106 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



Satukdat, March 24, 1877. 



The meeting was called to order b}' "W". C. Strong, Chairman of 

 the Committee on Pviblication and Discussion, who expressed the 

 hope that none of the gardeners present would leave the room before 

 the close of the discussion, as he thought it desirable that we should 

 compare notes freely. Mr. Strong remarked on the great increase 

 in the number of varieties of the rose forced in winter now, as com- 

 pared with a few years ago, when the Safrano and Bon Silene were 

 ahnost the only varieties used for that pm'pose, and he called for 

 information as to the most desirable kinds. 



Edwin Sheppard said that he had found the Comtesse de Serenye 

 one of the best light colored Hybrid Perpetual roses for forcing. 



CM. Atkinson mentioned as among the best, Bessie Johnstone, 

 President Thiers, Centifolia Rosea, and Elie Morel. Pierre 

 Notting is very large, but requires more sun than we get at this 

 season of the year. La Reine is an old variet}^ and a verj" free 

 bloomer ; Mr. Atkinson had had a plant in an eight inch pot, with 

 twenty-two flowers. The color has been called washj^ by some. 

 Madam Lacharme is admirable for forcing, but does not stand well 

 in summer. Captain Christy and La France are fine new kinds. 

 Caroline de Sansal is third rate in comparison with many modern 

 kinds. Baroness Rothschild is very popular, but a shy bloomer. In 

 freedom of flowering none will compare with Gen. Jacqueminot — 

 it has too man}^ buds. Mr. Atkinson thought that the following 

 named varieties would comprise the cream of the roses best adapted 

 for forcing : Auguste Rigotard, Baroness Rothschild, Beauty of Wal- 

 tham, Bessie Johnstone, Captain Christy, Centifolia Rosea, Claude 

 Levet, Climbing Victor Verdier, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Comtesse 

 d' Oxford, Cheshunt Hybrid, Duchess of Edinburgh, Dupuy-Jamain, 

 Edouard Morren, Emilie Hausburg, Etienne Levet, John Hopper, 

 Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Madame Lacharme, Madame Scipion 

 Cocliet, Madame Victor Verdier, Marquis de Castellane, Madem- 

 oiselle Eugenie Verdier, Monsieur Noman, Pierre Seletzsky, Presi- 

 dent Thiers, Richard Wallace, Paul Neron. 



James Cartwright had not found Baroness Rothschild a shy 



