October 4, 1S77. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



265 



Rose is decided first by the total number of votes it has re- 

 ceived. Supposing two are equal here, then by the greater 

 number of first-class (first twelve) votes ; if still equal, by the 

 greater number of second-class votes ; failing here, they are 

 bracketed together. 







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No. Name 01 Rose. 



racter. Age. Raiser. 



1 



2 3 En 



1'2'3'H 



3H 



1 Marie Baumann 



h.p. 1S™3 Baumann 



31 



1 0-82 



12 2 0-14 



46 



2 Alfred C>lomb 



h.p. 1835 Lacharme 



30 



2 0-32 



13 1-14 



46 



3 Charles Lefebvre 



hp. 1S61 Lacharme 



30 



2 0-32 



L2 2 0-14 



46 



4 La France 



H.P. 18b8 Guillot, fil3 



29 



2 1-S2 



13 1 0-14 



46 



1 ( Marshal Niel 



„ iqc< i Pradel 

 N. 1864 \ Ei yerdier 



28 



S 0-31 



13 1 0-14 



45 



P3 (Baronnede Rothschild h.p. 181 



30 



2 0-32 



11 2 0-13 



45 



7 Francois Michelon 



H.p. 1871 Levet 



24 



3 4-81 



13 1 0-13 



45 



8 Louis Tan Houtte 



h.p. 1869 Lacharme 



14 10 7-31 



6 S 4-13 



44 



9 Etienne Levet 



HP. 1871 Levet 



15 



11 4-80 



8 4 1-13 



43 



10 Harq.. de Castellane 



H.P. 1S69 Pernefc 



lfi 



11 4-31 



4 6 2-12 43 



11 Madama V. Vordier 



H.P. 1S5S E. Verdier 



11 



10 8-29 



3 6 4-13 



42 



12 Dake of Edinburgh 



H.p. 1863 Paul & Son 



11 11 6-28 



6 4 3-13 



41 



13 Mdlle.MEiioRidT 



h.p. 1855 Fontaine 



4 14 11-59 



1 6 5-12 



41 



14 Comtesse a'Osford 



H.P. 189 Guillot, pere 



5 



13 8-26 



3 7 4-14 40 



15 Dr. Andry 



h.p. 1864 E. Verdier 



8 12 7-27 



2 3 7-12 



39 



16 Sena*eur Vaisse 



h.p. 1859 Guillot, pere 



5 



7 14-26 



2 5 5-12 



38 



17 Xavier Olibo 



h.p. 1&64 Lacharme 



3 11 13-27 



1 4 6-11 



33 



18 SIdlle. E. Verdier 



H.p. 1869 Guiilot, fila 



8 



8 12-28 



2 3 4-9 



37 



19 Edouari Morren 



h.p. 1869 Granger 



1 



7 18-26 



1 2 7-10 



86 



20 Catherine Jlermet 



T. 1869 Guillot, file 



7 



9 8-24 



2 4 5-11 



35 



21 Horace Yernefc 



H p. 1863 Guillot, fils 



2 



8 14-24 



1 5 5-11 



35 



22 M«rgt de St. Amand 



HP. 1864 Sineal 



2 



9 11-22 



1 6 5-12 



34 



23 Emilie Hansborg 



H.p. 1S6S Leveque 



4 10 9-23 



2 2 6-10 



h3 



24 Ferdinand de Lesseps h.p. 1839 E. Verdier 



4 



4 1S-21 



3 4 3-10 



81 



25 Dupuy Jamain 



H.p. 1858 Jamain 



2 



8 11-21 



S 7-10 



31 



26 Caruille Bernatdin 



H P. 1835 Gantreaa 



7 



7 7-21 



6 3-9 80 



27 John Hopper 



HP. 1862 Ward 



2 



8 13-23 



1 2 4- 7 ■ 30 



23 Reynolds Hole 



H.p. 1873 Paul & Son 



1 



9 11-21 



116-8 



29 



29 Victor Verdier 



HP. 1859 Laoharme 



1 



8 13-22 



15-6 



28 



30 Prince C. de Rohan 



IP. 1863 E. Verdier 







6 14-20 



1 7- S 



28 



31 Marie Van Houtte 



T. 1871 Ducher 



4 



2 12-13 



117-9 



27 



82 Capitaiue Christy 



HP. 1873 Lacharme 



2 



5 11-16 



2 7-9 



1=7 



33 Madame Laoharme 



H.P. 1872 Lacharme 



1 



3 15-19 



2 6-8 



27 



34 Devoniensis 



t. Curtis 



3 



6 4-13 



4 4 5-13 



26 



35 Mons. E. Y. Teas 



H.P. 1875 E. Verdier 



3 



7 8-18 



13 4-8 



26 



36 Dnte of Wellington 



h.p. 1864 Granger 







9 11-20 



2 4-6 



26 



37 Souvenir dun Ami 



t. 1846 Belot De 

 fongere 



3 



5 917 



4 4-8 



25 



S8 Pierre Nottiog 



H.P. 1863 Portemer 



1 



7 8-16 



2 7-9 



25 



39 Souvenir d'Ehse 



T. 1S55 Mare3l; 



2 



3 9-14 



2 5 1-8 



22 



4') Marie Finger 



h.p. 1873 Lacharme 



1 



7 8-16 



2 2 2-6 



22 



41 Marie Cointefc 



H.P. 1872 Guillot. fila 



2 



4 9-15 



13 3-7 



22 



42 Fisher Holmes 



H.P. 1S65 E. Verdier 



1 



1 11-13 



117-9 



22 



43 Monsieur Noman 



H.p. 1836 Guillot, pero 







1 13-14 



18 4-8 



22 



44 Comte de Serenyi 



H.p. 1875 Lacharme 



3 



8 8-14 



2 2 3-7 



21 



45 Sir Garnet Wolselev 



H.p. 1875 Craoston 







4 8-12 



18-9 



21 



46 Madame C. Wood 



h.p. It61 E. Verdier 







2 12-14 



114-6 



21 



47 Star of Waltham 



H.p. 1875 W. Paul 



1 



4 611 



14 3-8 



V.) 



48 Annie Wood 



H.p. 1S56 E. Verdier 



1 



2 9-12 



2 5-7 



19 



49 Niphetos 



T. 



2 



7 8-12 



2 13-6 



18 



50 Abel Grand 



H.p. 1865 Daniaizin 







3 11-14 



U 4- 4 



18 



5 1 Prins. M, of Cambria ° 



eH.p. 1866 Paul* Son 







3 8-11 



6-6 



17 



52 Hippilvte Jamain 



H p. 1S74 Lacharme 



1 



4 6-11 



2 S- 5 



16 



53 Mdlle. Therese Leve 



h.p. 1866 Levet 



1 



2 11-14 



2-2 



16 



54 Dchss.of Va'.lombrosa h.p. 1875 Rigotard 



1 



3 3-7 



4 2 2-8 



15 



55 Madame H. Jamain 



H.p. 1S71 Garcon 



1 



1 8-10 



14-5 



15 



56 Beauty of Waltham 



H.p. 1S>*2 W. Paul 







5 7-12 



12-3 



15 



57 Lord Macaulay 



H.p. 1863 Ward 







2 8-10 



5-5 



15 



58 Maurce B-rnardin 



h.p. 1S31 



2 



2 8-12 



11-2 



14 



59 Gloire de Dijon 



T. 1853 Jacotot 



1 



2 6-9 



14-5 



14 



60 Duchesse de Caylus 



h.p. 1S64 C. Verdier 







1212 



1-1 



13 



61 Miss Hassard 



H.P. 1875 Turner 







3 4-7 



14-5 



12 



62 Princess Beatrice 



H.P. 1871 W. Paul 







7-7 



14-5 



12 



£8 Devienne Lamy 



H.p. 186S Leveque 



3 



14 8 



2 1-3 H 



64 Dae de Rohan 



h.p. 1SSI Leveque 



1 



3 7-11 



0-0 11 



65 Baron de Bonstetten 



H.P. 1871 Liaband 



1 



17-9 



2-2 



11 



66 Annie Laxton 



H.P. 18~9 Laxton 







2 5-7 



2 2-4 



11 



67 Thomas Mills 



HP. 1S73 E. Verdier 







2 7-9 



2-2 



11 



68 Augusts- Kigotard 



H.P. Schwartz 







17-8 



3-3 



11 



69 Bslle Lyonnaise 



t. 1869 Levet 







4 5-9 



1-1 



10 



70 Royal Standard 



h.p. 1874 Turner 







14-5 



112-4 



9 



"3 [ Madame Bravy 

 1, 4 Centifolia Rosea 



T. Guillot, pere 







18-9 



0-0 



9 



H.p. 1833 T .nvais 







8-8 



10-1 



9 



H i Madame C. JoigneausH.P. 18S1 Liaband? 



o 



1 6- 7 



2-2 



9 



I meant to tabulate seventy-two, but the laBt three named 

 must, to use a 'Wimbledon phrase, shoot off the tie when the 

 competition opens again. Five Eoses received eight votes, 

 three seven votes, three mustered sis votes, seven were men- 

 tioned five times, twelve four times, amongst these being Cloth 

 of Gold with two first-class votes, eleven found three sup- 

 porters, no less than twenty-five were only named twice, and 

 to close the list, fifty-two received only a solitary vote. 



All the electors are prizetaker3 ; there are yet more whose 

 names we should like to see, especially among the trade. 

 Why the trade stand aloof as a body and decline to help 

 puzzles me. Surely it cannot be that, like a village butcher, 



they decline to part with a sirloin unless some of the coarser 

 meat be also taken ! I doubt whether thi3 pays in Eoses, 

 for a man starting in Eose-growing who obtains a lot of 

 worthless varieties is very apt to be disgusted and ,; throw 

 up his Rose sponge" at once, and decline to invest further. 

 There is another reason why I consider it bad policy for the 

 trade to hold aloof. It is possible that amateur rosarians may 

 reason thus : " I shall give my orders in future to those who 

 assist ub to form an opinion of Eoses." It appears to me a 

 natural result. In any case it is not, to my thinking, in ac- 

 cordance with the kindly feeling that the love of flowers should 

 produce, that members of the trade should firtt decline to 

 assist these elections and then advertise their ability to supply 

 the plants that such elections have brought out as useful. 



But having this year obtained our qualified electors, has it 

 given us a more valuable result ? It must be remembered in 

 comparing this with previous elections tbat we have also 

 limited the list of Eoses by distinctly requiring the test exhi- 

 bition varieties. It appears to my thinking that both in the 

 first and second twelve there is no question that we have ob- 

 tained a first-rate article. Both the twelves are very good, 

 and a good stand either of the twelve or twenty-four would be 

 always a pleasure to look at. I fear the result will scarcely 

 please our good friend " Wyld Savage," because m spite of 

 its being an exhibition election by prizetakera the Teas are but 

 poorly placed — Catherine Mermet No. 20, Marie Van Houtte 

 No. 31 (I tremble as I write it), Davoniensis No. 31, Souvenir 

 d'un Ami 37, and Souvenir d'Elise 39. In last year's election 

 there were eight Teas in the first forty-eight. What will our 

 Tea worshipper, or totaller I had almost written, say to this ? 

 It is perfectly true that Marie Yan Houtte has made a grand 

 jump from 44 to 31, but as a counterpoise Devoniensis in my 



eyes and in my soil and climate is worth all the . Bat I 



dare not finish the sentence. I hear the rumble of the distant 

 thunder, and like the Eose I don't like storms. Bat here a 

 word to my brother amateurs. How is it that that lovely Bose 

 has fared so badly at your hands? Glance at the list. Thirty- 

 two amateurs only give Devoniensis thirteen votes, whilst four- 

 teen nurserymen give it exactly the same number. 



Beautiful as are the Teas, especially when partly open, I am 

 heretic enough to say that to my eye (the fault is there, no 

 doubt) when more expanded they often lack form. They 

 want, in fact, to "dress-up in the centre;" many would be 

 improved by more petals, and then, alas ! when they have 

 them, like Isabella Gray, America, and others, they often 

 decline to unfold their charms. So I am not surprised at 

 their position on the poll. Dear old Gloire " fat, fair," but, 

 oh! sadly beyond "forty." I like the flavour of Tea enough 

 to regret seeing thee No. 59. It is, indeed, a fall from 23 to 

 53, a fall which I cannot help sajing thou dost not deserve. 

 Query, Given the same amount of attention and care as many 

 otber Eoses receive that do not give us anything like so boun- 

 tiful a return, and I cannot help thinking thou art worthy of 

 a place in the forty-eight ! 



The position attained by Francois Michelon does cot surprise 

 me. I ventured some years back to hazard the opinion that 

 it might wrest the premiership of its year from Etienne Levet. 

 This is the first year it has done eo, but it will not surprise 

 me to sea it still higher. Some of the late introductions have 

 forced their way early into the forty-eight, notably Mons. 

 E. T. Teas, Comte de Serenyi, Sir G. WoUeley, and Star of 

 Waltham, and it is pleasant to see to two of theEe Eoses the 

 names of English raisers. Of the raisers it may, ptrhaps, 

 interest some to analyse the forty-eight. They will find, I think, 

 Lacharme and Eugene Verdier credited with nine each ; 

 Gaillot fils, five ; Guillot pere, three ; Levet, Peinet, Paul and 

 S^n, and Granger with two each; whilst the remainder have 

 each one representative. 



Oat of the forty-six electors Mr. Walters in his list names 

 forty-three out of the forty-eight that ultimately head the poll, 

 whilst no less than twelve name thirty-five, the numbers 

 gradually diminishing till we end with Mr. Scruby, who names 

 twenty-seven. Altogether 191 Eoses have been mentioned. 



In concluding this portion I tender my warmest thanks to 

 all who have assisted me by their lists. Many also have thrown 

 out valuable suggestions. To one and all I say fervently, My 

 hearty thanks.— Joseph Hinion, Warminster. 



NEW STRAWBERRIES. 

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