250 Notes and Recollections of a Tour. 



Looking through the borders we saw a fine variety marked 

 452. which we greatly admired for its briUiancy and fine 

 form : we afterwards found it to be the Comtesse Duchatel, 

 a new hybrid perpetual not then sold out, and one of the best 

 of M. Laifay's seedlings; it has since flowered superbly in 

 our collection; others were as follows: — Mrs. Elliott, very 

 beautiful; Mrs. Cripps, fine rose, and one of the most abun- 

 dant bloomers; Duchess of Montmorency, globular, large and 

 superb; Comte d'Eu, rich deep carmine, fine; Duchess of 

 Sutherland, extremely beautiful, with large pale rose-colored 

 flowers; Marquis Boccella, delicate pale blush or flesh color, 

 large and superb ; Perpetual ponctue, rose, spotted with 

 white, distinct and fine ; Laurence de Montmorency, purp- 

 lish rose, free bloomer and beautiful. M. Laffay's newest 

 varieties sent out this year are Comtesse Duchatel, Princess 

 Adelaide moss. Perpetual Indigo, Perpetual ponctue, and Mrs. 

 Cripps. 



M. Laffay has had great success in raising roses from seed ; 

 his experiments have been mostly confined to the hybrid per- 

 petual, and he has produced several of much merit. The 

 gold medal for the best seedlings was awarded to him by the 

 Horticultural Society of Paris last season, for his Comtesse 

 Duchatel, Perpetual Indigo, Perpetual Ponctue, and Princess 

 Adelaide. He informed us, that he had more than six thou- 

 sand seedlings then growing, many of which will bloom the 

 present year, when more new and fine varieties may be ex- 

 pected. M. Laffay cultivates mostly his own seedlings, and 

 finds a large commerce in the disposal of the plants. Hun- 

 dreds of the La Reine have been sent to England during the 

 last year. 



Besides the cultivation of roses, M. Laffay gives consid- 

 erable attention to fruit, particularly pears, and the growth 

 of new and superior kinds ; on the borders of the walks, 

 dwarf trees were planted, trained in the pyramidal form, and 

 some of them were in bearing. His principal object, how- 

 ever, is the cultivation of seedling roses. 



The Chateau of Meudon is one of the most delightful sit- 

 uations in the neighborhood of the city ; it stands on an em- 

 inence, commanding one of the finest views of Paris. It is 



