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and foliage in good soil but not on poor or light 
land. Seldom attacked by mildew and can stand 
some rain. The blooms generally come good, but 
occasionally divided, of fine typical shape, what the 
N.R.S. Catalogue calls ‘‘ globular, high centre,” 
which I think should be rather ‘‘ semi-globular, 
high centre’: very good in petal, centre, size, 
lasting qualities, fragrance, and colour. This is a | 
first-class late show Rose, good as a standard, fra- 
grant, free in bloom, and fine as an autumnal, with 
clean, smooth-skinned, handsome wood, striking well 
as a cutting. The flowers are often extremely like 
those of Marie Baumann, though the wood and 
habits of the plants are very different. In my 
opinion, if either of these two well-known Roses 
was now brought out as a novelty, having been 
hitherto unknown, it would be considered synony- 
mous with the other. Marshall P. Wilder is held 
to be too much alike and therefore considered a 
synonym, but a very capable BE BLGHE considers it 
an improved strain. 
Alfred K. Williams (Schwartz, 1877). —Makes long 
shoots as a maiden, or at times on good soil as a 
cutback, but the constitution is weak. Thorny, with 
good foliage, and will stand some rain. This is a 
Rose of great reputation, because the blooms nearly 
always come perfect, forming first-class examples of 
the popular ‘‘ imbricated” shape, 7.e. something after 
the form of a camellia. Not a good bloom to last, 
or of the largest size, but prominent as a show Rose 
from its shape and bright colour. It is not a very 
free bloomer but comes again pretty fairly in the 
autumn. The shoots, though not very stout, run up 
to some height, and though the plant requires 
