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of old friends, notably Duchesse de Vallombrosa and Capitaine 
Christy. Iam pretty confident that the last is overrated, and 
its position in the second list, where it is 37 instead of 20, 
bears me out. J fancy Duchesse de Vallombrosa will prove 
a fine-weather Rose, and, like Mons. Noman, will by degrees 
fall out of favour. I have always, from the first time I saw 
and grew Marie Baumann, thought it the most perfect Rose 
in form, shape, and colour, in its own colour ; and though I 
agree with Mr. Hinton IJ should like a little more vigour and 
strength in the neck, yet I believe the very fact of its being 
inclined to hang its head is one of the reasons why it produces 
so many perfect blooms. It is not scorched by the sun nor is 
it injured by the rain in the same way as some other Roses 
are. All Roses that have too soft an outer petal, and that 
catch the rain in the calyx and are injured by damp, may pro- 
duce under propitious circumstances good blooms, but should 
not be classed among the premier Roses. Mons. Noman, Marie 
Van Houtte, M. Lacharme, are with me very liable to this, 
and asa general rule more than half the blooms either are 
glued together by the outer petals or rot off at the calyx. 
I may conclude these remarks by saying that undoubtedly 
““WYLD SAVAGE” has the best of Mr. Douglas and “ GILLY- 
FLOWER” about dressing Carnations, and I quite agree with 
“TD, ;” but as I have often seen Tea Roses tied to pieces of 
stick to support their heads, persons who live in glass houses 
must not throw stones. No dressing, tying, combing, &c., 
of any sort—no addition of any kind should be allowable ; 
the only thing admissible is to remove a damaged petal. 
C, P, PEACH, 
HAMBLEDON DEUX ANS APPLE. 
Two years ago I noticed in the fruit shops in a thriving 
town in Hampshire a large, roundish, greenish red Apple. 
These seemed to be abundant, and were for sale during the later 
winter months, There was a hardy, healthy, wholly unshrivelled 
look about them ; indeed they looked as if they had only just 
been gathered, which at any rate could not be in February. 
Upon inquiry I found that the owners of the shops called them, 
as I understood the word, “Dusand.” Upon asking how it 
was spelt the good women, possibly not being good in regard 
to their orthography, declined to say, adding, however, “that 
they were a good old-fashioned sort, and that there were plenty 
thereabouts.” ‘The Apples were so weighty and firm, and I 
was assured, which I fully believed, that they were capital 
keepers, that I felt interested in them. Being convinced of 
their excellence I searched on my return every catalogue in 
my possession ; still no Dusand. I hunted the name in the 
+‘ Fruit Manual,’ I ran my eye along the synonyms in that 
same work; stillno Dusand. Not long after, if my memory 
serves me right, our old friend Mr. Robson mentioned in one 
of his articles the Apple Dusand with commendation. Here, 
then, was an additional proof and evidence of its goodness. 
Bearing this Apple in my mind I was still determined to find 
all about it and its right name; so on a recent visit to the 
same town I went to the nursery (a very good one, by the 
sway, fora small town), and asked after a local Apple called 
Dusand, but received for reply that no such Apple was known 
in those parts. I replied that the thing was impossible, as 
they abounded in the fruit shops there. The foreman | ad- 
dressed looked up and looked down. I might, if given to 
romancing add, “he took off his hat and peeped in the crown ;” 
Sut I rather think without romancing he scratched his head, 
which seems often an aid to memory, possibly a sort of counter- 
irritant, like a mustard plaister to the chest. Well, the result 
of the foreman’s appeal to memory was, “Surely, sir, you 
mean the Dewsum Apple. We have plenty of them, and capital 
croppers they are, and healthy trees too, and the Apples are 
such good keepers.” Where do they come from? ‘Why, 
from up the country, where they are very common.” [I left 
the nursery, and found from a friend that the large village of 
Hambledon was in the direction indicated ; and I concluded, 
and I believe rightly, that the correct name of the Apple is 
Hambledon Deux Ans, which paraphrased means that this 
Apple will keep two years, a strong proof of the good quality 
of long remaining in a cooking condition. 
But my search was continued. Upon telling my story to a 
gentleman long a resident in another part of Hampshire I was 
told that he knew them by the name Jewsums, and, as the 
lady smilingly added, ‘called by our old man the Juicyuns.” 
She also added that they are capital keepers, and need not, if 
toom be lacking, be laid so apart as others, but will keep “like 
Potatoes.’ Here, then, we have that good capital Apple Ham- 
bledon Deux Ans, which has travelled to Dusand, Dewsum, 
Jewsum, even to Juicyuns. Of the great merits of the Apple 
I have no manner of doubt—good cooking, not waste in cook- 
ing, and Jong keeping. And mark you, good keepers are some 
years bad keepers, as this year ; and ahard, heavy, unbruisable 
Apple that really will keep to late on in the season is doubly 
valuable. My own opinion of Hambledon Deux Ans is so 
high that I have ordered some trees to add to my collection. 
In conclusion I will quote the account from the “Fruit 
Manual,” which is so accurate that I chiefly identified the 
Apple from ‘that account.—“ Fruit large, 3 inches wide, and 
24 inches high; roundish, rather broadest at the base. Skin 
greenish yellow in the shade, and dull red streaked with broad 
stripes of deeper and brighter red on the side next the sun. 
Eye small and closed, set in a rather shallow basin. Stalk 
short, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh greenish white, 
firm, crisp, not very juicy, but richly and briskly flavoured. 
One of the most valuable culinary Apples, and not unworthy 
of the dessert ; it is in use from January to May, and is an 
excellent keeper. This variety originated at Hambledon, a 
village in Hampshire, where there are several trees of a great 
age now in existence.”—WILTSHIRE RECTOR. 
MARIE VAN HOUTTE ROSE. 
THE Rey. W. F. Radclyffe and “A PupIL oF REYNOLDS 
Houe” have both sung the praises of various Roses, so, perhaps, 
I may be pardoned for once more extolling that splendid Tea 
Rose Marie Van Houtte. More particularly as an autumn 
Rose do I wish to recommend it. No Rose blooms so late and 
so freely with me as does this lovely Tea. 
The other day I had a request from a lady to send her some 
white or yellow Roses for a funeral, “if I had any late ones 
still left.” I was able to send her a fairly large basketful of 
Marie Van Houtte. The blooms, too, were equal to any, if 
not superior, I had in the summer. On November 4th I hope 
to bring you some myself, to show you how good a bloomer 
this Rose is in the late autumn. Herbaceous plants like Chrys- 
anthemums which bloom at this season are indeed most valu- 
able, but are nothing in comparison with Tea Roses. 
Marie Van Houtte is with me the most vigorous grower of 
all Teas, and I cannot understand her low position on the poll. 
It must be that this Rose requires a mild climate so that 
many cannot grow it, for lam sure if the electors could grow 
such blooms as those I am alluding to this Rose would be in 
the first twenty-four. I am strengthened in my opinion by 
Mr. Cranston, who classes this Rose as a moderate grower in 
his catalogue. I haye written to him on the subject, and he 
assures me that with him she is a moderate grower. At Exeter 
she grows as vigorously as Cheshunt Hybrid. 
After Marie Van Houtte as a late bloomer I do not think 
there is a better one than the old Rose Jean Pernet. I cuta 
bloom of this Rose this morning equal to any Cloth of Gold I 
have ever seen. I do not believe that many people grow Jean 
Pernet ; if I am correct I would advise all to procure some 
plants this season. Triomphe de Rennes and Céline Forestier 
are both good late bloomers, and Souvenir de Paul Neyron does 
much better in the autumn than in the summer. I do not find 
either Catherine Mermet or Souvenir d’Elise good this season, 
at least I haye not this year cut any blooms.—WYLD SAVAGE, 
NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
For his extraordinary and well-sustained energy as an 
exhibitor of plants, &c., at the PARIS EXHIBITION Mr. John 
Wills has been honoured with the grand prize in the horticul- 
tural section, also a gold medal. Gold medals have also been 
granted to Messrs. James Boyd & Sons, Paisley, for a conser- 
vatory ; to Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, also a silver medal, 
for seeds, &c.; to Messrs. J. J. Thomas & Co., 285, Edgware 
Road, London, for wirework for horticultural purposes; to 
Mr. E. Lumby, Halifax, also silver medal, for hot-water appa- 
ratus. The five gold medals awarded to Messrs. James Carter 
and Co. were noticed last week. Silver medals were granted 
to Messrs. H. Webb & Sons, Wordsley, Stourbridge, for pre- 
served vegetables, and a bronze medal for seeds; to Messrs. 
Boulton & Paul, Norwich, for a conservatory ; to Mr. J. Cavan 
Fox, South Kensington, for rustic buildings; to Messrs. Bar- 
nard, Bishop, & Barnard, for galvanised iron gates ; to Messrs 
Saynor, Cooke, & Rydal, for garden cutlery ; to Messrs. Hartley 
and Sugden for heating apparatus; and to Mr. B. Hdgington 
