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and foliage in good soil but not on poor or light 

 land. Seldom attacked by mildew and can stand 

 some rain. The blooms generally come good, but 

 occasionally divided, of fine typical shape, what the 

 N.E.S. Catalogue calls " globular, high centre," 

 which I think should be rather " semi-globular, 

 high centre " : very good in petal, centre, size, 

 lasting qualities, fragrance, and colour. This is a 

 first-class late show Eose, good as a standard, fra- 

 grant, free in bloom, and fine as an autumnal, with 

 clean, smooth-skinned, handsome wood, striking well 

 as a cutting. The flowers are often extremely like 

 those of Marie Baumann, though the wood and 

 habits of the plants are very different. In my 

 opinion, if either of these two well-known Eoses 

 was now brought out as a novelty, having been 

 hitherto unknown, it would be considered synony- 

 mous with the other. Marshall P. Wilder is held 

 to be too much alike and therefore considered a 

 synonym, but a very capable amateur considers it 

 an improved strain. 



Alfred K. Williams {^ch-w&xiz, 1877). — Makes long 

 shoots as a maiden, or at times on good soil as a 

 cutback, but the constitution is weak. Thorny, with 

 good foliage, and will stand some rain. This is a 

 Eose of great reputation, because the blooms nearly 

 always come perfect, forming first-class examples of 

 the popular " imbricated " shape, i.e. something after 

 the form of a camellia. Not a good bloom to last, 

 or of the largest size, but prominent as a show Eose 

 from its shape and bright colour. It is not a very 

 free bloomer but comes again pretty fairly in the 

 autumn. The shoots, though not very stout, run up 

 to some height, and though the plant requires 



