1 88 THE ROSE. 



result of artificial crossing; the parentage 

 will be found in the catalogued list of varie- 

 ties : America, Baronne de Maynard, Captain 

 Christy, Harrison Weir, John Hopper, Julius 

 Finger, Marie Van Houtte, Madame La- 

 charme, Madame Oswald de Kerchove, Ma- 

 dame Welche, Mrs. Jowitt, Mrs. Harry Turner, 

 Paul Neyron, Princess Mary of Cambridge, 

 Reine Marie Henriette, and the ten Hybrid 

 Teas sent out by Bennett. 



To trace out the peculiarities of these kinds, 

 learning so far as possible what influence each 

 parent had in forming the qualities of the 

 offspring, would be an interesting, profitable 

 study. Thus, examining Paul Neyron, we 

 find it has the smooth wood, glaucous foli- 

 age, fulness of flower, and tendency to win- 

 ter-kill from the seed parent, Victor Verdier. 

 The vigor of growth and size of flower are 

 inherited from the fructifying sort, Anne de 

 Diesbach. In this example it will be seen 

 that the influence of the parents has been 

 nearly equal in impressing their characteris- 

 tics. In other examples it will be found that 

 the influence of one parent has been far 

 greater than that of the other; but I hold it 

 as an axiom that, in the case of any rose which 

 is crossed by another variety, the progeny will 

 surely show traits pertaining to both parents. 



