RAISERS OF THE BEST ROSES. 141 



17. L6veque. 



18. Granger. 



19. Cranston & Co. 



20. Postans. 



21. Gonod. 



22. Sprunt. 



23. Nabonnand. This gentleman has sent out 

 some seventy varieties, mostly Teas, but for 

 some reason (is it lack of merit ?) they have 

 not taken well with the public. 



24. Garden. 



25. Jamain. 



26. Rambaux. 



27. Gautreau. 



28. Ledechaux. 



29. Charles Verdi er. 



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 being 

 prejudiced, have never seen merit in any- 

 thing he has produced. 



Lest this list of raisers may seem to have been 

 too arbitrarily arranged, we subjoin a list gauged 



