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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



[ October SO, 1SG0. 



the Iresine will fail, and the Coleus prosper, aud in situations 

 of this kind it is well only to plant the latter. On the con- 

 trary, where plenty of moisture exists, not, in the ground only 

 (for to that it can be given by hand), but in the atmosphere also, 

 plant the Iresine, and you will be rewarded by its brighter colour 

 and increased growth ; and I am not sure but its foliage, like 

 that of many exotic plants, looks most rich when wet. Certain 

 it is, however, that, in dull foggy weather it shines most con- 

 spicuously ; and late in the autumn, when Coleus Yerschal'f lti 

 and Perilla nankinensis are both decaying, the leaves of this 

 plant stand out firm, bright, and clear, and though, perhaps, 

 less dark than earlier in the season, yet equally healthy, \ i ir- 

 ons, and beautiful. Of course I allude to their appearance 

 before frost, for, after that time, like Geraniums and other 

 plants, the Iresine is no longer ornamental. 



As there can be no doubt that the Iresine likes moisture, 

 and perhaps shade, or at all events does not succeed well in dry 

 sunny weather and hot situations, it may be inferred that many 

 other plants have also their favourite positions as well as 

 seasons, and referring to the latter, I would caution all inex- 

 perienced young gardeners being too much influenced by the 

 success or failure of what they have seen during the present 

 autumn. A September has passed which has been unparallelled 

 for many years as regards dull sunless days, with fog and rain. 

 This period, commencing in August, contrasted strongly with 

 the same period last year, aud of course the result is different. 

 Plants are obtaining a reputation this season which was accorded 

 to others last year, and the reverse. Now, it is not advisable to 

 be too hastily led away by accidental circumstances creating 

 success ; the gay appearance of plants in a wet September is 

 no recommendation when a dry hot June occurs, and they 

 must do good service in this case before they can establish a 

 character as suitable for all seasons. 



I would ask, What can be done to make the Iresine an orna- 

 mental plant in a dry, hot situation at midsummer in a sunny 

 season? If I may be permitted to answer the question I 

 would say, Do not plant it with that view, but have Coleus or 

 something else. If a similar question were asked me as to 

 making a good display in the north of England and Scotland 

 during August and afterwards, I might with confidence recom- 

 mend the Iresine ; for hot and dry as the September of last 

 year was, I saw this plant in excellent condition in Dumfries- 

 shire, while in the south of England and around London it 

 was considered a failure. I have no doubt that in other places 

 having a damp atmosphere thi i plant might also have been 

 seen in perfection at the same time. Thus it is evident that 

 we ought to have a plant growing under all conditions ere we 

 give a decisive opinion upon it, and it al that each of 



the two plants forming the subject of this article has its peculiar 

 advantages, and like the Cucumber and Celery, both do not alike 

 thrive at the same time. Many oil have their favourite 



seasons and situations, but although we can in most cases 

 afford them the latter, the former are a matter of uncertainty. 

 This very uncertainty, nevertheh -, 1 1 perhaj s the mainspring 

 of enterprise, for in those countries where a certain result is 

 sure to follow at a certain season, industry as well as enter- 

 prise is at an end. With us art has ace bed much, and 

 has other triumphs before it. The vie: -easons, and 

 more especially such a one as the present, affecting as it does 

 other plants as well as the two in question, deserve a s _ 

 notice. — J. Eobsox. 



THE NEW RO 



Although there are several matter 

 this time, yet I have received so many communications with 

 reference to the new Roses which are likely to reach us from 

 the C mtinent this season, that I must put other matters on one 

 side for the purpose of giving my judgment upon the Roses which 

 the assiduity of our foreign friends has added to our a] 

 numerous ;atal gue an : , in so doing, wish distinctly that it 

 maybe understood how far that judgment goes. I pretend to 

 no infallibility in the matter — I have no idea that if I see a 

 Rose and think it to be g i id that it must necessarily be so; 

 much less do I pretend to decide, from descriptions of flowers 

 which I have not seen, which are to be our favourites. 

 opinion in former years of flowers that I had seen was not 

 far wrong, and in naming the best Roses of last season from 

 those which I had an opportunity of seeing, that opinion will 

 be found, I believe, to be fully borne out by results. As I have 

 already intimated, I had this year a better opportunity of seeing 



the new Roses than in previous seasons, having visited most of 

 the Lyons raisers, and seen, also, the largo collection of 

 M. Eugene Verdier at Vitry. I thus saw them on the trees, 

 and was enabled to form a judgment, not only of the flowers, 

 but of the style of growth of the plant — a matter which ought 

 to be now of first importance, for, as we have now good 

 varieties of most shades of colour, nothing with a weak and 

 sickly constitution should be tolerated, 



The list, as far as I have been able to ascertain, comprises 

 five Tea Roses, two Bourbons, and fifty-three Hybrid Per- 

 petuals. Of the Tea Roses, three come from the establish- 

 ment of M. Guillot fils at Lyons, one from Oger, and one from 

 Laffay. I give first of all the raiser's description, and then my 

 own opinion. 



1. Ronton d'Or (Guillot fils). — Plant vigorous, seedling of 

 Tea Canari ; flowers medium-sized, very full, and showing 

 well, superb, shaded yellow, reverse of petals white. 



2. Madame BrSmomd. — Plant vigorous ; flower large, very 

 full, holding itself well, varying from fine clear purplish red to 

 deep shaded purple. 



3. Madame l. — Plant very vigorous; flower large, 

 very full, globular, and holding itself well, beautiful dark 

 citron yellow, centre rosy peach, the edge of petals white. 



4. Lucreee (Oger). — Plant delicate ; flowers large, very full, 



" • in the centre, salmon rose passing into deep rose. 



5. Mvnsieur Furtado (Laffay). — Plant vigorous; flowers 

 medium-sized, very full, well formed, blooming in clusters, 

 beautiful ele a saffron yellow. 



Of these I have seen the first three, the production of 

 Guillot fils, and am inclined to think very favourably of 

 Bouton d'Or and Madame Margottin. The former was an ex- 

 ceedingly rich yellow, and the latter had a beautiful combina- 

 tion of colours in the citron yellow of the outside petals and 

 the peach of the centre. Madame BrCmond I did not think so 

 much of; while the delicate habit of Lucreee, indicated, I 

 suppose, by the description jpi , wreux, excludes it from our 



■ . M. Furtado bears a good name, and is the production 

 of a raiser whose name, though of a former generation, ought 

 to be dear to every lover of the Queen of flowers. 



The Bourbon Roses are, as I have said, only two in 

 number. 



1. UZill Flamand (Oger). — Plant vigorous ; flowers medium 

 size, full, flat, lively re 1 and striped with fine white. 



2. 1' I (Soupert and Notting). — Plant very 

 vigorous ; flowers medium size, very full, fresh lively rose, 

 ' of petal ■■ e, amine red. 



Of these I know nothing. The deseri] tion of the first reads 

 well, for we are deficient in marbled flowers, and a really good 

 one would be valuable, but many of these so-called panachee 

 flowers are merely sports. I had Anna de Diesbach of a 

 similar el . bu> it altered the constitution of the Rose 



considerably, nor were the flowers so well formed or full as in 

 its normal state. If this be a Bee lling, of course these re- 

 marks would not apply, but I know nothing of it. The other 

 ■ t re i.l like anything very novel. 



And now for the more popular and larger class of Hybrid 

 Perpetuals. Of these, as I have said, there are fifty-two 

 arranged thus as to raisers. 



■ Verdier 10 



Soupert and Notting . . 1 



Foutaiiae pere 4 



Boyau 2 



1 



3 



u 1 



Tro-aillard 3 



Leveaue et fila 1 



Yigneron 1 



Toavais 3 



2 



Morcau 2 



ad S 



Gonod 3 



r 5 



Guillot fits 1 



Lacharme 1 



Leach 1 



C. Verdier 1 



Guillot pere 3 



Those raisers whose flowers I have seen arc Eugene Verdier, 

 Gonod, Ducher, Lacharme, and Guillot fils, and I believe that 

 amongst these growers were found some of the best Roses of 



• eason. I was very sorry to have missed seeing Damaizin, 

 as I think two of his Rdsi of In I ■ b ion are likely to prove 

 valuable ; the same may be said of Liabaud. Another time, if 

 1 Lyons, 1 must take more time about it, 



so that if I do miss seeing the grower in one day I may hope to 

 make up the deficiency in the following one. 

 DucnEr.. 



1. Antoine Ducher. — Plant very vigorous ; flowers perfectly 

 cupped, very large, full, and beautifully formed, lively red. This 

 variety is a seedling from Madame Domage, but the flowers 

 ere still more beautiful and the colour deeper. Very good for 

 forcing. 



