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Marie van Houtte (Ducher, 1871).—Eliminated by 
the editors of this edition. 
Medea (W. Paul & Son, 1891).—Of stout stiff 
srowth, but susceptible to frost, not very free- 
blooming, a fine Rose for exhibition, but not well 
suited for general cultivation. The blooms are 
particularly full, with the rounded centres which 
require a hot season or situation for their full develop- 
ment. They are sometimes very large, and in 
perfect blooms the outer petals reflex well, making 
a very fine shape. A very excellent Show Rose, 
which would be better still if the colour were a little 
deeper. 
Mrs. B. R. Cant (B. RB. Cant & Sons, 1901).— 
Eliminated by the editors of this edition. 
Mrs. Campbell Hall (Dr. J. Campbell Hall). 
This very fine Tea is not yet in commerce, but it 
has been awarded the Gold Medal of the National 
Rose Society. As seen growing in Monaghan it is a 
Rose of excellent constitution; habit similar to 
Maman Cochet ; very free flowering, and the flowers 
are of exquisite shape and colour. It will become 
indispensable to the exhibitor, and the trade and the 
amateur alike await its advent with impatience. 
Mrs. Edward Mawley (A. Dickson & Sons, 1899). 
—A Rose of the first rank, singularly free from bad 
manners. Taken all round, it is, I think, the best 
of the three very fine Show Roses (Ulster H.P. and 
Bessie Brown H.T. being the other two) which 
Messrs. Dickson issued together in 1899. Said to 
be a seedling from Mrs. W. J. Grant, it hardly shows 
a strong family likeness to that fine Rose, nor is it 
a better grower. Here, then, is one of those cases, 
which might easily have been foreseen, where it » 
