RAISERS OF THE BEST ROSES. 153 
29. Charles Verdier. 
30. Vigneron. 
31. Margottin fils. 
32. Oger. Last and least, is one of the oldest 
raisers who has sent out a large number 
of sorts, but the rose public, perhaps be- 
ing prejudiced, have never seen merit in 
anything he has produced. 
Lest this list of raisers may seem to have 
been too arbitrarily arranged, we subjoin a 
list gauged according to the number and 
standing of the varieties which represent 
them (the raisers), as given in the election of 
exhibition roses, held in England last sum- 
mer. The result of this election was pub- 
lished in the Journal of Horticulture, October 
6th, 1881, the best twelve varieties standing 
in the following order of merit: Marie Bau- 
mann, Alfred Colomb, Baroness Rothschild, 
Charles Lefebvre, Marquise de Castellane, 
Duke of Edinburgh, Louis Van Houtte, 
Maréchal Niel, Marie Rady, La France, A. 
K. Williams, Etienne Levet. The names of 
eighty-eight varieties are noted, and the 
total number of votes giving the several 
varieties of each raiser determine the relative 
standing of the raisers. The names of those 
rosarians now living, as gauged by this elec- 
tion, rank in the following order: 
