304 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE chap. 



Marie van Hoiitte (Ducher, 1871). — Eliminated by 

 the editors of this edition. 



Medea (W. Paul & Son, 1891).— Of stout stiff 

 growth, but susceptible to frost, not very free- 

 blooming, a fine Rose for exhibition, but not well 

 suited for general cultivation. The blooms are 

 particularly full, with the rounded centres which 

 require a hot season or situation for their full develop- 

 ment. They are sometimes very large, and in 

 perfect blooms the outer petals reflex well, making 

 a very fine shape. A very excellent Show Rose, 

 which would be better still if the colour were a little 

 deeper. 



Mrs. B. B. Cant (B. E. Cant & Sons, 1901).— 

 Eliminated by the editors of this edition. 



Mrs. Campbell Hall (Dr. J. Campbell Hall). 

 This very fine Tea is not yet in commerce, but it 

 has been awarded the Gold Medal of the National 

 Rose Society. As seen growing in Monaghan it is a 

 Rose of excellent constitution ; habit similar to 

 Maman Cochet ; very free flowering, and the flowers 

 are of exquisite shape and colour. It will become 

 indispensable to the exhibitor, and the trade and the 

 amateur alike await its advent with impatience. 



Mrs. Edward Mawley (A. Dickson & Sons, 1899). 

 — A Rose of the first rank, singularly free from bad 

 manners. Taken all round, it is, I think, the best 

 of the three very fine Show Roses (Ulster H.P. and 

 Bessie Brown H.T. being the other two) which 

 Messrs. Dickson issued together in 1899. Said to 

 be a seedling from Mrs. W. J. Grant, it hardly shows 

 a strong family likeness to that fine Rose, nor is it 

 a better grower. Here, then, is one of those cases, 

 which might easily have been foreseen, where it 



