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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ October 3, 1878. 
a little irregularity, which is more pleasing than a number of 
straight lines. 
It will be observed that all the plants I have named are 
only summer and autumn occupants. IJ think it very unde- 
sirable to mix these plants with hardy perennials, as the latter, 
if well selected, are quite able to stand on their-own merits; 
but if half-hardy plants are mixed with them there is certain 
to be an endeavour to fill up every little space, and in the end, 
owing to the quick growth of the latter, some of the more 
delicate perennials are certain to be overshadowed and pro- 
bably lost— WILLIAM TAYLOR. 
THE ROSE ELECTION.—No. 2. 
IN giving the first instalment of the voting papers I propose 
commencing with the lists of the amateurs, then the nursery- 
men, leaving those yoting in the seventy-two varieties for the 
last. As regards the poll itself there are some additional 
points of interest. Nothing, perhaps, is more remarkable than 
the position reached by several of the newer varieties that 
promised well last year, especially Mons. E. Y. Teas, Duchesse 
de Vallombrosa, and Star of Waltham, the former rising from 
No. 35 last year to No. 24 this, the lady making a still greater 
jump from 54 to 18, whilst the Star shines out brightly at 30 
instead of 47. Should this position of the Duchesse be main- 
tained she will prove a great acquisition. But it may be 
asked, Have we not had an exceptional fortnight at the time 
Roses were at their best? I never myself bloomed Duchess 
of Edinburgh, H.P., out of doors before, so that she asked me 
to look at and admire her again; and after trying in vain 
Mons. Noman for a number of years without once seeing him 
even respectably attired 1 discarded the whole lot, giving the 
last plant to our cottage hospital. The Lady Superintendent 
_is a dear lover of the queen of flowers. Ihappened to be there 
during that Rose week, and knowing almost the position and 
name of every Rose there I was greatly surprised to see a 
plant with eight or ten beautiful blooms on it. “Why!” I 
remarked, “what have you there?” “Oh, I don’t know; one 
you sent here a couple of years ago without any name.” And 
I discovered it was Mons. Noman, and several of the blooms 
on it were truly beautiful. 
It must be confessed that the Teas do not figure very well. 
If by courtesy we consider Maréchal Niel one, that Rose is 
placed very low on the general poll—No. 8; neither is its 
position much improved in the seventy-two, where it is only 
saved from being very low down by a fourth-class vote. Then 
No. 28 comes Catherine Mermet ; 37, Souvenir d’Elise ; 38-9, 
Souvenir d’un Ami; 43, Marie Van Houtte : 44-5, Devoniensis ; 
58, Niphetos ; 59, Gloire de Dijon, its exact position last year ; 
65-6, Belle Lyonnaise—nine Roses out of seventy-two varie- 
ties ; and in the seventy-two election the number is still only 
nine. The fact is, that beautiful as they undoubtedly are, 
they have not the wear and tear constitution about them which 
most amateur growers require when they have not unlimited 
means at their disposal. Some persons are enthusiastic about 
Tea Roses, and when in their grandeur they are truly the most 
beautiful flowers ; but how rarely are they thus seen, and how 
many are the faiiures for the one brilliant success! This, it 
seems to me, lowers their value. Taken as a whole, the Tea 
element is lower in position this year than last on the general 
poll. In some respects in the seventy-two the position im- 
proyes, notably in Niphetos, which becomes 35 instead of 58 ; 
and it is natural that those who have a large number of plants 
of each variety may have the peerless blooms more frequently, 
and as a result their opinion of the variety is considerably 
enhanced. Grown under glass in the way advocated by Mr. 
» W. Taylor in our Journal the blooms of the Tea are second to 
no Hybrid Perpetual, and need no artificial support to enable 
them to support the scrutiny of a judge, as do too many of the 
representatives of the class at the present day. But in how 
many amateur establishments are there to be found the appli- 
ances necessary for such results? and without them in exposed 
situations with ungenial soil the Teas are literally nowhere. 
I hope the day will never come when a Rose, even if inferior, 
is to score a point just because it is a Tea. J agree with the 
Rey. C. P. Peach in his letter to me when he remarks, “ Let 
Teas stand on their own merits. If good they add to the 
beauty of the stand and increase its merits ; if small and weak 
and tied up to sticks they only spoil it.” 
It must be remarked that this year Marie Baumann has 
achieved a grand success in both the elections of forty-eight 
and seventy-two varieties. It is the only Rose that was named 
by every elector in the first twelve. I do not dispute her right 
fora moment. I certainly should place her at the head of all 
Roses for the exhibition stand, though I would like to see the 
stalk of the flower a shade ’stronger. Marie Baumann has 
retained her last year’s position. Many electors testify to her 
being the best Rose, and several other Roses have at any rate 
maintained theirs. Madame Victor Verdier, No. 11; Camille 
Bernardin, No. 26; Abel Grand, No. 50; Gloire de Dijon, 
No. 59, with Marie Baumann at the head, occupy exactly the 
same position as last year_JOSEPH HINTON, Warminster. 
VOTES IN ELECTION. 
In the following returns the Roses are placed in the order of 
‘merit—namely, first best twelve, second best twelve, and next 
best twenty-four exhibition varieties. 
Mx. W. H. Patrrey, Altrincham. 
1. Alfred Colomb 7. Horace Vernet 
2. Baronne de Rothschild _ 8. La France 
3. Charles Lefebvre 9, Maréchal Niel 
4, Duchesse de Vallombrosa 10. Marie Baumann A 
5. Etienne Levet 11. Mdlle. Eugénie Verdier 
6. Gloire de Dijon 12. Sénateur Vaisse 
13. Comtesse d’Oxford 19. Madame Charles Wood 
14. Dr. Andry 20. Madame Victor Verdier 
15. Duke of Edinburgh 21. Marguerite de St. Amand 
16. Duc de Wellington 22. Marquise de Castellane 
17. Frangois Michelon 23. Monsieur Noman 
18. Louis Van Houtte 24. Victor Verdier 
25. Alice Dureau 37. Mdlle. Marguerite Dombrain 
26. Annie Laxton 38. Marquise de Ligneris 
27, Antoine Ducher 39. Maurice Bernardin 
28. Auguste Neumann 40. Monsieur E. Y. Teas _ 
29. Comtesse de Serenye 41. Madame Prosper Langier 
30. Duc de Rohan 42. Pierre Notting 
31. Général Jacqueminot 43. Princess Beatrice 
32. Hippolyte Jamain 44, Royal Standard 
33, La Duchesse de Morny 45. Richard Wallace 
34. Le Havre 46. Reynolds Hole 
35. Madame Nachury 47. Sir Garnet Wolseley 
36. Marie Rady 48. Xaxier Olibo 
Miss PENRICE, Witton House, Norwich. 
1. Alfred Colomb 7. Capitaine Christy 
2. Charles Lefebvre 8. Reynolds Hole 
3. Marie Baumann 9. Marquise de Castellane 
4. Maréchal Niel 10. Niphetos 
5. La France 11. Jean Liabaud 
6. Baronne de Rothschild 12. Ferdinand de Lesseps 
13. Edouard Morren 19. Marie Cointet 
14. Gloire de Dijon 20. Duke of Edinburgh 
15. Marie Rady 21. Etienne Levet 
16. Dr. Andry 22. Miss Hassard 
17. Marie Van Houtte 23. Camille de Rohan 
18. Camille Bernardin 24, Thomas Mills 
25. Cheshunt Hybrid 37. Monsieur E. Y. Teas 
26. Princess Mary of Cambridge 38. Climbing Devoniensis 
27. Jean Ducher 39. Francois Louvat 
28. Sir Garnet Wolseley 40. Royal Standard 
29. Madame Margottin 41. Louis Van Houtte 
30. Souvenir d’Elise 42, Duchesse de Vallombrosa 
31. Madame Thérése Levet 43. Sénateur Vaisse 
32. Madame Victor Verdier 44, Leopold Premier 
33. Comtesse de Serenye 45. Duc de Wellington 
34. Olivier Delhomme 46. John Hopper ; 
35. Comtesse d’Oxford 47. Souvenir d’un Ami 
36. Catherine Mermet 48. Madame Adéle Huzard 
N.B.—Not in their real order of merit, but as they grow best on this soil. 
Mr. E. R. WHITWELL, Barton Hall, near Darlington. 
1. Marie Baumann 7. Baronne de Rothschild 
2. Marie Rady 8. Emilie Hausburg 
3. Louis Van Hontte 9. Maréchal Niel 
4, La France 10. Belle Lyonnaise 
5. Alfred Colomb 11. Horace Vernet 
6. Charles Lefebyre 12. Duchesse de Vallombrosa 
13. Dupuy Jamain 19. Madame Victor Verdier 
14. Camille Bernardin 20. Sir Garnet Wolseley 
15. Ferdinand de Lesseps 21. Souvenir d’Elise 
16. Frangois Michelon 22. Mrs. Charles Wood 
17. Duchesse de Morny 23. Docteur Du Chalus 
18. Star of Waltham 24, Marquise de Castellane 
25. Capitaine Christy 37. Xavier Olibo 
26. Madame Lacharme 38. Marie Van Hontte 
27. Duc de Rohan 39. Sénateur Vaisse 
28. Monsieur E. Y. Teas 40. Dr. Andry 
29. Thomas Mills 41. Eugénie Verdier 
30. Annie Wood 42, Alba Rosea 
31. Catherine Mermet 43. Duc de Wellington 
32. Bouquet d'Or 44, Reynolds Hole 
33. Hippolyte Jamain 45. Duke of Edinburgh 
34, Etienne Levet 46. La Rosiére 
35. Duchesse de Caylus 47. Fisher Holmes 
36. Prince Camille de Rohan 48. Monsieur Boncenne 
Mr. JosepH HryTon, Warminster. 
1. Marie Baumann 3. Francois Michelon 
2. Maréchal Niel 4. Charles Lefebyre 
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