192 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Beaut}', Gen. Jacqueminot, La France, Baroness Kothschild, Mme. 

 Gabriel Luizet, Magna Charta, Anna de Diesbach, and Duke of 

 Connaught. 



Other varieties which are grown for the market, but less gener- 

 ally, are Douglas, Duchess of Edinburgh, Yellow Tea, Royal Tea» 

 Lamarque, Reine Marie Ilcnriette, Climbing Devoniensis, Boule 

 de Neige, and an assortment of Hybrid Perpetuals, which are 

 forced for winter consumption. The most desirable points in a 

 market rose are continuous and abundant blooming, long stems 

 bearing single buds, and robust foliage, with fragrance, clear 

 color, and good keeping qualities in the flower. 



Quite a large proportion of the roses grown about Boston are 

 shipped to other points in New England, Canada, and the West. 

 The shipping trade has grown to be a very in-portant item, and is 

 the outlet through which our surplus finds its way ; and which 

 keeps prices up so as to afford a fair remuneration. There is no 

 doubt that during the greater portion of the year there are more 

 roses grown about Boston than it would be possible to consume 

 here ; and if the shipping trade were to cease we should be 

 swamped, and prices would at once fall far below the cost of 

 production, bringing ruin to man}'. 



The popularity of the rose seems not to diminish, and it prob- 

 ably will not as long as the demand for novelties is supplied 

 by new varieties. Every year brings forth fresh candidates for 

 popular favor, most of them from the other side of the water ; but 

 the proportion of really successful ones is small as compared 

 with the number sent out. The conditions under which a rose is 

 forced for market in this country are so different from those under 

 which it is raised and grown abroad that many roses of European 

 origin whose appearance has at first given great promise have 

 proved utter failures, causing much financial sorrow to those who 

 invested in them. 



The Carnation has taken a fresh hold upon popular fancy within 

 two or three years, and deservedly so, for the new kinds which 

 have been introduced recently are in many respects great improve- 

 ments upon the old varieties. To be valuable now, a carnation 

 must produce its flowers on single stems, so that they can be cut 

 long. The flowers must be distinct in color, large and full in form, 

 and not inclined to burst at the calyx. 



The Violet is a popular flower the world over. The only variety 



