44 Aniials of Horticulture. 



Foreign roses. — American rose growers draw so largely upon 

 European es-tablishments that any account of the roses of 

 1890 must be very incomplete without some account of foreign 

 novelties. The following two papers appear to be judicial in 

 their estimates, and are likely to prove useful to our culti- 

 vators. 



The following list of the novelties of i8go was compiled by 

 the editors of the Journal des Roses. The varieties are mostly 

 of French origin, and the originator's description is given with 

 each : 



^'Guillot & Sons, 27 Chemin des Pins, Lyon-Guillotiere, in- 

 troduced three seedling varieties : 



"Mademoiselle Christine de Noue (tea). The plant is vig- 

 orous and flowers abundantl}^ The flowers are very large, 

 double, well formed and gracefully borne. The outer petals 

 are imbricated, of a deep red-purple maroon color ; those of 

 the center are straighter, lake rose and light purple in color, 

 blended with a beautiful silvery white ; very fragrant. 



"Miss Wenn (tea). Plant vigorous; flower large, double, 

 well formed and china rose in color ; a free-blooming va- 

 riety. 



"Madame la Comtesse de Bouchaud (noisette). Plant 

 very vigorous and branching ; buds long, ilower very large, 

 double, well formed ; internally the petals are yellow saffron 

 in color, externally yellowish-white. 



"Three new roses are introduced by Joseph Bonnaire, 6 

 Chemin des H^rideaux, Lyons : 



"Souvenir de Madame. Sablayrolles (tea). Plant very 

 vigorous ; the branches are upright and covered with beauti- 

 ful dark green foliage. The peduncle is very strong, and the 

 flower is large, double, spherical, almost always solitary. Its 

 color is apricot-rose blended with yellow, the edges of the 

 petals being bordered with carmine, which passes into a white 

 cream. This is an excellent variety for cut flowers. It is a 

 cross of Devoniensis and Souvenir d'Elisa Vardon. 



" Elisa Fugier (tea). Plant very vigorous, branches 

 straight and somewhat erect ; it is a variety closely related to 

 Niphetos, but its habit is much superior ; it does not drop its 

 foliage, and its leaves are more abundant and always green. 

 The buds are very long ; flowers very large and double, and 

 pure white except at the center, which is clear light yellow, 



