THE 



Canadian Horticulturist. 



Vol. XI 



1898. 



SEVERAL GOOD ROSES FOR OUR PROVINCE. 



WILL not have the mad clytie 



Whose head is turned by the sun ; 

 The tulip is a courtly queen, 



Whom therefore I will shun ; 

 The cowslip is a country wench. 



The violet is a nun ; 

 But I will woo the dainty rose 



The queen of every one. 



The pea is but a wanton witch 



In too much haste to wed. 

 And clasps her rings on every hand ; 



The wolf's bane I should dread : 

 Nor will I dreary rose marye 

 That always mourns the dead ; 

 But I will woo the dainty rose 

 With her cheeks of tender red. 



— Hood. 



Some time ago reference was made to 

 a trip to Fonthill, and the pleasure we 

 took in comparing the roses there with 

 some on our own grounds at Grimsby. 



We now proceed to redeem our promise 

 that we would engrave some of our 

 photographs of several satisfactory varie- 

 ties. 



Our frontispiece is a fine representa- 

 tion of a new rose, a fine white hybrid 

 perpetual, recently sent out by Messrs. 

 Dickson & Sons, the Irish rosarians, 

 who have already become famous for 

 originating that beautiful rose Margaret 

 Dickson. The Marchioness of London- 

 derry is this described : Flowers of great 

 size, perfectly formed, and carried on 

 stout stems ; color, ivory-white ; petals 

 of great substance, shell-shaped and 

 refiexed ; free flowering, highly perfum- 

 ed ; growth vigorous and foliage very 

 fine, we may say mildew proof. 



