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29. Charles Verdier. 



30. Vigneron. 



31. Margottin fils. 



32. Oger. Last and least, is one of the oldest 

 raisers who has sent out a large number 

 of sorts, but the rose public, perhaps be- 

 ing prejudiced, have never seen merit in 

 anything he has produced. 



Lest this list of raisers may seem to have 

 been too arbitrarily arranged, we subjoin a 

 list gauged according to the number and 

 standing of the varieties which represent 

 them (the raisers), as given in the election of 

 exhibition roses, held in England last sum- 

 mer. The result of this election was pub- 

 lished in the Journal of Horticulture, October 

 6th, 1 88 1, the best twelve varieties standing 

 in the following order of merit : Marie Bau- 

 mann, Alfred Colomb, Baroness Rothschild, 

 Charles Lefebvre, Marquise de Castellane, 

 Duke of Edinburgh, Louis Van Houtte, 

 Marechal Niel, Marie Rady, La France, A. 

 K. Williams, Etienne Levet. The names of 

 eighty-eight varieties are noted, and the 

 total number of votes giving the several 

 varieties of each raiser determine the relative 

 standing of the raisers. The names of those 

 rosarians now living, as gauged by this elec- 

 tion, rank in the following order : 



