200 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



swan, and that there were other trees besides Golden Pippins 

 which were productive of golden fruit. Then I wonder what 

 those other heroes of the past, Wood of Maresfield, Paul of 

 Cheshunt, and Lane of Berkhampstead, would say to their 

 sons and grandsons, could they see the development of the 

 work which they began — the Roses, not only grown by the 

 acre instead of by the hundred, but in shape, and in size, 

 and in colour, beautiful beyond their hope and dream. I 

 picture to myself Adam Paul's delight at the " 72 cut Roses, 

 distinct," with which George has won the first prize at " the 

 National ; " and the admiration which would reproduce 

 '* Brown's Superb Blush " on his countenance, after whom 

 that Rose was named, could he behold those matchless 

 specimens in pots, with which Charles Turner, his succes- 

 sor, still maintains against all comers the ancient glories of 

 Slough. 



Of the old Rosarians, Mr Lee of Hammersmith was the 

 first who obtained the medals of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society for Roses exhibited at Chiswick, and at the 

 monthly meetings in Regent Street. These Roses were 

 shown singly upon the bright surface of japanned tin cases, 

 in which bottles filled with water were inserted, the dimen- 

 sions of the case being 30 inches by 18. In 1834, Mr 



