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THE BOOK OF THE ROSE 



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wonderful additions from France were made of Roses 

 which are still indispensable : — Alfred Colomb, Camille 

 Bernardin, Charles Lefebvre, Dr. Andry, Duchesse de 

 Morny, Duke of Wellington, Fisher Holmes, Marguerite 

 de St. Amand, Marie Baumann, Marie Rady, Maurice 

 Bernardin, Pierre Notting, Prince Camille de Rohan, 

 and Xavier Olibo ; and in Teas, La Boule d'Or and that 

 wonder among roses Marechal Niel. 



About this time English raisers first began to come 

 to the front with Roses still recognised as good, and 

 Mr. W. Paul's Beauty of Waltham may be considered 

 as one of the first of these, the origin of Devoniensis 

 being a little doubtful. Messrs. Paul and Son of Ches- 

 hunt, with Mr. Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, Mr. Cranston 

 of Hereford, Mr. Turner of Slough, and Messrs. 

 Keynes, Williams and Co. of Salisbury followed, till 

 Mr. Bennett of Shepperton commenced by hybridising 

 to raise what he called " pedigree Roses," and delighted 

 the Rose world with Her Majesty and Mrs. John Laing. 



Messrs. A. Dickson and Son of Newtownards, Ireland, 

 also took to hybridising with great and marked success, 

 and this mode of obtaining new varieties from seed, by 

 careful interchange of pollen, instead of trusting to 

 chance cross-fertilisation, as had hitherto been done, is 

 now probably being pursued by several raisers in the 

 British Isles. More new varieties from our own country, 

 and less from France, now pass their examinations and 

 enter the ranks every year, but a very large proportion 

 of our best Roses still bear, and will for many years, their 

 French names. 



The worst of it is that some of these names must be 

 said in full if there is to be no confusion. For instance, 

 there are two Madame Eugene Verdiers, H.P. and Tea, 

 as well as Mademoiselle Eugenie Verdier; H.P., besides 



