206 THE ROSE. 
such as Madame Laffay, Mrs. Elliott, and, a 
few years after, La Reine. The two former 
have nearly disappeared from cultivation; 
but La Reine is still much grown, and, like 
the General Jacqueminot, Victor Verdier, 
and Jules Margottin, has been the progenitor 
of most of the hardy roses cultivated at this 
day. 
It would astonish the uninitiated to learn 
the number, not only of those who propagate 
plants for sale, but those who are engaged in 
the production of new varieties from seed. 
Strange to say, the raising of new roses 
has been done successfully only in France 
and England. Italy and Germany have ac- 
complished almost nothing in this line, al- 
though the climate of those countries is as 
favorable for the purpose as that of the other 
two; but in this they only follow the general 
line of horticultural progress, for Italy and 
Germany have produced few varieties of 
European fruits that are valuable. America 
has originated more fruits of high quality 
than any other country, but her contributions 
to the list of good roses, though larger than 
those of Italy and Germany, fall far short of 
what they should be. With an extent of 
territory that gives greater variation of 
climate and soil than is to be found in any 
