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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



(T.), Charles Lawson (H. B,), Enfant 

 de Lyons, John Hopper, Gloire de 

 Dijon, Souvenir de Rousseau, very 

 flat and rough, as if it had been 

 trodden under foot, outside purplish- 

 crimson, shading to fiery-crimson 

 centre, fine for colour; Louise Dar- 

 zins, General Jacqueminot, Gloire de 

 Mousseuses, Paul Ricaut (H. B.), 

 Caroline de Sansal, Madame Boll, 

 L'Enfant Trouve, fine ; Comtesse 

 Cecile de Chabrillant. 



Neio Roses. — There were two fine 

 collections of new roses of 1862 and 

 1863: Mr. W. Paul first; Messrs. 

 Paul and Son second. Mr. W. Paul 

 brought forward all his own recently 

 distributed seedlings in a way which 

 afforded every possible facility for 

 comparing them ; and we scarcely 

 need say that the varieties exhibited 

 proclaimed their merits in unmistak- 

 able characters. First we had Prin- 

 cess of Wales, the best perhaps of all 

 the recently produced English seed- 

 lings, fine in every quality of form, 

 size, substance, and colour: a grand 

 subject destined to contribute largely 

 to the gaiety of the gardens when it 

 has attained to the full popularity it 

 deserves. Next Lord Macaulay, 3trs. 

 W. Paul, and Beauty of Waltham. 

 Other new roses from Mr. Paul were 

 Deuil de Prince Albert, Annie Leroy, 



Paul Petal, L' Esmeralda, Lc tour de 

 Coicrcy, Triomphe de Caen, Gustavus, 

 Rousscaic, Baronne Ado/phe de Roths- 

 child, fine ; Due de Bassano, very fine ; 

 Reynolds Hole, Le Rhone, Madame 

 Adele Jougart, Prince Camille de 

 Rohan, a grand dark rose ; Emotion, 

 Marcschal Vaillant, Eugene Bourcier, 

 La Brillante, Madame de Claudine 

 d'Offay, Madame Charles Wood, Sou- 

 venir de Lady Eardley, President Lin- 

 coln, Souvenir de Charles Montalbert, 

 Jean Goujon, Robusta, Francois Lach- 

 arme, Mdlle. Emain, three of these 

 together, it is a superb rose ; Monte 

 Christo, and a seedling in the style of 

 President Lincoln, and decidedly 

 better as here shown, a full finely- 

 formed stout flower, rich and dark, and 

 more decisive in character than the va- 

 riety to which it approaches nearest in 

 resemblance : the name of this is Dr. 

 Lindley. Of Messrs. Paul and Son's 

 new roses, I took note of one called 

 Hamlet. It is a dark rose in the style 

 of Lord Clyde, and apparently a slight 

 advance on that noble variety. It is 

 a genuine English seedling, as I am 

 assured by Mr. G. Paul, jun., who 

 superintends all the exhibiting for 

 the firm, and they have the whole 

 of the stock of it at the Cheshunt 

 nurseries. 



EOSE GOSSIP.— No. VIII. 



AN AMATETJE's IMPEESSIONS OF THE CEYSTAL PALACE EOSE SHOW. 



No place is so suitable for a rose show 

 on a grand scale as the Crystal Pa- 

 lace. The surrounding accessories 

 are so in keeping with the refined cha- 

 racter of the exhibition, and there are 

 so many artistic objects for the eye 

 to turn to if wearied with the same- 

 ness of the floral display, that the spec- 

 tacle is full of interest even to those 

 who are not connoisseurs or culti- 

 vators. Besides, there is greater 

 space for moving round the tables, or 

 for escaping from the crush, than is to 

 be met with elsewhere ; a considera- 

 tion of no mean importance in these 

 days of huge hoops and voluminous 

 skirts with which our belles delight 



to adorn themselves on sight-seeing 

 occasions, to the manifest discom- 

 fiture of the coarser order of the 

 creation. 



The more I see of rose-shows the 

 more I am convinced of their inutility 

 for the guidance of amateurs, who 

 may be seen hovering round the 

 tables, note-book in hand, laying up 

 for themselves stores of future disap- 

 pointment. Prize-taking is no test 

 of the worth of plants, nor are prize 

 flowers always suitable for general cul- 

 tivation. Tne show of the 25th June 

 afforded no grounds lor modifying 

 this opinion, nor, as far as the roses 

 were concerned, did it strike me as 



