244 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE CHAP. 
the sons of the late well-known professional Rose- 
grower at Colchester, ‘and named after him, this 
Rose, a seedling from Victor Hugo, has been grandly 
shown by them, and gained the N.R.S. Gold Medal 
in 1901. It is of fine, clean, strong growth with 
grand foliage, and seems to be a splendid crimson 
Rose for exhibition when grown on good H.P. soil, 
but many amateurs have not been successful with it. 
As I have always associated the name with the very 
finest of Roses, it has been a great disappointment 
to me, but I still hope we shall do better with it, 
when it has become more established. This Rose 
should only be included in the largest collections as 
only occasionally will it give a show bloom. 
Boule de Neige (Liacharme, 1867).—Eliminated by 
the editors of this edition. 
Camille Bernardin (Gautreau, 1865).—EKliminated 
by the editors of this edition. 
Captain Hayward (Bennett, 1893).—This was a 
seedling Rose that Mr. Bennett, the raiser of Her 
Majesty and Mrs. John Laing, &c., left behind him 
unflowered when he died. At its very best, grown 
as strongly as possible, in a cool season, it is with 
its pointed form and beautiful long smooth petals of 
scarlet-crimson as magnificent an example of the 
bright red H.P.s as we have at present. It is of 
extra vigorous growth with very fine foliage, but the 
petals are rather thin and few in number, and it 
opens very quickly. It requires the most “ liberal 
treatment ” (a phrase which implies good soil, plenty 
of manure), close pruning, vigorous thinning, and 
that it is best as a maiden—in short, as much sap as 
possible put into the bud from the beginning), and 
early tying of the bloom for exhibition : but it is im- 
