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AA^ ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



Catharine Mermet. Climbing Perle des Jardins. Comtesse Riza dii 

 Pare, Devoniensis, Dr. Grill, Ethel Brownlow, Franeisca Kruger. 

 Gloire de Dijon, L'Ideal, Luciole, Madam Cnsin, Mad. de Watte- 

 xille, Marechal Xiel. Medea, Sappho, Socrates (very sweet), 

 Souvenir de Mad. Pernet, Souvenir d'un Ami, The Bride. 



^ Of the hybrid perpetuals there are some, as I have said, which 

 are not SAveet -scented, bnt the following are, I think, amongst the 

 most fragrant of the class ; Alfred Colomb, Alfred Dumesnill, 

 Annie Wood, Beauty of \Yaltham, Bessie Johnson, Camille Ber- 

 nardier, Capt, Hayward, Charles LefebAi^e, Centifolia Rosea, 

 Duchess of Fife, Due de Montpensier, very sweet ; E. Y. Teas, 

 General Jacqueminot, Heinrich Schultlieis, very sweet : Jeannie 

 Dickson, Jules Margotin, Lord Macaula}^. Mdm. Gabriel Luizet, 

 Mad. Victor Yerdier, Marchioness of Lorne, Marie Baumann, 

 Ferdinand des Lesseps, Miss Hassard, Mrs. Harkness, Mrs. John 

 Laing, Pierre Xotting, Prince C. de Rohan, Red Dragon, and 

 Yiscomtesse de Yezins." 



The Rev. Da^id R. \Yilliamson, an eminent Scotch divine, and an 

 authority upon all matters pertaining to the Rose, has permitted 

 us to repeat his opinions so happily expressed m the Journal of 

 Horticulture : — 



■ It was the immortal Shakespeare who said, in the most romantic 

 of all his dramas, "Romeo and Juliet" — "A Rose by any other 

 name would smell as sweet." Nevertheless, it cannot be denied 

 that certain names of Roses, such, for example, as La France and 

 Marie Baumann, are suggestive of fragrance, whilst others are not. 

 And doubtless the want of fragrance in a flower, however imposing 

 in appearance, is a serious limitation, almost as regrettable as the 

 lack of moral sweetness in a beautiful woman. Some Roses, indeed, 

 are so very impressive, so commanding in their size and sub- 

 stance and splendour of complexion, that we almost forget 

 the total absence of odour in the construction of theu^ dainty 

 petals, and among these we may reckon Baroness Rothschild 

 ("who would be white if she were not always blushing, as if in the 

 consciousness of her beauty," says the Dean of Rochester), the 

 ^Yhite Baroness and Merveille de Lyon. The two beautiful Roses 

 last named are closely affiliated to the first, and, unless in colour, 

 partake of the parental qualities and characteristics, a fact which 

 maybe learned by any rosarian Avithout reference to the catalogues, 

 by comparing their nature and manner of development. 



* In my own garden, where, for the sake of their colour not less 

 than their fragrance, the fairest flowers are partially shaded from 

 the oft-times too exacting sun, Roses are arranged according to 



