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Maid of the Mist (H. Bennett), are very fine as seen growing 

 and flowering in the genial climate of England, but are of no 

 use here on account of their inability to withstand the fungous 

 disease commonly termed black spot. One of the finest roses 

 in England is the parent of these two white sports, but it is 

 valueless here on account of the disease mentioned. Cheshunt 

 Scarlet (George Paul) is a brilliant crimson-scarlet, and the 

 nearest approach to a pure scarlet of any rose we know. It 

 is from that splendid race of roses beginning with Duke of 

 Edinburgh and running through most of the seedlings raised at 

 the Cheshunt nurseries. It is semi-double, with broad petals, 

 and will make up in color for deficiencies in othe'r directions. 

 Marchioness of Lome, as grown at Waltham, is very nearly 

 an ideal rose, splendid in form, bright crimson-rose in color, 

 sweet-scented, producing its buds and bloom with a lavish- 

 ness unknown to most roses of its class. Unfortunately, it 

 does not maintain its perpetual flowering character when 

 transplanted to American soil, as plants introduced last 

 spring behave like all other remontants. The roses men- 

 tioned above are likely to prove valuable, and are distinct 

 enough from existing kinds to warrant a trial on this side the 

 water. 



Count Henri Rignon is a fine, distinct Hybrid Tea, raised 

 by Pernet, of Lyons — a grand rose, as seen in the gardens in 

 the south of France, and it gives much promise on this side of 

 the Atlantic. It is equal to American Beauty in size, but of 

 a light, silvery flesh tint, which is decidedly pleasing, Our 

 growers might try forcing this variety in the way that Ameri- 

 can Beauty is grown. It would sell if well done. Ernest 

 Metz, a large silvery pink flower, tinged with flesh color, of 

 extra large size, and Madame Pierre Guillot, a rose of the 

 Watteville type, are the two most promising teas of the year ; 

 and for bedding purposes in the open ground they will please 

 the fancy of critical rosarians. They are the product of that 

 cautious and conscientious man, M. Pierre Guillot, of Lyons, 

 who has done more, perhaps, than any other one man to en- 

 rich our gardens with good varieties. 



We are testing other varieties of Tea Roses, but the propa- 

 gator' s knife has despoiled them to such an extent that they 

 must wait until we can judge them properly. I might men- 

 tion The Queen, raised in this country, a sport from that old 



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