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AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



as a kind of compensating balance, and to re-establish the equili- 

 brium, the sweetest scented of all are also amongst the light- 

 coloured varieties ; and when I mention La France, Madame 

 Gabriel Lnizet, and Madame Montet as amongst those most delight- 

 fully fragrant, they are also good representatives of what Roses 

 should be in all respects. In regard to fragrance, they favourably 

 contrast with such varieties as Her Majesty, tlie Baroness, Pride 

 of Waltham, and some of the Verdier family, which are beautiful, 

 and charm by nearly ever}^ good qualitj^, but are lacking in the one 

 most desirable and agreeable to the majority of people, xiz. scent. 



' In the Tea class there are some which stand out as distinctly in 

 this desirable possession as the before-mentioned sweetest of all 

 H.P.s. When I mention separately the hybrid Tea Viscountess 

 Folkestone as second to none in this advantage, I regret that the 

 word hybrid " is necessary, as it is a great pity it has just missed 

 having all the requisites for being classed amongst those Roses to 

 which it is so nearly allied, and is, in its high qualities, so similar. 

 Of the J^'oisette and Tea class proper, we must place Marechal Xiel in 

 the first rank. There are few to equal it, and none to excel it, in 

 its delicious scent. The Rose which I think fairly equals it is 

 Madame de AVatte^^lle, and Madame Cusin also is very nearly as 

 sweet. These Roses have not the exact scent which we usually 

 class as ^^Tea," but they are very delightful, and a bed of either 

 fills the air with fragrance when the flowers are in full bloom. 

 Devoniensis is a delightful Rose in this and every other way, but 

 few people can grow it. Luciole is also a sweetly-scented Rose, 

 and in the noisette Jaune Desprez there is a peculiar Orange-flower 

 tone which is agreeable to many, but I think is too strong, as the 

 scent of the Rose should be a delicate one. 



'A new Rose which, for size and fragrance, will take a very high 

 rank is Marchioness of Londonderry, a flower of the largest size, of 

 an ivory white colour, and with a very marked scent, similar to the 

 Magnolia, but naturalh^ without the over-powerful strength of 

 that lovely Lemon-scented flower. Amongst the best of the dark 

 red varieties I would place our oldest favourites. More especially 

 do I refer to such well-tried friends as A. K. Williams, Charles 

 Lefebvre, Comte Raimbaud, Marie Baumann, and Victor Hugo, 

 than which none are l^etter in every way. It is unfortunate that 

 Duke of Edinburgh and Suzanne Rodocanachi are absolutely scent- 

 less ; the latter being a Rose of great value in most seasons, and the 

 former a good autumnal. 



' There are many roses I have not mentioned which are verj^ sweet ; 

 for instance, Alfred Colomb, Maurice Bernardin, Mrs. Paul, General 



