Plate 544. 



ROSE— MARQUISE DE CASTELLANE. 



The present has not been a favourable season for the Eose, 

 and we have never seen in our experience such prevalence of 

 that pest, orange fungus. The cold and very wet spring seems 

 to have been especially favourable to its rapid growth, and 

 everywhere that we have been, the rose bushes are half denuded 

 of their leaves by it. Then the violent winds and exceedingly 

 heavy thunderstorms completely shattered and saturated the 

 blooms, so that they remained but for a short time in their 

 freshness and beauty. They were, moreover, very late, so that 

 at the earlier shows there were not many of them in bloom, and 

 we were only surprised to find that they could be exhibited in 

 such beauty as they were. 



Marquise de Casfellane is a Eose of the last season, that was 

 sent over from France in the autumn of 1869, and some blooms 

 of it exhibited in the stands for new flowers, gave promise of 

 its being an excellent rose. This was fully confirmed when 

 some pots of it were exhibited in the spring, by Mr. Bennett, 

 of Stapleford, near Salisbury, where they attracted unusual 

 attention. Since then it has been shown in many winning 

 stands. We have had it in bloom in our own garden, and can 

 bear witness to its being a worthy companion to Louis Van 

 Houtte, figured in our last volume. They will be found to bo 

 two of the best roses of the last season. 



