profusely here. Alba: Madame Legras, fine 

 white. Hybrid Bourbon : Mottled Great Western (Willison), very 

 fine, and more double than Great Western ; Mrs. EUis, fine pink ; 

 Paul Perras, shaded rose; Coupe d'Hebe, bright rose; Belle de 

 St. Cyr, bright rose. Hybrid Perpetuals : these were not so finely 

 in bloom as I have seen them ; — the most striking were, Baron Pre- 

 vost, pale rose ; Geant des Batailles, brilliant crimson, — this is an 

 excellent rose for the north, it is a free bloomer, and opens w^ell ; 

 Robin Hood, cherry-red, and Comtesse Duchatel. Bourbon : Aci- 

 dalie, the finest blush white ; Paul Joseph, crimson purple, inconstant 

 in this locality ; Souvenir de la Malmaison, pale flesh, and superb, 

 but this Rose pushes rather too early in spring for this locality, and 

 consequently often gets much cut with the cold north-east winds to 

 which we are subject ; Souchet, crimson ; Madame Angehna, rich 

 cream, fawn centre. China : Mrs. Bosanquet, pale flesh ; Mar- 

 jolin du Luxembourg, deep crimson ; Milk-maid (Willison), blush, 

 fine wax-like bud. Tea-scented : Vicomtesse de Cazes, deep yellow, 

 ex. ; Devoniensis, creamy white, fine ; Elise Sauvage, yellow buflf 

 centre, appeared to bloom very freely against the wall in these 

 gardens ; Niphetos, pure white. Noisette : Hardy, fine ; Solfaterre, 

 bright sulphur : very few Noisettes bloom well here ; Cloth of Gold 

 and Lamarque w^re tolerably fine against a wall with a south aspect ; 

 also several beautiful plants in fine bloom of Smith's Yellow, or 

 rather, as I understood, a freak of that variety, which always blooms 

 full in the centre, the original variety generally presenting a gawky 

 centre in this locality. 



There were several seedlings of Mr. Willison's of considerable 

 merit, which have not yet been let out ; among which I particularly 

 noticed. La Exquisite, d.p., a nice full flower, of tolerable size; 

 Ephraim Holding, a verj^ compact flower, but I scarce know to w^hich 

 class it most properly belongs. Margaret Jane, h.c. : fine pinky 

 Rose, a beautiful full and compact flower, the most perfect gem in 

 these gardens ; Victory, h.p., a nice full globular rose, but we 

 have many of the same style of flower ; Globosa, h.b., crimson 

 purple, very fragrant, and a profuse bloomer ; Marchioness of Nor- 

 manby, h.p,, fine pink, and a very perfect flower. 



There is nothing very striking in the management of these gar- 

 dens, having been designed more for the convenience of propagating 

 and cultivating the Roses for sale than mere eff'ect. 



Several of Mr. Willison's seedlings have been sent to the Worton- 

 Cottage Meetings ; but were so much injured in the transit, as to 

 render the blooms unfit to report upon. 



