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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ August 18, 1870. 



should be rescued from oblivion, as a souvenir of the great 

 postal reformer? Eev. H. Dombrain, let us hope to retain the 

 person bnt not the Rose for many many years to come. Geant 

 des Batailles, Pauline Lansezeur, Francois Premier are of a 

 tribe long since deservedly gone out of favour ; flat, and with 

 small notched petals when expanded, of varying and often dull 

 colour, with little or no substance — there is no longer room nor 

 necessity for them ; Jean Rosenkranz, not half so good as its 

 manifest parent, Jacqueminot, the " old General " destined to 

 brave many a rude buffet yet ; Madame Boll, rough and coarse ; 

 La Reine, an old Rose hard to expand, producing an over- 

 whelming per-centage of bad to good flowers, its place fully 

 supplied by Comte de Nanteuil, still a superb variety, Gloire de 

 Vitry, and La Ville de St. Denis mentioned above ; Triomphe 

 de Caen and Merveille d'Anjou, neither a triumph nor a marvel 

 at all. Duchesse d'Orleans must still have friendly remem- 

 brance, it is now completely eclipsed by the lovely Marquise 

 de Mortemart. William Jesse recedes far into the earliest re- 

 collections of the oldest rosarians ; to Rose annals it is almost 

 prehistoric. Souvenir dn Comte Cavour is still in favour with 

 me on account of its colour, symmetrical form, breadth of petal, 

 and robust habit. I yield to the judgment of many experi- 

 enced growers and pass it by ; it is surpassed in some respects 

 by Xavier Olibo and Duke of Wellington, and infinitely so by 

 Lord Macaulay, one of the most brilliant and attractive of all 

 the crimson-scarlet Roses of this shade of colour. Monsieur 

 Boncenne must also claim notice, although its remontant 

 qualities are very defective, if not entirely absent. Alba carnea, 

 Madame Pulliat, Francois Treyve, and Comte Litta have been 

 weighed in the balances and found wanting. Joseph Fiala is 

 praised by Mr. Keynes, but, I believe, he almost stands alone 

 in his estimation of it. Madame Fillion does not yield flowers 

 enough to pay for cultivation ; it is very beautiful when it does 

 come. Pius IX. fails. Charles Rouillard, Augusts Mie, and 

 Reine du Midi, are a multiplication of varietiei worthless com- 

 pared with Chabiillant, Therese Levet, La France, Dereux 

 Douvill£, a neglected but fine Rose ; and the robust William 

 Griffiths. Anna de Diesbach was fashionable about the time 

 that crinoline was a la mode, of which it may be said to be a 

 synonyme. A floral critic, I forget who, once enunciated a very 

 famous apothegm in these page- ; it was, that " the graces of 

 ladies should be imitated, not their garments." Crinoline is 

 gone, Anna de Diesbach will soon disappear too. Lj Geant and 

 Jean Lambert are loose jaunty flowers soon to be forgotten. 

 Thorin is still in debateable ground ; with me in light soil it 

 does no good. Felix Genero is still worse. 



There are yet more in the list under notice that I have not 

 reproduced. I cannot but think that so palpable an error in 

 judgment as is shown in the article at pages 97 and 98 will be 

 fully challenged and refuted by the able contributors to the 

 Journal on Rose subjects, and that my own omissions will be 

 amply made good by them. A few more remarks remain to be 

 made. Following the section containing the list of Hybrid 

 Perpetuals are six paragraphs assigned to as many different 

 classes. Five varieties of Hybrid Chinas and Bourbons are 

 recommended to the " many inquirers " to select, including 

 Vivid and Paul Ricaut, both surpassed by many remontants of 

 the same colour. Blairii and Charles Lawson are omitted, 

 although superior to any of the five inserted. Few will now 

 care to grow the Alba Roses, Felicilfe and Queen of Denmark, in 

 preference to Aeidalie, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Boule de 

 Niege, or even Baronne de Maynard, none of which receives a 

 notice ; and among Moss Roses the old Crimson will always 

 be the most admired. Two Tea Roses only are mentioned — 

 Gloire de Dijon, which everyone must have, and Homere, a 

 peculiar but certainly not a good Rose. The pretty Celine 

 Forestier, which can be grown almost everywhere, is left out. 

 Marfichal Niel, almost as hardy as Gloire de Dijon, is ignored ; 

 Sombreuil, a beautiful hardy white Tea Rose, finds no place ; 

 the useful free-blooming Narcisse, so easy to grow and propa- 

 gate, is passed over. In fact, throughout the whole list the 

 omissions are as extraordinary as the insertions. 



Enfin, but no ; let one glance be given to the descriptions, 

 or, I should say, the colours of the different kinds named. 

 " Brevity is the soul of wit," hence nearly all are described in 

 single words. To select a few. Jules Margottin and Beauty 

 of Waltham are " cherry." What did Mr. Radclyffe think of 

 his "old jewels" being thus characterised? Alfred Colomb 

 and Clemence Joigneaux " red ;" they are as much alike as the 

 sun and moon, but then " red " is a comprehensive quality. 

 Pierre Notting is " dark red." Paul Verdier, Madame C. Wood, 

 Souvenir du Comte Cavour, and Prince Camille de Rohm are 



all "crimson;" it would not be correct to say that they are 

 not — it is equally untrue to say that they are and nothing 

 else. — Adolphus H. Kent. 



PLANTS FLOWERING IN JULY. 



July i. Linum Lewisii July 19. 



grandiflorum 



narbonense 



alpinum 



perenrte 



flavum 

 Erankenia laevis 

 Cineraria maritima 

 Lathyrus grandiflorua 



splendens 



latifolius 

 Rosmarinus officinalis 

 Lilium tigrinum 



aurantiacum 



candidum 



chalcedonicum 



longiflorum 



Thunbergianum 

 Aciorpha fruticosa 



fragrans 

 Spiraea daurica „ 23, 



prunifolia 



lanceolata 

 Lonicera longiflora 



sempervirens 

 Xylosteum 

 Rudbeckia laciniata 



Newmanni 

 „ 9, Antirrhinum majus, varieties 

 Statice bellidifolia 



Gmelini 

 Nymphaea alba 

 Actsea spicata 

 Catananche bicolor 

 Sedum acre 



dasyphyllum 



Forsteriitnum 



kamtschaticum 

 Azalea glauca 



nitida 



viseosa alba 

 Coronilla varia 

 Tilia europaea 

 Aubrietia Mooreana 



greeca 



Campbcllii 

 Silene Schafti 

 „ 11. Aconitnm Xapellus 

 Solidago virgata 



cambrica 

 Helianthus diffusus „ 25. 



multiflorus 

 Symphoricarpus racemosus 

 Hesperis matronalis 

 Spiraea japonica 



venusta 

 Aira cae&pitosa 

 Euonvnins latifolius 

 Liriodendron tulipifera 

 Sempervivum lectorum 

 Rhododendron hirsutum 

 „ 14. Hedysarum coronarium 

 Buddlea globosa 

 Hemerocallis fulva 

 Escallonia rubra 

 Stachys lanata 

 Viburnum Tinus 

 Potentilla alba 



insignia 



Hopwoodiana 

 Aquilegin. glandulosa 

 Ajuga sen even sis 

 Nierembergia rivularis 

 Hottooia palustris 

 Nupbar lutea 



Potentilla fruticosa „ 30 



Pyrpthrum Parlhenium 

 Salvia fulgens 



bicolor 

 Lychnis coccinea 



Haageana 



chalcedonica 



Viscaria plena 

 Clematis erecta 



integrifolia + 



Campanula Hostii 



garganica 



grandis 



pyramid alis 



rotund if olia 



Trachelium 

 „ 16. Myosotis alpestris 

 Lysimacbia cilia ta 



Nummularia 

 Colchicum autumnale 

 Oxalii Bowieana 



floribunda 

 Meconopsis cambrica 

 Erica ramentacea 

 Koniga maritima variegata 

 Inopsidium acaule 

 Oenothera acaulis 



fruticosa 



macrocarpa 



— M. H., Acklam Hall, Middlesbrough 



Liatris spicata 



pycoostacbya 

 elegans 

 Lythnim Salicaria 

 Lavandula Spica 

 Philadelphus grandiflorus 

 Aster alpinus 



lams 



Tripolium 

 Catalpa syringrefolia 

 Astilbe rivularia 

 Statice latifolia 



incana 

 Scabiosa lutea 



nana 

 Clematis caerulea 



Flammula 



florid a 

 Primula acaulis 



cortusoides 

 Aristolochia Sipho 

 Ceanothus americanua 



azureus 

 Magnolia tripetala 

 Dianthus deltoides 



eaesius 

 Erica tetralix 

 Hypericum calycinum 

 Leyeesteriii f ormosa 

 Kalmia latifolia 



glauca 

 Rhus Cotinus 

 Sedum populifolium 



sexangulare 



denta'um 



Telephium 

 Phlomis Russelliana 

 Mirabilis Jalapa 

 Iberis Tenoreana 

 Gladiolus brenchleyensis 

 Mimulus cupreus 



tigrinns 



maculosus 



cardinalis 

 Centaurea candidissima 



gymnocarpa 

 Mitraria coccinea 

 Phlox Nelsoni 



setacea 

 Lupines 

 Geum coccineum 



rivale 



montanum 

 Pentstemon gentianoides 



glabrum 



procerum 



ovatum 



Scouleri 



venustum 

 Morina persica 

 Linaria alpina 

 Polygonum Brunoni 



"Sieboldi 

 Polemonium caeruleum 



Richardsoni 

 Dianthus odoratus 



superbus 



petrseus 

 Chelone barbata coccinea 

 Malope graudiflora 

 Malva zebrina 



Morenii 



Teurnefortiana 



Phlox Drnmmondi 



Nemophila insignis 



Mesembryan Lhemum 



brum 



tricolor 

 Lobelia ramosa 

 Tagetes patula 



pumila 

 Aster chinensis 



superbus 

 Adonis autumnalie 

 Lavatera trimestris 

 Portulaca aurea 



insignis 

 Silene compacta 



rubella 



pendula 

 Viscaria splendens 

 Convolvulus major 

 Verbena venosa 

 Clintouia pulchella 

 Yucca glaocpscene 



angustifolia 



gloriosa 



fUamentosa 

 Veronica Candida 



incana 

 Cacalia aurea 

 Jasminum frulicans 

 Cobaea scaodenB 

 Abronia umbellata 



on~Tees. 



gla- 



LAWN MOWERS. 

 The trial of lawn mowers is very important, and all lovera 

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