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drop out of cultivation. The roses 

 of the current year can scarcely yet 

 be considered to have undergone a 

 sufficient probation, so as to deter- 

 mine their ultimate value. The most 

 promising that hare fallen under my 

 own observation areMareschal Suchet 

 (Guillot fils), Paul de la Meillaray, 

 Mad. Victor Verdier, Mad. Derreux 

 Douville, and Mareschal Forey. Per- 

 haps some of the others may turn out 

 equal or superior to these. In Bour- 

 bons the additions have been still 

 fewer — Catherine Guillot and Baronne 

 Gonella being the only kinds worthy 

 of special mention. It remains to 

 be seen whether H. Dombrain, or 

 others of this class for the season 

 1864, deseiwe to be considered as 

 acquisitions ; and in teas there has 

 been, during the same period, no- 

 thing of such pre-eminent good cha- 

 racter as to rank higher than second- 

 rate. There have also been, during 

 the same period, about a score of 

 good flowers of secondary qualifi- 

 cations, most of which were produced 

 in the memorable rose year, 1862. 



It appears that there are, as 

 usual, about seventy novelties of 

 French origin for the season 1865 ; 

 M. E. Verdier alone having more 

 than a dozen. With previous ex- 

 perience, is it likely all these can be 

 roses of merit ? Yet how is it pos- 

 sible for English purchasers to tell 

 which to select ? There are a few 

 canons which may be laid down, 

 however, for their assistance. In 

 the first place, when a foreign raiser 

 christens one of his productions by 

 the name of himself or his wife, it is 

 certain he believes it to be good. In 

 the next place, the lower-priced 

 varieties seldom turn out much. 

 " Monsieur" is far too keen a trades- 

 man to part with his wares for less 

 than their probable worth. Again, 

 the repute of the growers must be 

 taken into account ; and, further- 

 more, all kinds described as " mo- 

 derate" or " nearly full" should be 

 avoided, however florid the enumera- 



tion of their other excellencies may 

 be. Guided by these considerations, 

 we may anticipate valuable novelties 

 in H. P.'s. Duchesse de Cuylus, 

 Charles Martjottin, Duchesse de Me- 

 dina Cosli, Mad. Chas. Verdier, and 

 Due de Wellington. Trouillard's 

 seedlings appear to be raised too 

 much from the " Geant des Ba- 

 tailles' " blood, which I am heretic 

 enough to believe anything but a 

 first-rate rose itself, and to have 

 originated not a single offspring that 

 we could not do without. They all 

 possess the fault of turning colour 

 soon after they are open ; nor do 

 they succeed well, except in the most 

 favourable situations and soils. 



To turn to Mr. Wm, Paul's seed- 

 lings, announced for 1865. Here we 

 have promise of a departure from 

 the stereotyped reds and scarlets. 

 He appears to be trying back into 

 old strains of a more genuine type 

 and desirable colour. The nearer we 

 approach the tints and forms of the 

 best summer roses, combined with 

 thorough perpetuality, the more 

 likely are we to obtain that desirable 

 flower, possessing all the points of a 

 perfect rose. Their condensed de- 

 scription follows here : — Elizabeth 

 Vigneron, rosy pink, large, full, cup- 

 ped, hardy, vigorous ; Madame Emile 

 Boyau, soft rosy flesh to blush, large, 

 perfect, hardy, moderate ; Prince de 

 Joinville, showy rose, large, hardy, 

 vigorous; Princess Lichtenstein, white, 

 globular, large, full, hardy, flowering 

 abundantly. If this last turns out 

 good, it will be an acquisition indeed, 

 a good white perpetual being a de- 

 sideratum. 



By a slip of the pen in the haste 

 of " copy," the term " importation" 

 was used instead of " exportation," 

 in my last paper in the November 

 number of the Flokal World, 

 "Duchesse de Caylies" should be 

 " Caylus," and "Madame Vachey" 

 should be ' ; Vachez." These were 

 the printer's blunders. 



Homerton. W. D. Peioe. 



