140 Two ROSE SHOWS. 



Comtesse de Paris, rose colour, large and full, fine 

 smooth petals, good outline, not very double. 



Josephine Beauharnais, pink edged with silver; very 

 large, full, and of fine form. 



In addition to the above I noted the following simply 

 as good : Achille Gonod, George Prince, Duchesse de 

 Morny, Princess of Wales, Madame Emain, and La 

 Esmeralda. 



The Pot Roses were, as is usual at this season of the 

 year, of indifferent quality at both Shows, and not worthy 

 of comparison with the plants shown at an earlier date. 

 Some of them were, in fact, calculated to throw discredit 

 on the names they bore. Yet Pot Roses must not be 

 omitted from our future Rose shows ; they form a dis- 

 tinctive feature, and it is interesting to see the whole 

 plant before one, as so much more may be learned from 

 it than from mere cut flowers. The growers must, 

 however, bestir themselves and bring them in better 

 condition. 



On comparing these exhibitions with those of former 

 years, it is both important and interesting to note how 

 many of the old Roses are falling aside before the 

 increased size, improved form, and other desirable quali- 

 ties of recent introduction. Although some of the old 

 kinds, as Caroline de Sansal, Charles Lefebvre, Countesse 

 de Chabrillant, Beauty of Waltham, La Ville de St 

 Dennis, Madame Knorr, Lord Macaulay, Madame Vidot, 

 Mdlle. Bonnaire, Pierre Notting, &c , still hold their own 

 against all new comers, and probably will do so for 

 at least a generation, how many of our old favourites 

 present were eclipsed by later acquisitions, and how 

 many had totally disappeared ! And while it cannot 

 be gainsaid that there are second and third-rate new 

 Roses as well as second and third-rate old Roses, it is 

 still undeniable that the pick of the novelties evince a 

 progress which is real, solid, and satisfactory. 



In Abb Berleze we have an improved Geant des 



