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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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should be frpely given at the roots, with plenty of syringing 

 overhead. It does well in an intermediate house. 



Cuphea silenoides is a very pretty annual with blood-pnrple- 

 ooloured flowers. It has been in flower several months in the 

 herbaceous ground, and is still flowering freely. The plant 

 is covered with clammy hairs. It is easily cultivated, as are, 

 in fact, nearly all hardy annuals, a circumstance very greatly 

 in their favour. Such being the case, and as many good 

 things are amongst them, it is a mistake that they are not 

 more grown than at present. An important point and one 

 often neglected, is that suilicient room must be given for the 

 development of each individual plant. It is an excellent plan 

 to sow in a circular drill with an inside cross, the circle formed 

 by pressing the rim of a large pot on the ground. In this 

 way the patch can be more easily weeded and thinned than 

 when sown broadcast. 



Parrotia persica, a member of the Hammamelideae, is one of 

 the rarest of trees. Its leaves are now assuming their autumn 

 colours, which render it very attractive during that season; 

 they tarn orange, yellow, and scarlet. Though quite hardy it 

 is very suitable as a deciduous tree for planting against a wall. 

 Indeed, in this position only does its beauty become well 

 developed. It does exceedingly well with an eastern aspect. 

 The best mode of propagation is to layer the lower branches ; 

 they root easily, and soon make symmetrical trees. 



ELECTION OP ROSES.— No. 3. 

 In giving the lists of the nurserymen's votes, I may just 

 mention that some persons appear to have considered that the 

 Roses are placed by the electors in order of merit. In no 

 single list is this the case. In the election of 1872 Mr. R. W, 

 Beachey did place his in what he considered " order of merit ;" 

 he also wrote a very interesting article on the method of thus 

 voting, which appeared in "our Journal" about the same 

 time as the election, but even his list is not thus given this 

 year. The numbers are placed against them to insure the 

 proper number of Roses being named, and they follow each 

 other very often as they come in the catalogues. This accounts 

 for the fact that Alfred Colomb is so often No. 1. Well, he is 

 certainly Al, and therefore, perhaps, is somewhat entitled to 

 head the list. There is one other way in which we may look 

 at the election, and that is the position of the Roses as to 

 quality — that is, as to being in the first twenty. This the 

 following table shows, and if the two lists are compared it will 

 be found that there is some difference — in some cases very 

 marked — as to the position in order of merit. 



1, 



o f Mareehal Niei . 

 1 Alfred Colomb . 



38 



5, 6. \ 

 7. 



10. 



3. Cbarles Lefebvre 37 



4. Madame Rothschild 35 



Marie Baumann 34 



La France . , 34 



Cumtesse d'Oxford 32 



Etienne Levet 31 



Louis Van Houtte 28 



MaTqui.<i' de Castellanc .. 26 



11 12. I ^^^"""^ ^''^^'^^ ^^'^**^®'^* • ^^ 



' y OlO' re dt- Dijon 21 



J< 'hn Hopper 20 



Duke of Edinburgh 20 



Pierre Netting 18 



Fraii(;oi8 Michelon ]8 



Mdlle. Eugeuie Verdier. . 17 



Devoniensii 17 



btuateur Vaiste 13 



(jQ 21 i ^^- A-ndry 12 



" ' • ] Souvenir d'un Ami 12 



OQ oq j Ferdinand deLeeseps 11 



'^^' '^'^- \ Emilic Hatishiirg U 



01 on J Camille Beroardin 10 



^% JD. -j j^arfjuerite de St. Amond 10 



Oft Q7 I Eduard Morren 9 



^*^' ^'* 1 Marie Rady 9 



28 ( Catherine Mermet 8 



■j Souvenir d'Elise 8 



[Horace Veniet 8 



Niplietos 6 



' Xavicr Olibo 4 



Caiuille de Rohan 4 



Dupuii-Jamain 4 



Madame Lackarme 4 



Boulc dc Nfigc 4 



Exponitinn de Brie 4 



Abel Grand 4 



to 

 30. 

 31. 



32 



to 



13, 14. 



15, 16. 



17, 18. 

 19. 



Those in italics seem to have altered their position the most. 

 Gloire de Dijon, Marquise de Castellane, Emilie Hausburg, 

 Edward Morren, Horace Vernet, Niphetos, Boule de Neige, 

 and Madame Lacharme for the better; whilst Dupuy-Jamain, 

 Marie Rady, and Xavier Olibo retrograde. 



Mr. Charles Burley, Paradise Nursery, Brentwood— 1, Fisher Holmes ; 

 2, Comteeee d'Oxford; 3, Camille Bernardin; 4, Alfred Colomb; 5, Madame 

 Ch'mence Juicneaus ; 6, SL-nateur Vaisse; 7, Marie Baumann ; B, Fraugois 

 Michelon; 9, Marguerite de St. Amand; 10, La France; 11, Miss Ingram; 

 12, Madame Rothschild; 13, Boule de Neige; 14, Souvenir de Walmaipon; 

 15. Madame Willermcz; 16, Mareehal Kiel; 17. Gloire de Dijon; 18. Madame 

 Margottiu; 39, Celine Forestier; 20, John Hopper— 21, Ducbesse de Mornv; 

 22, Duchess of Edinburgh; 23, Fraiii^ois Fontaine; 24, Duke of Edinburgh; 

 25, Maurice Bernardin; 2fi, Charled Lefebvre; 27, Baron Hausemann; 28. 

 Mar«>chal Vaillant; 29, Maiie Rady; SO.Re.vuoldsHole; .31, Camille de Rohan; 

 82, Annie Wood ; S3, Mou^•ieu^Boucenue; 34, GenpralJacqneminot; 35, Baron 

 A. de Rothschild ; 36, Beauty of Waltham; 37, Madame Victor Verdier; 38, 

 Madame C. C-apelet; 39, Madame Hippolyte .Tammii, n.r. ; 40, Niphetoe; 

 41, Princess Mary of Cambridge; •i2, Caroline de Sansal; 43, Devouiensis ; 

 44, Belle Lyonnait-e ; 45, Triomphe de KeLnes; 46, Abel Grand; 47, Victor 

 Verdier; 48, Capt. Christy; 49, Ljonnais; 50, Mdlte. Eugi-nie Verdier. 



Mr. C. TtJRNEB, Boyal Nurseries, Slough.— 1, Alfred Colomb; 2, Catherine 



Mermet; 3, Charles Lefebvre ; 4, OomteBBB d'Oxford; 5, Exposition de Brie; 

 6. Dake of Edmburgh; 7. Etienne Levet; 8, Franijois Michtlon ; 9, Otoire da 

 Dijon; 10, Louis Van Houtte; 11, John Hopper; 12, Madame Rnthschild; 

 13, Marquise de CaBtellane ; 14, Prince Camille de Ruhan; 15, Marrcbal Niel; 

 16, La Erauce; 17, Mario Baumann; 18, Princeps Beatrice; 19, Madame Victor 

 Verdier; 20, Devonienwiy. — '.'1, AbelGiand ; 22, Alba Roi^ea; 23, Annie Laxton; 



24, Baron do Boustet'eu ; 25, Belle LyounaihO; 26. Celine Forestier; 27, Dr. 

 Audry; 28, Edward Murren ; 29, Gtncral Jacqueminot; 30, Horace Vernet; 

 31,Lielia; 32, Madame Caroline Kuster; 33, Madame Clrmence Joigncaux; 

 34, Madame Falcot ; iifi, Mudumo Willbrmoz ; 36, Marie Van Houtte ; 37, Mdlle. 

 Tlurese Levet; 3«, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier; 39, Marguerite de St. Amand; 



40, Marquise de Gibot ; 41, Paul Neron ; 42, President ; 43, Perle do Lyon ; 

 44,Ro.vuoldaHole; 45, Scnateur Vaisee; 46, Souvenir d'Elise ; 47, Souvenir 

 de Malmaison; 48, Victor Vt-rdier; 49, Xavier Olibo ; 50, Camille Bernardin. 



Mr. B. R. Cant, .S(. John Street Nursery, Colchester.— I, Alfred Colomb; 



2. Madame RotbHchild; 3, Charles Lefebvre; 4, Dr. Andry ; 5, Comtesse d'Ox- 

 ford ; 6, Elie Murel ; 7. Etienne Levet; 8, Ferdinand de Leseeps (Exposition 

 deBriei; 9, Eraii(;nin Michelon ; 10, Horace Vernet ; ll.LaFrance; 12, Lonia 

 Van Houtte; 13, Marguerite de St. Amand; 14, Mario Banmann ; 15, Mar- 

 quise de Cai^tellane; 16, Maurice Bernardin; 17, John Hopper; 18, Devoni- 

 ensis; 19, Mart dial Niel; 20, Souvenir d'Eliae.— 21, Abel Grand; 22, Beauty 

 of Wakbam (Madame C. Crapelet) ; 23, Due de Wellington ; 24, Duchesse da 

 Cayhis; 25, Dupuj-Jamain; 26, Duke of Edinburgh; 27, Emilie Hausbarg; 



28, Frauijoia Louvat ; 29, Pisher Holmes; 30,G<-n( ralJacquemiuot ; 31, Gloire 

 deVitry; 32, Duchesse de Morny ; 83, Hippolyte Flaudrin ; 34, Mdlle. Marie 

 Rady; 35, Mdlle Eugenie Verdier; 36. Madame Charles Wood; 37, Madame 

 Climence Joigueaux ; 38, Madame Victor Verdier ; 89, Mad»me Caroline 

 Kuster; 40, Madame Willcrmoz; 41, Mons. Neman; 42, Pierre Netting; 43, 

 Camille de Ruhan ; 44, Si'uateur Vaisse; 45, Vicorate Vigier ; 46, Gloire de 

 Dijon (not fur exhibition); 47, Niphetos; 48, Rubens; 49, Souvenir d'un Ami ; 

 60, Xavier Olibo. 



Mr. H. May, Bcdalc, Yorkshire.— 1, Alfred Colomb ; 2, Charles Lefebvre ; 



3, Mareehal Niel ; 4, Madame RothBchild ; 5, Madame Lacharme ; 6, Madame 

 G. Schwartz; 7. La Frauce; 8, Etienne Levet; 9, ComteBBO d'Oxford; 10, 

 Princess Beatrice; 11, Gloiie de Dijon ; 12, Camille Bernardin; 13, Marquise 

 de Castellane ; 14, Exposition de Brie; 15, Camille de Rohan; 16, Edward 

 Morren; 17, Lyonnais; 18, Pierre Notting; 19, Marie Rady; 20, Stiuvenir 

 d'un Ami.— 21, Louis Van Houtte; 22, Centifolia Rosea; 23, Mdlle. Eugi-nie 

 Verdier; 24, MdJle. Tht^rcse Levet; 25, Duke of Edinburgh; 26, Marie Bau- 

 mann; 27. Reynolds Hole; 2S, Victor Verdier: 29, Emilie Uausburg ; 30, 

 Xavier Olibo; 31, Antoino Ducber ; 32. Princess Mary of Cambridge; 33, Ma- 

 dame Victor Verdier : 34, Madame Charles Wood ; 35, Emma Courbey ; 36, 

 Dupuy-Jamain ; 37, Baroime dc Frailly ; 38, Monsieur Noman ; 39, Marquise 

 do Mortemart ; 40, Fraoi;oi8 Micbelun; 41, Duchesse de Caylus; 42, Duchesse 

 de Morny; -13, Abel Graud; 44, Paul Neron; 45, Devoniensis ; 46, Richard 

 Wallace ; 47, htnateur Vaisse ; 48, Marguerite de St. Amand ; 49, Elie Morel; 

 50, Pierre Seletzky. 



Meesrs. Mitchell & Co., Piltdown Niiriierie>t, Uckjield, Sussex.— 1, Alfred 

 Colomb ; 2, Madame Rotbrchild ; 3, Charles Lefebvre ; 4, Dr. Andry ; 5, Duke 

 of Edinburgh; 6, Ferdinand de Lesseps; 7, Horace Vernet; 8, La France; 

 9, Louis Van Houtte; 10, Madame Victor Veroier; 11, Mdlle. Eug'-'uie Ver- 

 dier; 12. Marie Baumann ; 13, Marquise de Castellane; 14, Paul Neron; 15, 

 Pierre Notting; 16, ■St'na'eur Vaisse; 17, Xavier Olibo; 18, Madame Mar- 

 gottin ; 19, Mareehal Niel ; 20, Souvenir d'Elise.— 21, Baron A. de Rothschild ; 

 22, Baron de Bunstetteu; 23, Comtesse d'Oxford; 24, Due de Welliogton; 



25, Edward Murren ; 2ri, Etienne Levet ; 27, Fran(;oi9 Michelon; 28, General 

 Jacqueminot; 29, John Hopper; 30, Jules Margottin; 31,Baronne Haussmann; 

 32, liaronne Maurice des Graviers ; 33, Leopold Hausburg; 34, Madame Fil- 

 lion; 35, Mane Rady; 36, Therese Levet; 37, Marguerite de St. Amand; 38, 

 Mons. Noman; 39, Perfection de Lyon; 40, Princess Mary of Cambridge; 



41, Camille de Rohan; 42. Triomphe de Rennes ; 43, Devoniensis; 44, Jean 

 Peruet; 45, Josephine Malton ; 46, Madame WUlermoz ; 47, Marie Van Houtte; 

 48, Souvenir d'un Ami ; 49, Mareehal Vaillant ; 50, Souvenir de Paul Neron. 



Messrs. Davison & Co., White Cross, Hereford.— 1, Alfred Colomb; 2, 

 Charles Lefebvre; 3, Cjmfespe d'Oxford; 4. Duke of Edinburgh ; 5, Edward 

 Morren; 6, Fianqois Michelon; 7, Horace Vernet; 8, La France; 9, Louia 

 Van Houtte; 10, Madame George Schwartz; 11, Madame Rothschild; 12, 

 Madame Victor Verdier ; 13, Etienne Levet ; 14, Pierre Nutting; 15, Sroateur 

 Vaisse; 16, Xavier Olibo; 17, Niphetos; 18. Devoniensis; 19, Mart-chal Niel; 

 20, Gloiro de Dijon.— 21, Abel Grand ; 22, Dr. Andry ; 23, Camille Bernardin ; 

 24, EmilieHauaburg; 25, Exposition de Brie; 26, Dupuy-Jamain ; 27, Gt^neral 

 Jacqueminot; 28, Lyonnaif-; 29, Madame Bellon ; 30, Claude Levet; 31, 

 Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier; 32, Mdlle. Marie Rady; 33, Maurice Bernardin; 

 34, Marguerite de St. Amand; 35, John Hopper; 36, Marquise de Castellane; 

 37, Monsieur Noman; 38, Princess Beatrice; 39, Camille de Rohan; 40, 

 President Thiers; 41, Reynolds Hole; 43, Souvenir de J. Gould Veitch; 43, 

 Victor Verdier; 44, Catheiine Mermet ; 45, Souvenir d'un Ami ; 46, Souvenir 

 d'Elise; 47, Souvenir de Paul Neron; 48, Marie Vau Houtte; 49, Ferdinand 

 deLeeseps; 50, Marie Baumann. 



Mr. G. Prince, The Nurseries, Oxford.— 1, Alfred Colomb; 2, Charles 

 Lefebvre: 3, Cumtesee d'Oxford; 4, Emilie Hausburg; 5, Etienne Levet ; 

 6, Frantjois Michelon ; 7, Horace Vernet ; 8, Louis Van Houtte ; 9, Madame 

 George Schwartz ; 10, Madame Hippolyte Jamain ; 11, Madame Victor Ver- 

 dier ; 12, Madame Roth.icbild ; 1.3, Mdlle Marie Coin! et ; 14, Marie Baumann; 

 15, Marie Rady ; 16. Mons. Nomac ; 17, Xu-vier Olibo; 18, Anna Olivier; 

 19, Mareehal Mel ; 20, Souvenir d'Elise.- 21, Aunio Wood; 22, AuL'uste Rigo- 

 tard; 23, Bai-on A. de Rothschild; 24, Baronne Haussmann; 25, Baron Bon- 

 stetten ; 26, Camille Bernardin ; 27, Ciemeuce Raoux ; 28, Devienne Lamy ; 



29, Dr. Andry ; 30, Duke of Wellington ; 31, Dnpuy-Jamain ; 32, Expoi-ition 

 de Brie; 33, Ferdinand de Lesseps ; 34, Madame Lacharme; 35, Mdlle. 

 Eugenie Verdier ; 36, Mareehal Vaillant ; 37, Marguerite de fct. Amand ; 38, 

 Marquise de Castellane ; 39, Maurice Bernardin ; -lO, Pierre Notting ; 41, Ca- 

 mille de Rohan; 42, Sfuateur Vaisse; 43. Victor Verdier; 44, Caiherine 

 Mermet ; 45, Devoniensis ; 46, Comtesse de Nadaillac ; 47, Souvenir de Paul 

 Neron ; 48, La France; 49, John Hopper; 50, Gloire de Santenay. 



Mr. George Cooling, Batheasion Nurseries, Bath — 1, Alfred Colomb; 

 2, Annie Laxton ; 3, Camillie B'-ruardiu ; 4, Charles Lefebvre; 5, Comtesse 

 d'Oxfi.rd; 6, Duke of EdiuburHh; 7, Ferdinand de Lesseps; 8, John Hopper; 

 9. La France; 10, Louis Van Houtte; 11, Madame Rothschild; 12, Madame 

 Victor V. rdier; 13, Mdllw. Euj^t'nie Verdier; 14, Marquise de Castellane; 

 15, Etienne Levet; 16, Pierre Notting; 17, Seuateur Vaisse; 18, Gloire 

 do DiJMu; 19, Niphetos; 20, MaiLchal Niel.— 21, Abel Grand; 22, Baron 

 Louise Uxkull; 23, Beauty of Waltham; 24, Capitaine Lamure; 25, Comte 

 deNanteuil; 25, Dr. Andry; 27, ComtebsedeCbabriiiant ; 28, Dupuy-Jamain; 

 29, Fisher Holmes; 30, Francois Michelon; 31, General Jacqueminot ; 32, 



