IQ2 THE ROSE. 



miseration is excited along with our regard. 

 Duchess of Westminster and Pearl are others 

 of the same class, which are the result of 

 crossing varieties very widely separated in 

 habit of growth, and none of the progeny 

 have constitutions of any vigor. In Duke of 

 Connaught we have the offspring of President 

 crossed by Louis Van Houtte; both parents 

 are smooth-wooded sorts, but no nurseryman 

 can, by ordinary culture, grow from cuttings 

 plants of Louis Van Houtte that will be 

 salable after one season's growth. With 

 such a parent we cannot wonder that the 

 propagation of good plants of Duke of Con- 

 naught has been found so tedious and dis- 

 couraging by those who have undertaken it. 

 I understand that some of the New Jersey 

 florists are growing this variety with profit, 

 but this simply shows what great skill can 

 do, and does not prove that the variety will 

 be generally useful. 



Jean Sisley and Hon. George Bancroft are 

 two others of Bennett's which fade very 

 quickly ; besides this fault the former sort is 

 very difficult to open and we condemn it as 

 utterly worthless ; the latter variety, if grown 

 so that the original color is retained, will 

 generally give satisfaction, though many 

 more malformed blooms are produced than 



