THE ROSE ELECTION. (EXHIBITION VARIETIES.) 



Journal of Horticulture, October 29, 1882. 



It mav interest some of the readers of " our Journal " to compare the results of 

 the present election with the matured judgment of the first rosarian in America, Mr. 

 H. B. Ellwanger, a gentleman to whom I feel most deeply indebted ; for in the earlier 

 elections when as yet the ages and raises of the different varieties remained in cloud- 

 land when mystery shrouded these interesting data, Mr. Ellwanger, unknown to me 

 even by name, and therefore quite unsolicited, wrote from America, filling up many of 

 the pages in these columns, whilst from the pages of his catalogues I have learnt more 

 on these points than from any of our English growers, excepting our old and departed 

 friend the Rev. W. F. Eadclyffe. 



Few can appreciate the difficulty on these points in the earlier elections. Now 

 that we have the catalogue of the National Rose Society the difficulty has comparatively 

 speaking disappeared ; but I desire to give honour where it is due, and the catalogue of 

 Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry was, in this respect at any rate, an example to our own 

 growers and an unvarying help to myself. 



As the great authority on Roses and Rose-growing in America, I have thought that 

 the contrast between the two lists might prove of some value. 



Marie Baumann. 



A. K. Williams. 



Alfred Colomb. 



La France. 



Baronne de Rothschild. 



Charles Lefebvre. 



Marquise de Castellane. 



8. Duke of Edinburgh. 



9. Etienne Levet. 



10. Marie Rady. 



11. Capitaine Christy. 



12. Louis Van Houtte. 



l. 

 2. 

 3. 



4. 

 5. 

 6. 



T. 



13. Dr. An dry. 



14. Ferdinand de Lesseps. 



15. Francois Michelon. 



16. Madame V. Verdier. 



THE ELECTION LIST. 



17. Marie Finger. 



18. Comtesse d'Oxford. 



19. Mons. E. Y. Teas. 



20. Madame G. Luizet. 



21. Horace Vernet. 



22. Senateur Vaisse. 



23. Dupuy Jamain. 



24. Marguerite de St. Amand. 



25. 



26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 

 32. 



Duke of Wellington. 

 Xavier Olibo. 

 Beauty of Waltham. 

 Annie Wood. 

 Duchess of Bedford. 

 Comtesse de Serenye. 

 Camille Bernardin. 

 Reynolds Hole. 



33. Duchesse de Vallambrosa. 



34. Prince C. de Rohan, 



35. Star of Waltham. 



36. Le Havre. 



37. Fisher Holmes. 



38. Countess of Roseberry. 



39. Marie Verdier. 



40. Abel Carriere. 



41. Victor Verdier. 



42. Pierre Notting. 



43. Duchesse de Morny. 



44. John Hopper. 



45. Charles Darwin. 



46. Duke of Teck. 



47. Madame Lacharme. 



48. John S. Mill. 



1. La France. 



2. Alfred Colomb. 



3. Marie Baumann. 



4. Madame Gab. Luizet. 



5. Baroness Rothschild. 

 Marie Rady. 

 Eugenie Verdier. 

 Louis Van Houtte. 

 Horace Vernet. 

 Xavier Olibo. 



11. Pierre Notting. 



12. Captain Christy. 



6. 



9. 

 10. 



13. Madame V. Verdier. 



14. E. Y. Teas. 



15. Marquise de Castellane. 



16. Baron de Bonstetten. 



MR. ELL W ANGER'S LIST, 



17. Abel Carriere. 



18. Jean Liabaud. 



19. Alfred K. Williams 



20. Jonn Hopper. 



21. Comtesse de Serenye. 



22. Fisher Holmes. 



23. Annie Wood. 



24. Charles Lefebvre. 



25. Eliza Boelle. 



2fi. Prince C. de Rohan. 



27. Beauty of Waltham. 



28. Rev. J. B. Camm. 



29. Charles Margottin. 



30. Comtesse C. de Chabrillant. 47. 



31. Countess of Roseberry. 48. 



32. Countess of Oxford. 



33. 

 34- 

 35. 

 36. 

 37. 

 3S. 

 39. 

 40. 

 41. 

 42. 

 43. 

 44. 

 45. 

 46. 



Egeria. 



Francois Michelon. 



Etienne Levet. 



Maurice Bernardin. 



Paul Neyron. 



Victor Verdier. 



Jean Soupert 



Therese Levet. 



Prince de Portia. 



Boieldieu. 



Helen Paul. 



Gaston Leveque. 



Mons. Noman. 



Marguerite de St. Amand. 



Abel Grand. 



Hippolyte Jamain. 



The comparison of these two lists is not without interest. It appears to me that 

 the pronounced colours, whether very light or very dark, do better in America than in 

 the old country. Our new acquisition of 1877, Madame Gabriel Luizet, stands very 

 high ; and La France, Eugenie Verdier, and Comtesse de Serenye all stand higher, as 

 do amongst the darks Horace Vernet, Xavier Olibo, Pierre Notting, all these being in 

 the first dozen, and in the second we find Baron de Bonstetten and Jean Liabaud, the 

 former not named in our seventy-five, and the latter actually seventy-fifth. Baronne 

 de Rothschild and Beauty of Waltham stated respectively Nos. 5 and 27 in each list, 

 whilst most of us will wonder at the low position of Charles Lefebvre, perhaps our 

 most constantly good Rose, which rarely burns as so many of the darker do with us. I 

 say bum ; but though this describes the appearance, it certainly is not caused through 

 burning as by the sun, for very frequently on sunless days this failing is more noticeable. 



