310 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE chap. 



only take the places of established favonrites, but 

 sometimes entirely supersede them and cause them to 

 drop out altogether. Thus, Madame Lacharme, at one 

 time the best white H.P., was made absolutely useless 

 by the coming of Merveille de Lyon, and will probably 

 soon drop out of the catalogues altogether. 



Roses Suitahlcfor Exhibition.— 1\\ these lists it should 

 be noticed that weakness of growth or constitution, or 

 in fact any bad manners, are not taken into account. 

 Chapter XII. should be consulted on such matters, for 

 in the two following selections the merits of the per- 

 fect bloom when once attained are alone taken into 

 consideration. 



Forty-eight H.P.s. — I have endeavoured to range these 

 according to order of merit as show Roses, in lots of 

 twelve, thus showing also at the same time the best 

 twelve, twenty-four, and thirty-six. I have included 

 La France, Captain Christy, and Lady Mary Fitz- 

 william, which the N.R.S. at present reckon as H.T.s., 

 and Mrs. Paul, Hybrid Bourbon. The list is not entirely 

 according to my own fancy, but considerably influenced 

 by the opinions of others. 



Etienne Levet 

 Duchess of Bedford 

 Pride of Waltham 

 Francois Michelon 

 Eugenie Yerdier ■ 

 (Marie Finger) 

 Duke of Wellington 

 Dupuy Jamain 

 Merveille de Lyon • 

 Prince Arthur 

 Duke of Edinburgh 

 Louis van Iloutte 

 Earl of Dufferin 



