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THE ROSE. 



according to the number and standing of tlie 

 varieties which represent them (the raisers), as 

 given in the election of exhibition roses, held in 

 England last summer. The result of this elec- 

 tion was published in the Journal of Horticul- 

 ture^ October 6th, 1881, the best twelve varieties 

 standing in the following order of merit : Marie 

 Baumann, Alfred Colomb, Baroness Kothschild, 

 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 vari- 

 eties are noted, and the total number of votes 

 giving the several varieties of each raiser deter- 

 mine the relative standing of the raisers. The 

 names of those rosarians now living, as gauged 

 by this election, rank in the following order : 



1. E. Verdier 12 sorts 423 votes. 



2. Lacharme 11 



3. Guillotfils 6 



4. Levet 4 



5. Paul & Son 4 



6. Fernet 2 



Y. Schwartz 3 



8. W. Paul &Son. 4 



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