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in cultivation, particular attention being directed to those best for orna- 

 mental planting. Notes on culture and position make the account 

 valuable to those who are interested in these trees and shrubs. — TF. G. 



Rodriguezia decora, Rchb. f. (Cogniaux in Diet. Icon. Orch.,Rodr., 

 pi. 1 ; 5/1901).— Discovered by Libon in the province of 8t. Paul, Brazil, 

 and introduced by M. De Jonghe, of Brussels, and flowered first in 1851. 



C. C. H. 



Roella amplexicaulis. By A. 11. Wolley Dod (Joum. Bot. 468, 

 p. 400; 12/1901). — Description of new species from the Cape Peninsula 



G. S. B. 



Rosa laevigrata * Anemone Rose' and R. macrantha. By S. 



MoUet {Rev. Hort. pp. 548-50; 12 1901).— Coloured plate showing 

 both ; very fine single roses. History of origin and description. 



C. T. D. 



Rose 'Gottfried Keller' (Die Gart. p. 13G; 21/12/1901 ; illustra 

 tion). — A new Tea Rose, flowers almost single. The colour is apricot- 

 yellow ; centre, golden yellow ; and margin, orange. Very vigorous and 

 perpetual blooming. — G. B. 



Rose 'Mark Twain' (Amer. Gard. xxii. p. 687; 5/10/1901).— 

 H.T., free and vigorous, flowers rich satiny pink, with long pointed buds. 

 Registered by the Soc. Amer. Fl. for Messrs. Peter Henderson & Co., of 

 New York.— C. C. H. 



Rose * Mrs. Oliver Ames/ By Leonard Barron {Amer. Gard. xxii. 

 p. 811, figs. 168, 169 ; 30/11 1901).— A new pink Rose becoming popular 

 in the States ; it has all the characters of its parent ' Mrs. Pierpont 

 Morgan ' except in colour, which is a bright light pink, shading to whitish- 

 yellow at the base of each petal. — C. C. H. 



Rose * Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt ' {Amer. Gard. xxii. p. 687 ; 



5/10/1901). — H.T. of 'La France' typ2, free, strong, creamy- white 

 shaded pink, very full. Registered by the Soc. Amer. Florists for Messrs. 

 Peter Henderson k Co., of New York.— C. C. H. 



Roses, a Classification of Noisette Forms. By P. Guillot {Bull. 

 Soc. Hort. Loiret, tom3 vi. No. 15, p. 667 ; 1901). — The writer gives an 

 account of the origin of these, and divides them into three groups : — 



1. Showing influence of B. indica, with little of the Noisette character, 

 better described as climbing teas. Ex. Alister Stella Gray, &c. 



2. Hybrids of Noisette, whit3 or pink only. Ex. Boule de Neige, &c. 



3. True B. Noisettiana. Ex. Aime Vibert. — E. A. B. 



Roses and their Uses. By J. R Jackson {Gard. Mag. 2,510, p. 816 ; 

 7/12/1901). — The late Keeper of the Kew museums describes the various 

 economic uses of the Rose, but chiefly the product known as Attar of 

 Roses. The source of the attar, the species of Rose producing it, methods 

 adopted in the various countries in cultivating them, the process of 

 distillation, and other interesting details are given by the writer. — W. G. 



