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effective appearance. It is, in fact, perhaps more 

 distinct in shape than any Eose. Liable to mildew, 

 and very tender in hard frost ; a free bloomer of 

 most charming buds, but these must be thinned 

 with an unsparing hand to see the Eose in per- 

 fection. It is sometimes of large size if grown as 

 it should be, able to hold its own with H.P.s in a 

 mixed class, and excellent if caught right. Fair in 

 a dry autumn, but having serious demerits in its 

 uncertainty of growth and want of hardiness. This 

 and the foregoing variety, Madame Cusin, of weak 

 constitutions, tender in winter and apt soon to 

 deteriorate as plants, are among the few Teas which 

 are best as maidens. 



Madame Falcot (Guillot, 1858) .—Eliminated by 

 the editors of this edition. 



Madame Hoste (Guillot, 1887).— Of good growth 

 and fine foliage, doing pretty well as a dwarf, but 

 better as a standard. The flowers are rather thin, 

 and though they stand a long time in the advanced 

 bud stage, when once open they soon go, showing a 

 weak centre. They are, however, very large and of 

 very fine shape, and produced in great abundance, 

 often very fine in the autumn. In fairly cool and 

 dry weather this is a very effective Eose for ex- 

 hibition and all other purposes, as the stems are 

 stiff and straight and the buds long and clean. It 

 is a pity it is not deeper in colour and a little 

 stouter in petal, but even as it is we must consider 

 it one of the best. I remember the late Mr. B. E. 

 Cant, in the year that it came out, showing me a 

 tiny bud on a grafted plant, with a prophecy, which 

 has been amply fulfilled, of its future value and 

 popularity. 



