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JOURNAL OF HOETICDLTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENER. 



[ September 23, 1871. 



M. Noman, Edward Morren, and Comtesse de Chabrillant 

 and I estimate them in the order named. 



Marie Baumann is perfect in form, beantifol in colour, very 

 constant, and a good grower. The only fault I have to find with 

 this Rose is that the flofrer stalk is not stout enough to keep 

 the bloom erect. Baroness Rothschild is perfect in form and 

 most beautiful in colour. What can surpass its pinky shell- 

 like petals ? It is, too, a famous grower, has splendid foliage, 

 and is very constant. There is only one drawback, it is not very 

 sweet-scented. If it had but the odour of La France it would be 

 a flower almost too good for this world. La France is a splendid 

 Rose, and so distinct too. It evidently has Tea blood in it. I 

 admit that it is not choice in colour, but its form is to my mind 

 perfection ; and then its scent — what Rose equals it in this 

 respect? Take a bloom jast at it is opening, blow it open, 

 and what an odour seems to be set free. La France is, too, a good 

 grower, and wonderfully floriferous, and I am even now not 

 quite sure that I ought not to have placed it at the head of the 

 list. Certainly it is first-rate, and will not soon be pushed aside. 

 Louis Van Houtte, a Rose of 1869, has been so well shown 

 this summer, and is so choice in colour and so sweet-scented, 

 that I have no hesitation in setting it down as first-class. The 

 " if or but " in this case is, Is it a good grower ? I hope it is, but 

 I do not feel quite sure about this. Countess of Oxford, another 

 of the 1869 Roses, is also a splendid addition to our very 

 choicest varieties ; it is very distinct in colour, having that 

 fine, dark, vivid scarlet crimson tint which is, so far as I can 

 recollect, only seen in that good, when caught well, though very 

 inconstant Bourbon, Rev. H. Dombrain. The drawback to 

 this flower, and it is the only one I can name, is that it is not 

 a fine-scented Rose, for it is certainly a good grower and very 

 constant. 



My next Rose, Mdlle. E. Verdier, is also a Rose of 1809, and 

 is good in every respect but one — it is not highly scented. It 

 has a good waxy very light pink petal shading to white, grows 

 well, and is constant. Madame Vidot is an especial favourite 

 of mine, and when it comes all bat white, as it often does, I 

 know of no Rose which I would exchange for it. I shall never 

 forget a bloom of this Rose which Mr. Cant once exhibited in 

 a stand of twelve some years ago — I forget where it was, but 

 the Rose was photographed in my mind's eye, and there it is 

 now. Madame Vidot is a good grower, but it must be propa- 

 gated every two or three years, if you would obtain good healthy 

 wood and fine blooms. Charles Lefebvre is a flower too well 

 known and appreciated to make it necessary to say much about 

 it. I place it thus low down in my selection because it is not 

 liighly scented, and has not a nice habit of growth. The 

 growth is strong enough, but it is too fond of sending out one 

 or two very gross shoots at the expense of the rest of the plant. 

 The individual blooms are, perhaps, the finest that we at pre- 

 sent have, and those who saw the three blooms which that 

 clever florist Mr. Keynes showed some years ago at South 

 Kensington (set up, horrible to say, in blacking or ginger-beer 

 bottles), will not easily forget the sight. 



Marquise de Castellane is a fine addition to our clear light 

 pink Roses. In one word, it is a pink Baroness Rothschild, 

 and I can hardly say more in recommendation of it. This is 

 also a Rose of 1869, thus making four first-class Roses added 

 to our lists in that year. M. Noman is a fine-shaped, thick, 

 and deep-petalled fiower, and was last year very constant with 

 me. This wet season, however, did not suit it, and almost all 

 the buds turned brown and rotted without opening. In an 

 ordinary season this is a Rose that I am sure will give great 

 satisfaction to the rosarian. 



Edward Morren, when good, is grand indeed, and really 

 does by far surpass that good old useful Rose Jules Mar- 

 gottin ; it is larger, much more brilliant in colour, and I think 

 of a better form. What a pity it is that one only gets about 

 one good bloom in a dozen. If it were but constant it would 

 be the best Rose out — at least, so I think. The last Rose of 

 my selection is the good old Comtesse de Chabrillant. Some 

 call it a formal Rose, but in my eyes it is perfect in form, and 

 its clear bright colour, its constancy, good growth, and fine 

 foliage, in my opinion, fairly entitle it to the position I have 

 assigned it. 



Of coming Roses I know but little. I understand on good 

 authority that Mr. G. Paul has a very fine seedling called 

 R. Marnock, from Duke of Edinburgh, of a dark maroon colour, 

 but I have missed seeing it, and therefore cannot of my own 

 knowledge say anything about it. I have, however, no doubt 

 from what I hear that it is a fine flower. 

 Mr. William Paul showed a new Rose called Princess Beatrice 



at one of the meetings of the Floral Committee this spring, 

 when it took a first-class certificate. It was not quite snffi- 

 ciently out when shown, but that it was a good Rose was then 

 evident, and a personal inspection of a number of plants of it 

 in Mr. William Paul's nursery enables me to say positively that 

 it is an exceedingly fine new Rose, one that every rosarian 

 ought to add even to the choicest collection, and one that will 

 remain in the Usts for many a day. 1 fear I shall tire your 

 patience, and so I will now stop, though when wound up on 

 this subject I hardly know when to do so. — P., Essex. 



TRIAL OF PEAS AT SEAHAM HALL, 



SUNDERLAND, 1871. 



All of the following varieties were sown on the same day, 

 March 4[h. 



Keady.,gJ.s 



In 





flower. 



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Auvergne June 27 



* Advancer „ 18 



^Carter's Leviathan .. Jnly 3, 

 *Blue Scimetar j ., 1 



Bishop's Longpodded June 12 



'British Queen July 3 



'Champion of England June 22 



•Carter's Invicla ! i, 3 



•Competitor „ 3 



•Climax; I „ 10 4 



Champion ofjScotland July Sj 7 



•Dickson's Favourite.. Jane 19 1 6 



Dwarf Sugarloaf .... » 26 



tDickson's First & Best „ 5 

 Eley's Esses Rival .. 



lEastes' Kentish In- 



victa M 5 



^Evershed's Marrow.. » 20 



•Epicurean 



tFortyfold 



•Glorv of Cassel 



Grotto 'July 



fHundredfold June 



Harrison's Glory ..,. 



'Huntingdoniau 



'Hallett's Large 



Imperial Green Mar- 

 row 



Imperial 'Wonder .... July 2 



King of the Marrow3 



Jane 29 



•Laxton's Quality .. 

 tLaxton's Quantity 



{Laxton's Alpha 



tLaxton's Supreme. ... 



Maclean's "Wonderful 



Mammoth Dwarf .... 

 •Maclean's Prolific... 

 tMaclean's Premier . . 



Mumstead Marrow ,. 



Nonpareil Marrow .. 



Nelson's Vanguard .. 

 tNePiua Ultra 



Paradise Marrow ... 

 •Prizetaker 



Peabody 



fPrincess Royal 



iFougleader 



Surprise 



^Sansster's No. 1 



tSuttona' Early Cham- 

 pion 



tTaber'a Perfection . . 



•Tom Thumb 



The Australian 



Veitch's Perfection 



"Waterloo Prolific.. 

 iDwarf Branching.. 



tYorkshire Hero .... 



16 3 



is! 8 



191 7 



27 7 



V 



71 6 

 27-7 



28 3i 



2S| 3i 



22! 5 



sol 3.i 



30 7^ 



30, 8 



11| 3i 



30, 8" 



1S>] S 

 1 2 



'If 



6 1 5i 



Us 



27,84 



80 7 

 11: 8J 



July 801 5 Good variety. 



19 6 GoodTariety. 



26 6 Good tall variety. 



27 ' 4 Good useful variety. Best 

 I for a dry season. 



20 1 5 Good dwarf variety. 

 23 ! 6 Very good tall variety. 

 20 ; 6 Very good. 



7 5 to 6 Good new sort. 

 29 5 to 6 Tall variety, large peas, 



1 and good flavour. 



19 ; 5 Very good useful sort. 

 26 1 5 Cannot recommend this, 

 bad flavour. 



6 5 Good useful kind. 



20 6 A useless variety, 

 6 5 One of the best early vars. 



23 — Good. 



Very good new sort. 



Good. 



Good, 



Good useful kind, and good 



cropper. 

 Good. 



Tall late kind. 

 One of the best. 

 Good, but not the best. 

 A good tall variety. 

 6 A fine tall variety. 



12 

 23 



12 

 20 



23 



30 

 20 

 14 

 23 '5 

 22 5 

 15 

 24 5 



20 5 

 26, 

 23 

 26, 



„ 26; 

 Aug. 3 

 July 23 1 



» 23 

 » SO 



A good useful Pea. 



Too large to be recom- 

 mended. 



Too large to he recom- 

 mended. 



Can highly recommend this 



for general use- 

 Good new kind. 



Good. Rightly named. One 

 of the best. 



Good. 



Very good. Highly recom- 

 mended. 



Good. 



Good. 



One of the best. 

 A good taU variety. 

 Good tall variety. 

 Very good. 



One of the best for general 

 use. Highlyrecommended. 

 Good. 



Good dark green variety. 

 A useless variety. 

 Highly recommended. 

 Good early variety; one of 



the best. 

 Good. 

 Very good early kind. 



Good. 



Good. The pods are warty, 

 much like those of Grot 

 to. Too tall for general 

 use. 



Good. 



A good nsef nl Pea, of good 

 flavour. 



One of the best ; very proli- 

 fic. Highlyrecommended. 

 A good useful sort. 



The preceding are the results of the trial of Peas at Seaham 

 Hall this year. Fifty-sis varieties vrere tested. It is due from 

 me to say how Batisfactory it is to find the great care taken by 

 the trade in keeping the sorts so select. I actually find out of 

 so many kinds scarcely two Peas resemble each other. Those 

 marked with an asterisk (*) I can recommend, and those with 

 an obelisk (f) I can liighly recommend as the most useful kinds. 



