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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



{ November 6, 1873. 



Kev. C. P. PeacHj Appleton-le- Street, Malton. 



1. Anuie Lastou 7. Andre Duuand 



2. Comtesse d'Oxfonl 8. Lyonnais 



3. Etienne Levet 9. Baroune L. UxlcuU 



4. Louis Van Houtte 10. Jladame Lefebvre Bernard 



5. Mdlle. Eugi'iiie Verdier 11. President Thiers 

 G. Marquise de Castellane 12. Princess Beatrice 



Mr. Peach says, "I do not think very highly of any Koses since CastoUane'e 

 year, unless it may he Annie Laxton, Etienne Levet, and Lyonnais. How- 

 ever, time will prove. I think President Thiers an overrated Hose." 



Rev. E. Handley, Baltonshorough. 

 1. Mdlle. Eugt-nie Verdier. 7. Frau.:oi8 Michelon 



Comtesse d'Oxford 



3. Mai-quise de Castellane 



4. Etienne Levet 



5. Madame Lefebvre Bernard 



6. Louis Van Houtte 



8. Ferdinand de Leaseps 



9. Baronne Louise Uxkull 



10. Catherine Mermet 



11. Souvenir de Paul Neron 



12. Madame Jules Margottin 



Mr. HiNTON, Warminster. 



1. Etienne Levet 



2. Paul Neron 



3. Catherine Mermet 



4. Marquise de Castellane 



5. ConiteHBe d'Oxford 



6. Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 



7. Andri' Dunand 



8. Frani;ois Michelon 



9. Louis Van Houtte 



10. Marie Van Houtte 



11. Ferdinand de Lesseps 



12. Edward MoiTen 



Kev. J. B. M. Camsi, Monkton Wyld, Charmouth. 



Comtesse d'Oxford 

 Ferdinand de Lesseps 

 Louis Van Houtte 

 Mdlle Eug'-nie Verdier 

 Catherine Mermet 

 Mai-quise de Castellane 



7. Madame Berard 



8. Etieune Levet 



9. Capitainc Lamure 



10. Madame George Schwartz 



11. Francois Michelon 



12. Audrt- Dunand 



Mr. J. Scott, Warminster. 

 Louis Van Hnutte 7- Paul Neron 



M<31Ie. Eugruie Verdier 8. F. rdiuand de Leaseps 



Maniuise de Castellane 9. Andre Dunand 



Etienne Levet 10. Comtesse d'Oxford 



Princess Beatrice 11. Fran(:ois Michelon 



Catherine Mermet 12. Richard Wallace 



Rev. E. N. PocHiN, Sileby Vicai-age, Loughborongh. 



1. Comtesse d'Oxford 7. Catherine Mermet 



2. Marquise de Castellane 8. Belle Lyonnaise 



3. Edward Morren 9. Annie Laxton 



4. Mdile. Eugenie Verdier 10. Fran^'ois Michelon 



5. Paul Neron 11. Madame Hippolyte Jamaia 



6. Etienne Levet 12. Ferdinand de Lesseps 



Mr. J. BuRKELL, Heighingdon, DarUngton. 



1. Lonis Tan Houtte* 7. Ferdinand de LesBepa* 



2. Comtesse d'Oxford* 8. Frani,'ois Michelon 



3. Marquise de Castellane* 9. Md-Ue. Eugenie Verdier 



4. Catherine Slermet* 10. Lyonnais 



5. Madame George Schwartz* 11. Andre Dunand 



6. Etienne Levet* 12. Paul Neron 



Mr. Burrell adds that those marked with an * would take rank in the 

 best 24 of all Roses. 



Rev. H. DoMBEAiN.Westwell Vicarage, Ashford, Kent. 



1. Andrt Dunand 7. Marquise de Castellane 



2. Baron de Bonstetten 8. Edouard Morren 



3. Madame Lefebvre Bernard 9. Auguste Rigotard 



4. Etienne Levet 10. Reve d'Or 



5. Fran<;-ois Michelon 11. Madame Cecile Berthed 



6. Madame George Schwartz 12. Madame Bellon 



Mr. R. W. Beachey, Finders, Kingsker swell, Devon. 



1. Louis Van Houtte 



2. Comtesse d'(_)xford 



3. Mdlle. Eugt-nie Verdier 



4. Ferdinand de Lesseps 



5. Catherine Slermet 

 (i. Ec-ienne Levet 



7. Belle Lyonnaise 



8. Paul Neron 



9. Marquiee de Castellane 



10. Richard Wallace 



11. President Thiers 



12. Lyonnais 



Mr. Tapner, Crowhurst, Battle, Sussex. 



1. Louis Van Houtte 7. Belle Lyonnais? 



2. Marquise de Castellane 8. Souvenir de Julie Gonod 



3. President Thiers 9. Madame Lefebvre Bernard 



4. Paul Neron 10. Baron de Prailly 



5. Etienne Levet 11. Docteur de Chalus 



6. Madame George Schwartz 12. Comtesse d'Oxford 



Rev. A. CiiEALES, Brockham Vicarage, Reigate. 



1. Marquise do Castellane 7. President Thiers 



2. Mdlle. Eugc-nie Verdier 8. Edouard Morren 



3. Annie Laxton 9. Paul Neron 



4. Louis Van Houtte 10. Madame Cecile Berthod 



5. Comtesse d'Oxford 11. Virgile 



(i. Revo d'Or 12. Princess Louise Victoria 



Mr. F. n. Gall, Julians, Buntingford. 



1. Marquise de Castellane 7. Paul Neron' 



2. Comtesse d'Oxford 8. Edward Morren* 



3. Ferdinand de Lesseps 9. Louisa Wood 



4. Etienne Levet 10. Francois Michelon 

 .''». Lyonnais 11. Madame Schwartz 



6. Annie Laxton 12. Princess Beatrice 



■* Big enough for prizefighters, but coarse Roses. 



Mr. R. J. Baker, Heavitree, Exeter. 



1. Marquise de Castellane 7. Baronne Louise Uxkull 



2. Ferdinand de Lesseps 8. Madame -Tules Margottin 



3. Louis Van Houtte 9. Madame Bellon 



4. Comtesse d'Oxford 10. Annie Laxton 



rj. Etienne Levet 11. Franrois Michelon 



G. Marie Van Houtte 12. Capitaine Lamure 



Rev. C. H. BuLMER, Credenliill Rectory, Hereford. 



1. Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 



2. Comtesse d'Oxford 



3. Louise Van Houtte 



4. Etienne Levet 

 T). Annie Laxton 



(3. Madame George Schwartz 



7. Marquise de Castellane 



8. Frani,'ois Michelon 



9. Madame Bellon 



10. Madame Lefebvre Bernard 



11. Madame Chate 



12. Catherine Mermet 



These I thiuk are placed in order of merit. Mr. Bulmer 

 adds that he has degraded his last year's choice, Ferdinand de 

 Lesseps, from the high position in which he placed him at 

 the general election, for gross plagiarism of Exposition de 

 Brie and Maurice Bernardin. 



It is often said of women that they still nobly love on when 

 the object of their affections has proved himself false in every 

 way ; and something of this depth of love clings to our friend 

 Mr, Buimer, for in a second communication he writes, urging 

 me to givo his opinion, but adds, " But only, mind, as to hia 

 being an original. He is a grand good Eose." So he is, adds 

 the returning officer. 



P.S. — After sending off the papers the following revised list 

 reached me from the Rev. A. Cheales : — 



1. Annie Laxton 



2. Marquise de Castellane 

 8. Mdlle. Euginie Verdier 



4. Comtesse d'Oxford 



5. Princess Christian 



6. Etienne Levet 



7. President Thiers 



8. Louie Van Houtte 



9. Princess Louise Victoria 



10. Andre Dunand 



11. Lyonnais 



12. Madame Ci-cile Berthod 



It was too late to make any alterations. But supposing this 

 second list to stand, it places Etienne Levet on an equality 

 with Comtesse d'Oxford, and it gives another vote to Lyonnais, 

 as also to my favourite Andre Dunand, which raises these 

 Roses in position. It speaks eminently for the good qualities 

 of Etienne Levet that it should have attained such a position. 

 — Joseph Hinton, Warminster. 



A BATTLE WITH WIREWORMS. 



Of all garden pests none are so puzzhng as that tough 

 yellow-coated little rascal the wireworm. " What shall we do 

 with it? how exterminate it?" is the oft-repeated cry from 

 numerous sufferers ; for, encased as it is in armour so stout 

 as to render it impervious to all ordinary means of assault, it 

 yields to nothing which can be applied to the soil, and extreme 

 cold appears to be the only thing in nature that is fatal to it. 

 It is for this reason that it is recommended to stir and expose 

 foul soil during the prevalence of severe frost. It is obvious, 

 however, that this plan is only applicable to spaces of a very 

 limited area, and therefore a more certain and efficient plan is 

 requisite for general adoption. The method which I am about 

 to describe is not a new one, hence it has not the merit of 

 novelty to recommend it ; but there can be no mistake about 

 its efficiency, the very mention of it conveying conviction to 

 every mind that it cannot fail. Simply stated it is this : Pick 

 the wireworms out of the soil and — smash them ! This will 

 probably at first sight be thought a tedious operation, and one 

 that is not likely to prove altogether so certain in its effects as 

 I have stated ; I will therefore proceed to explain how well it 

 has been found to answer in actual practice during the past 

 season. 



Very early in the present year a field was placed nnder my 

 care as a kind of auxiliary kitchen garden for the cultivation 

 of Potatoes and other culinary roots. The soil, which for 

 many years had been stirred no deeper than about 4 inches by 

 means of a light one-horse plough, was found to be in a very 

 poor, almost inert condition. A liberal dressing of rich farm- 

 yard manure was carted on to it ; it was well stirred and 

 thrown up roughly to a depth of fully i) inches with spades, and 

 in due course about au acre of it was planted with Potatoes, 

 Now, neither in digging nor during the planting were many 

 wireworms percejitible, yet, upon examination a short time 

 afterwards, there was hardly a tuber without several wireworms 

 attacking it — some just commencing operations, others which 

 had burrowed so deeply as only to leave a short portion of 

 their wiry bodies visible, while all with unerring instinct were 

 gathering to the richest feast they had probably met with 

 during their existence. Such an unpleasant occurrence might 

 be regarded either as a serious dilemma or as a capital oppor- 



