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J-OUENAL OF HOBTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEE. 



[ October 31, 1867. 



one of the best of the late Peaches, was, of course, not ripe, 

 but the tree was bearing an abundance of large fruit. The 

 stock, it may be remarked, on which the standard trees are 

 worked is that known as the Brompton. There were also a 

 number of line pot trees, many of which were in excellent 

 bearing, though they had been in the same pots — 13-ineh — for 

 several years. 



(To bo continued.) 



NEW ROSES. 



Although my notice of new Eoses in a recent article was 

 confined to those sent out in the spring of 1866, of which 

 many have now been proved, the kinds named did not amount 

 in number to more than half of those put in commerce by the 

 different raisers. There may, therefore, remain some deficien- 

 cies to be supplied, and which another season may prove to 

 be worthy of some notice. I gave to the utmost the informa- 

 tion I possessed, in the hope that it might prove acceptable to 

 the many inquirers who are naturally perplexed and often dis- 

 gusted with the endless array of strange names yearly brought 

 before them. The desire to obtain plants of 'the best new 

 kinds as soon as possible is always pardonable; but so fre- 

 quently do the supposed best prove to be worthless, that dis- 

 appointment succeeds as a matter of course. Again 1 join 

 with other contributors to these columns in urging upon our 

 Eose friends to be patient, and let the new Eoses be sufficiently 

 proved before they run the risk of losing their money, and, 

 what is worse, their temper also. 



Incomplete as the review of the 18G6 Eoses may seem to be, 

 still more so must be any criticism on those of the present 

 year. My friendly correspondents must, therefore, pardon me 

 if I decline to speak positively of any single one of them ; at 

 the same time, the slender knowledge I have of them is at the 

 reader's service. These Eoses must have the trial of one winter 

 and another summer to ascertain their constitution and flower- 

 ing qualities. There may be some of them that will really 

 prove acquisitions ; but it is more than probable that by far 

 the greater number will in a short time be rejected ; the ex- 

 perience of many past years has invariably shown such a 

 result. 



Last November the announcements of the French growers were 

 sixty varieties ; these are now called the 1867 Eoses. I have seen 

 but fifteen of them in bloom, some of them simply cut blooms 

 on the exhibition stand ; but being shown by growers who never 

 exhibit bad Eoses, they were seen under favourable circum- 

 stances. They were Mademoiselle Annie Wood, Charles Ver- 

 dier, and Napoleon III. — the first two very good, the other far 

 short of the description given by the raiser, who states it to be 

 " of a magnificent and unique colour, of two colours perfectly 

 distinct — vivid scarlet and deep slaty violet." He also adds, 

 " variete extra de tout premier ordre, et d'un efiet incompar- 

 able." Comte Litta, by the same raiser (E. Verdierl, is of fine 

 colour as a semi-dark rose, but thin and defective in form. 

 Antoine Dueher is large and beautifully cupped, it grows well, 

 and is in all points apparently good. Eugine Scribe I have 

 marked in my note-book as inferior. Horace Vernet promises 

 to be one of the best ; seen under different circumstances and 

 on different soils it was invariably good. Madame PuUiat and 

 Franijois Treyve, the first a deep rose colour, of globular form, 

 but somewhat small, the other brilliant scarlet, are both ex- 

 cellent. Triomphe de Soissons is a light rose of little merit. 

 Gloire de Montplaisir seems too small for the English taste. 

 Monsieur Noman, delicate pink, is very pretty. Madame Ei»al, 

 like Auguste Mie, may prove a better grower and expand its 

 flowers better than that once favourite variety. 



To those who can grow Tea Eoses Madame Margottin will 

 be a great acquisition — citron yellow, with peach centre, very 

 beautiful. Bouton d'Or, if it opens well, will be a good addition 

 to yellows. 



To the one hundred and twenty, or thereabouts, of new Eoses 

 of the present and last season, is now to be added the list for 

 next year which has just been distributed. It contains fifty- 

 eight Eemontants (Hybrid Perpetuals), five Teas, two Bourbons, 

 two Moss, and two Noisettes, in all sixty-nine by the French 

 growers. To these may be added two promised by Messrs. 

 Lee, one by Messrs. Paul & Son (Duke of Edinburgh), and one 

 by Mr. Turner (Miss Ingram), making a total of seventy-three. 

 It would be a needless waste of space to give even the names in 

 this long catalogue. 



The tactics of the French growers as regards the colour of 

 their flowers, seem to be somewhat on the change, for instead 



of finding the hitherto, usual succession of crimson scarlets, 

 and scarlet crimsons — there are but few of that colour, but in 

 the place there are upwards of twenty-five of various shades 

 of rose colour — as " rose aurore," " rose cerise,'' " rose vif," 

 "rose mutallique," "rose tendre," itn. The reader will 

 readily perceive that it is not easy to describe from the above 

 expressions what the tint of the flower really is. Purple Eosea, 

 if good, are a desideratum ; it remains to be seen whether it 

 will be satisfied out of the ten or a dozen now announced, as 

 "pourpre rouge," pourpre ombre de brun," "pourpre ombr^ 

 de vermilion," &c. 



No Eose in which purple predominates has yet been in cul- 

 tivation that can rank with Charles Lefebvre, Senateur Vaisse, 

 Pierre Netting, Comtesse de Chabrillant, and other first-class 

 flowers ; Alfred de Eougemont is still the best of its colour, 

 being fuller and of better form than Triomphe des Beaux Arts, 

 now almost forgotten, but good in colour only. Andre Leroy 

 d'Angers is a failure, and Carl Coers equally so. A good purple 

 Eose will doubtless be produced before long, for not long since 

 1 was bhown a very promising English seedling from the seed 

 beds of Mr. Mitchell, and of it, we shall hear more in time, 

 should it realise the favourable expectation entertained. 



To single out any of the forthcoming novelties for especial 

 notice, will be nothing more than to conjecture that they are 

 likely to be useful if not superior additions. On the whole, a 

 persual of the list at least shows a more moderate, and there- 

 fore it may be hoped a more truthful description than has some- 

 times been given. Some read very well, for example. 



Clotilde Eulland. vigorous ; flowers large and full, having the 

 form of Madame Furtado, delicate rose cerise. 



Comtesse de Falloux, vigorous ; flowers very large and full, 

 well formed, rose shaded mauve. 



Merveille d'Anjou, vigorous; flowers, very large and full, very 

 fragrant and lasting, reddish purple. 



Souvenir de Framjois Ponsard, vigorous, constant bloomer ; 

 large globular flowers with broad petals, bright rose, very frag- 

 rant. 



Cure de Charentay, vigorous ; large and full flowers in 

 corymbs, deep purple. 



Deuil de I'Empcreur du Mexique, vigorous and free bloom- 

 ing ; flowers large, full and well-formed, blackish purple. 



La France, vigorous ; flowers very large, full, well-formed, and 

 lasting, petals broad silvery white within, lilac rose without. 



Madame Chirrard, very vigorous ; flowers large, full, and well 

 formed, vivid rose. This variety is a seedling from Souvenir 

 de la Eeine d'Angleterre. Any seedling from that fine Eose 

 showing an improvement on it will most likely prove good. 

 There is also another seedling from the same called Baron de 

 Eothschild, a name that has already been given to one of the 

 crimson scarlet Eoses, described as " presque pleine," that is, 

 not quite full ; this would indicate a detect. 



Charles Turner, vigorous; flowers large and full, well formed, 

 brilliant vivid red. 



What amount of confidence is to be placed in this last, when 

 almost every name eminent in British horticulture has been 

 attached to a Eose that has invariably proved worthless ? What 

 Eose grower retains in his collection those flowers that have 

 received the names of Thomas Eivers, William Paul, James 

 Veitch, George Paul, William Bull, and indeed every name of 

 note known and respected among us ? Can we hope that the 

 distinguished florist of Slough has received a more durable 

 compliment ? 



A correspondent remarks that I have made an omission in 

 in my article on Eoses of 1866, which should be rectified. I 

 acknowledge the omission, but it was quite an oversight, and 

 unintentional. I have Messrs. Paul &: Son's Princess Mary of 

 Cambridge, and both here and in other gardens in the neigh- 

 bourhood, it has invariably been good this season, and much 

 admired. I can add deservedly so. — Abolphus H. Kent. 



DEVIATIONS IN ORCHARD-HOUSE CULTURE. 

 Having had an experience of something closely approaching 

 thirty years of Mr. Kivers's skill, and his generosity in impart- 

 ing knowledge, I venture to reply to " C. P.'s " letter in page 

 293. It is simply clear that most of his improvements on Mr. 

 Eivers's methods arise from want of knowing what those 

 methods are ; in fact, they are corrections of his own misunder- 

 standing his text. There is only one of his seven " deviations " 

 that I can by any amount of squeezing get out of this condem- 

 nation. His results also are of the kind which gives ground' 



