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blooming not only Alberic Barbier, but also the new Wichmoss with its 

 fascinating mossed blossoms and its Wichuraiana foliage. Near by was 

 M. Chenault, and on the same avenue, Levavasseur, whose Polyanthus are 

 now well known among our rose growers. They have big blocks of seed- 

 ling Baby Ramblers and are doing quite a tremendous business. Another 

 friend is M. Benard, who is already well known to many American grow- 

 ers, and the A-ariety of whose products makes one wish to stay and study 

 for a week at least. 



At Lyon down toward the Mediterranean, there is another famous group 

 of growers, M. Bernaix, and M. Guillot, who, T believe, is editor of their 

 journal, "The Friend of Roses"; and the prominent Fernet of Pernet- 

 Ducher, whose Sunburst is only one of a long hst of valuable introduc- 

 tions. He with his son and family live in simple French fashion, and the 

 walls of their home are covered mith medals, photographs and diplomas 

 of awards received for fine roses. It was most interesting to walk among 

 his seedlings and to note his love for his pets. The climate here seems 

 more genial, quite like our own in many respects, though not so cold in 

 winter, I presume. The soil was quite different in different localities, but 

 the culture was most carefully looked after almost universally. I suppose 

 weeds do grow there but we did not see many of them. One is impressed 

 with the hospitality and openness of these men, their cordiality makes one 

 leave with regret that his stay was not longer. 



At Trier, on the Moselle, we found Peter Lambert a cordial host and his 

 trial garden a most interesting one. His hybridizing is on an extensive 

 scale and he is careful to keep records, not only of his own work, but of 

 the work of others. I think his supremacy among rose growers in Ger- 

 many is quite established, judging from' the work he continues to do for 

 some of the more prominent cities — in the public parks at Berlin, Baden- 

 Baden and elsewhere. Mr. Lambert has studied horticulture in the best 

 of the German schools; he comes to his profession by heredity. He is 

 editor of some works on the rose, one of which I commend to hybridizers, 

 the " Stammbuch der Edelrosen." He is a very busy man, is raising a 

 grand young family of boys, is building larger offices and a new home, 

 and with all these demands on his time thinks it will be some years before 

 he can come to America. 



Near Trier is Luxembourg, the quaint and interesting old Grand Duchy, 

 an independent principality, with its little army of 200 men, with its own 

 stamps and its own small money, safe in one sense because of its position 

 between Germany and France and apparently on the best of terms with 

 both. Those of you who know the old Clothilde Soupert Rose, the Mme. 

 Melanie Soupert and the Souv. de Pierre Netting will be interested in the 

 firm of Soupert & Notting, one of the oldest, and still prominent in their 

 work of introducing new roses. We next visited Ketten Bros., another 

 family of two generations of rose growers, who have considerable ground 

 outside of the city. The climate of Luxembourg in winter is doubtless 

 quite like our Pennsylvania climate, at least they must dig and store prac- 



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