September 7, 1876. ] 



JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Codlin, possessing all the good qualities of tbat variety from 

 which it was probably a sport, it is not quite suited for 

 standard trees owing to the liability of the large fruits being 

 blown off by the winds ; but for dwarf trees on the Paradise 

 stock it is one of the most valuable and useful of all culinary 

 Apples ; it should be planted freely by all coveting early fruit 

 and a quick return on the outlay invested in trees. 



I have for some years grown another Apple, which is superior 

 to the Keswick Codlin, whioh is called Domino. It is larger 

 than the Keswick Codlin, but not so large as Lord Suffield, 

 but is of a deeper green than either, and is a prodigious bearer. 

 It may only be a local Apple, but is largely grown in the 

 midland counties, and is there known as one of the best. It 

 is rapidly rising in public estimation, and may be planted 

 with confidence of yielding an early and profitable return of 

 fruit. 



I consider that I have now mentioned the very best of the 

 most useful of very early Apples, unless I add to them Duchess 

 of Oldenburgh. This Apple I am informed is of Russian origin. 

 It is not quite so early as the sorts named, but it is a valuable 

 successor of them. The tree is an early and great bearer, 

 and the quality of the fruit is of a high order. It is also a 

 very " taking " Apple in the markets by its rich Btripes and at- 

 tractive bloom. Another 

 property it possesses 

 which was pointed out 

 to me by my lamented 

 friend the late Mr. J. R. 

 Pearson, is that it does 

 not show its bruises. In 

 speaking favourably to 

 Mr. Pearson of Cellini he 

 added, "Yes, Cellini is a 

 good bearer and useful at 

 home, but who would 

 grow Cellini for market 

 that knew the value of 

 the Duchess of Olden- 

 burgh?" Duchess of Old- 

 enburgh is no doubt one 

 of the best travelling 

 Apples, and when we add 

 to that its earliness, its 

 productiveness and ex- 

 cellence, we have a com- 

 bination of qualities ren- 

 dering it valuable and a 

 desirable sort for plant- 

 ing. The above Apples 

 are tolerably well known, 

 so tbat it is not necessary to submit a sketch of them ; indeed, 

 the best of them are "gathered and gone," and I have not a 

 good sample of any of them left. 



I will now advance a step further in the season of ripening, 

 and draw attention to a valuable Apple which is not sufficiently 

 known and cultivated, I mean the Eoklinville Seedling (fig. 26). 

 I submit a section of this Apple, which will sufficiently show its 

 size and form, and I will only add that it is handsome and 

 excellent. The tree is an early and great bearer, and the fruit 

 is in use from October to the end of the year. It is a very 

 hardy Apple, and is suitable for standards on the Crab stock 

 and for bushes on the Paradise stock. On the latter it bears 

 when the trees are in quite a small state, and from my experi- 

 ence of it I believe it to be a variety worthy of extensive cul- 

 tivation. I am informed that it was raised in Scotland, and 

 tbat it is extensively grown in North Britain, and I know that it 

 flourishes well in the midland counties and the south of Eng- 

 land. — A Midland Fbuit-groweb. 



Fig. 26.— Ecklinville Seedling. 



"THE NINETY AND NINE." 

 The number is venerable, but I cannot make out ninety and 

 nine of Hybrid Perpetuals which are perfect, so I must be 

 forgiven if I intrude upon other classes to make up the number 

 — the eclectic number! I will begin with a few old friends, 

 gome of which I have bad from the year 1852 down to the 

 present time ; and how nobly have those old friends withstood 

 the " tyrannic sway of time I" and how bravely have they met 

 the most tyrannic winter, spring, and torrid summer ! I will 

 begin with our oldest Rose — one that seldom dies, and never 

 will need an epitaph. 

 I do not place the sorts in the order of merit. Baronne 



Prevost (Laffay), the oldest. William Griffiths. Gloire de 

 Dijon. La Ville de St. Denis, not yet beaten. Madame Knorr, 

 one of the sweetest and one of the most beautiful in bud. 

 Caroline de Sansal, the hardiest of all the light Roses. Sou- 

 venir de la Malmaison, the finest of all the light Roses, but 

 best as an autumnal Rose. Souvenir de la Reine d'Angleterre, 

 a fine autumnal bloomer. Madame Louise Carique, the best 

 lofty red pole Rose. When my friends, Mr. Sturt (now Lord 

 Arlington) and Earl Walden, came here three yearB ago they 

 greatly admired this Rose, planted like a leech bite (threes) 

 between Cedars and Conifers and Deodars. " Ah ! " said they, 

 " that is the prettiest sight I ever saw !" Forgive me if I say 

 that garden ornamentation is too muoh neglected. Anna 

 Alexieff, a fine masser. Duchesse de Cambaceres, rough in 

 aspect, but excellent early and late. She throws her corolla- 

 ries over her main blooms. Comte de Nanteuil. Duchesse 

 d'Orleans, wonderfully fine. Madame Boll, extra fine, and 

 beautifully scented. Acidalie, very fine. Baron Gonella, dis- 

 tinct. Sir Joseph Paxton, one of the finest of the corymbed 

 Roses : add Triompbe de Rennes and you have the two best 

 as corymbed Roses. Triomphe de Paris, very fine. Monsieur 

 de Montigny, extra. Lafontaine, extra. Mareohal Vaillant, 

 extra. Alexandrine Bachmeteff , after twenty years' wear she 



is 8 feet high. The above 

 are my oldest Roses, and 

 I cannot but venerate 

 them as outliving so 

 many choice Roses and 

 defying " Time's tyran- 

 nic sway." 



I have hitherto men- 

 tioned some of our oldest 

 Roses ; I now mention 

 some of more recent ori- 

 gin. Abel Grand, Achille 

 Gonod, Baronne Adolphe 

 de Bothschild, Felix Ge- 

 nero, Baron Chaurand, 

 this and Van Houtte are 

 the finest-Boented of the 

 Hybrid Perpetuals. Black 

 Prince, Charles Lefebvre, 

 Claude Levet, Comtesse 

 de Chabrillant, Devienne- 

 Lamy, Dr. Andry, Dae 

 de Cazes, Duchesse de 

 Caylus, Duke of Edin- 

 burgh, the most brilliant 

 of all Roses. Edouard 

 Morren, magnificent. 

 Triomphe d'Alencon, a 

 Lord Macaulay, most 

 Louis Van Houtte (La- 



Elie Morel, a pale Baronne Prfivost. 

 red Baronne Prevost. Lord Clyde 

 beautiful, but not a strong grower. 



charme). I have the other. This and Marechal Niel are the 

 two finest autumnals, but somewhat delicate. Madame Alice 

 Dureau, one of the beat of the La Reine family ; the most 

 beautiful but the most delicate of the family is Louise Peyronny, 

 alias La?lia. It is still the moat beautiful in the line of rose 

 colour. Madame C. Crapelet, Madame C. Wood, Madame C. 

 Joigneaux, one of the best in the Rose kingdom, and finely 

 scented. Mdlle. Emile Boyau, a Perpetual Madeline. Lady 

 Suffield, a real beauty. Madame George Schwartz, Madame 

 Julie Daran, Baroness de Rothschild, Madame Creyton, Duke 

 of Wellington, Madame Lacharme, small but most lovely. 

 Mrs. Rivers, Madame Vidot, these two are still the finest in 

 the light line. Madame Victor Verdier, SiSnateur Vaisse, Mdlle. 

 Annie Wood, not autumnal. Mdlle. Marie Rady, Al. Mdlle. 

 Therese Levet. Marguerite de St. Amand, a wonderfully good 

 Rose. Marquise de Castellane, fine. Countess of Oxford, 

 extra. Etienne Levet, extra fine, but scentless. Maurice 

 Bernardin, one of the best. Paul Neron, large and fine. 

 Pierre Notting,Al. Pierre Seletzaki, one of the best novelties. 

 Vicomtesse de Vezins, a fine grower, hardy, and excellent. 

 Monsieur Woolfield, Prince Camille de Rohan, Prince de 

 Portia, Princess Mary of Cambridge, Dr. Jamain, most 

 beautiful. Souvenir de W. Wood, most beautiful. Monsieur 

 Boncenne, Solfaterre, for a wall. Vicomte Vigier, Thyra 

 Hammerick, Maxime de la Rocheterie, Gloire de Ducher, 

 Baronne de Maynard, Leopold Premier, Dr. Andry, Madame 

 Chirard, Triomphe de Rennes, Celine Forestier, Solfaterre, for 

 wall only. Reve d'Or, for wall, but must not be cut back. 

 Teas. — Devoniensis, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, Madame 



