THE ROSE, POME, AND DRUPE FAMILY. 503 



of Edinburgh (H.P.) first flowered, a brilliant crimson Rose of 

 extraordinary beauty, and one of which thousands were sent 

 out in 1868 ; indeed, the annual sale of this Rose has been the 

 largest of any kind except Gloire de Dijon, General Jacque- 

 minot, and Marechal Niel. During the hot summer of 1870 

 Roses ripened seed freely, and amongst others Duke of Edin- 

 burgh proved a prolific parent. Some large beds of seed of 

 this and of other leading sorts were sown in the spring of 1871. 

 From these several Duke of Edinburgh seedlings were selected 

 different from their parent, and amongst others Reynolds Hole 

 (H.P.), now a general favourite; Sultan of Zanzibar, a deep 

 crimson variety of good habit ; and a very vigorous and very 

 double Rose, which after being tested for five years has proved 

 to be one of the best autumnal varieties yet produced : this 

 was exhibited at Nottingham, under the name of Dr Hooker ; 

 and The Shah, a Rose which gained fresh laurels last summer 

 all these have been deemed worthy of distribution. A third 

 generation of Duke of Edinburgh seedlings from Reynolds 

 Hole are now under trial, and may next season prove interest- 

 ing. From Madame Victor Verdier has been produced a 

 seedling with thorny wood, which, when shown last summer 

 as Duke of Connaught, was generally admired, representing, 

 as it does, a steady march towards scarlet. Lastly, amongst 

 seedlings raised at Cheshunt comes Tea Cheshunt Hybrid. 

 Besides the beds of seed sown, the contents of a few choice 

 pods were raised in pots, and amongst them a few seeds of 

 Madame de Tartas (Tea), a bush plant of which grew beneath 

 an overhanging roof-trained plant of Prince Camille de Rohan. 

 The result was a singularly vigorous young seedling, showing 

 clear traces in its leaves of its Tea Rose parentage. Without 

 waiting for its flowering two plants of it were budded; they did 

 not bloom the first season, but furnished shoots some 6 ft. 

 long, which repaid the venture the ensuing year by giving two 

 long flower-clad rods of a most distinct Rose, which by 1873 

 was sufficiently tested to be sent out. It was .named Cheshunt 

 Hybrid, a name which denotes both its birthplace and charac- 

 ter. It has won for itself a good report, and, owing to its gen- 

 eral good qualities, will doubtless have before it, like Gloire de 

 Dijon, a long career. Many other seedlings are under trial, 

 and some, as John Bright, have been favourably noticed. Of 

 Mr Laxton's seedlings intrusted to Messrs Paul & Son's care 

 to distribute, Annie Laxton perhaps holds the first place ; like 

 Edouard Morren, it is a seedling from Jules Margottin. In 

 Emily Laxton, to which a certificate was awarded last season, 

 we have one of the most promising Roses in the section to 



