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Eose Show it reared its proud head 

 far above every competitor, and at- 

 tracted crowds of admirert'. 



Maurice Bernardin, a rose of daz- 

 zling beauty, colour rich vermilion, 

 very free blonmer, and fine form. 



General Washins;ton, fine double 

 flower, of a most brilliant red, and 

 when perfect (which is not always 

 the case), possessing the rare merit 

 of being most beautiful when fully 

 open. 



Louis XIV., not so large as Sena- 

 teur Vaisse, but a splendid rose of 

 rich velvety crimson, and possessing 

 a most exquisite fragrance. Although 

 this magnificent rose flowered freely 

 in June, it has now (Sept. 21) seven 

 superb blooms iubeautitul condition. 



If my choice of dark rosea were 

 limited to four, tliey would be those 

 I have described ; and if I omit 

 General Jacqueminot, it is because 

 I believe his match will be found, 

 and his peculiar merits far exceeded, 

 in one or in all of them, but I will 

 name the rest. 



Madame Rivers, a rose of ex- 

 quisite shape, colour clear flesh and 

 very fuli, a competitor with Madame 

 Vidot, tlie two most beautiful of their 

 kind known. 



Bourbon Queen, a delightful rose, 

 has not ceased to bloom since June 

 to the present time. No rosary should 

 be without it. 



Souvenir de la Malmaison and 

 Gloire de Dijon, too well known to 

 say more than that they have bloomed 

 liere luxuriantly. 



Of rose colours, my selections are 

 Victor Verdier (now without a rival), 

 Jules Margottiii, William Grifiiths, 

 Madame Cambaceres, and Beauty of 

 Waltham. Geant des Batailles (an 

 old friend) T am compelled to discard, 

 as, despite the best of treatment, his 

 blooms are not much larger than a 

 crown piece. Lord Macaulay and 

 Lord Clyde are duly entered for next 

 e-eason ; but in the formation of my 



rosary it is not my intention to en- 

 large upon too many sorts. I prefer 

 a multiplication ot" established fa- 

 vourites ad libitum, to the doubtful 

 pleasure of being the possessor of 

 every rose that lias figured in the 

 catalogues, or even passed the award 

 of the judges. Although called per- 

 petuals, roses have not bloomed well 

 this autumn in Stoke Newington, the 

 cause of which I believe to be the 

 excessive heat and drought prevailing 

 throughout the months of July and 

 August. 



The pages of the Floral World 

 are not intended to palm off the 

 merits of any one rose-grower among 

 the many highly respectable houses 

 in the trade ; but I should like to be 

 permitted to say that I obtained 

 mine from Messrs. J. and J. Eraser, 

 of the Lea Bridge lload Nurseries, 

 and furtiier that, as these gentlemen 

 are personally unknown to me, there 

 can be no harm in remarking that, for 

 amateurs near London, their collec- 

 tion of roses is extensive, as is also 

 their experience of tlie kinds best 

 suited to the climate. Tliat they are 

 always courteous and obliging will, I 

 think, be admitted by all who have 

 ever spent an hour in the nursery. 



No one has done so much for rose 

 amateurs who reside in towns as Mr. 

 Shirley Hibberd, who enters into his 

 task C071 amove, and whose enthusiasm 

 for his art is the life and soul of 

 this journal, over which he presides 

 with so much zeal and ability. I 

 have tested the soundness of his 

 advice by my own experience, in a 

 garden within the sound of Bow 

 Bells, and also in one not far from 

 the four-mile radius, and it is simply 

 a duty as well as a pleasure that I 

 should bear my humble testimony 

 to my friend's merits in this depart- 

 ment of literature, and the many obli- 

 gationshe has conferred upon all lovers 

 and cultivators of the rose. G. S. 

 Woodberry Dozv?i, Middlesex. 



Death or Mr. ITnan Low. — We sin- .' tbe 70th year of liis .^ge. His loss not 

 C-ei"ely rcijret having to announce the death i only will be keenly felt by all those who 

 of the senior partner in the distinguished ; have known him in tlie way of business, 

 firm of Hugh Low and Co., of Clapton but will be a matter of great regret to the 

 Nursery. Mr. Hugli Low, sen., died on the \ residents in his immediate neighbourhood, 

 15th inst., at his residence in Clapton, in by whom he was greatly beloved. 



