210 FHE, ROSE, 
are very numerous, and in spite of their 
rather tender habits, form a valuable group, 
being the most free to flower of them all. If 
they were fragrant, they would be unrivalled; 
but, alas! they are devoid of scent, and there- 
fore cannot rank as high as theothers. Fine 
feathers alone do not make fine birds, and 
surely fragrance is to the rose what song is 
to the bird. Its flowers are large, well built 
up; generally shades of rose and pink prevail; 
mildew operates against these more than 
any others except the Giant of Battles type. 
Of all the families it is the best adapted 
for forcing in winter. The leading varieties 
grown are Captain Christy, Countess of Ox- 
ford, Etienne Levet, Hippolyte Jamain, Ju- 
lius Finger, Madame George Schwartz, Made- 
moiselle Eugénie Verdier, Marie Cointet, 
Marie Finger, Mrs. Baker, Oxonian (some- 
what fragrant), Président Thiers, Pride of 
Waltham, Rosy Morn. 
In 1853, Jules Margottin, of Bourg-la- 
Reine, near Paris, sent out a fine rose, which 
he called after himself. Though he has been 
raising seedling roses ever since, none of 
them has quite come up in worth to his name- 
sake, the flowers of which are large in size, 
very full, somewhat flat in shape, in shades 
of rose and carmine, and almost without per- 
