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some have been very valuable and still are so for other than forcing pur- 

 poses, some are still to be proved : — 



' Setina,' a sport from ' Hermosa,' which originated in 1859, and was 

 introduced by Peter Henderson & Co. 



' Isabella Sprunt,' a yellow Tea, for many years a most valuable forcing 

 variety, a sport from 1 Safrano,' originating with the Rev. Dr. James 

 Sprunt, of Kenansville, in 1865. 



' James Sprunt,' a climbing sport from 1 Agrippina,' originated with 

 the Rev. Mr. Sprunt in 1850. It is not so free a bloomer as its 

 parent. 



' Vick's Caprice,' a variegated sport, pink and white, from 1 Arch- 

 duchesse d'Autriche,' originated in 1889 with James Vick, of Rochester, 

 New York. 



'Rainbow,' 1891, striped white and red sport from 'Papa Gontier,' 

 originated with John Sievers, of San Francisco, California. 



'Ruby Gold,' originating with T. O'Connor, of Providence, Rhode 

 Island, in 1892, is interesting because of its history. Mr. O'Connor grafted 

 ' Catherine Mermet ' on ' Marechal Niel,' and from this graft came 1 Ruby 

 Gold.' 



'Climbing Perle des Jardins,' a sport from ' Perle des Jardins,' 

 originated with John Henderson, of Flushing, New York, in 1890. 



' Sunset,' another sport from ' Perle des Jardins,' is a rich salmon shade 

 with pink centre, a good forcing Rose, and was introduced by Peter 

 Henderson & Co. 



' White Cochet,' a sport originating in 1896 from ' Maman Cochet.' 



'Admiral Dewey,' a flesh-coloured sport from 'Madame Caroline 

 Testout,' originated in 1899 with J. H. Taylor, of Bayside, Long 

 Island. 



In the class of seedling Roses the list is unfortunately short. We have 

 not our Dicksons, Pauls, and Bennetts yet, but we are working, and work, 

 sooner or later, brings success. The heart and enthusiasm are here, and 

 time will tell which are the prizes, and, alas ! which are the failures. On 

 almost every range can be found a spot devoted to the Lares and Penates 

 of the place, the ripening hips, the seedpan, and the seedling Rose plants. 

 Great indeed is the interest arid anticipation which crosses the blooms, 

 watches the development of the hip, the germination of the seeds in the 

 pan, and reaches its climax in the first glimpse of colour and the counting 

 of the petals. 



Perhaps the most important Rose which has come from America is 

 the ' Noisette.' The credit for this has always been given to the Noisettes 

 of Charleston, South Carolina, but as authorities differ I shall quote from 

 " The Rose," by H. B. Ellwanger, which book is the standard American 

 treatise on Roses : — " The Noisette or Champney Rose (Rosa moschata 

 hybrida) is of American origin. From the seed of the White Musk Rose 

 fertilised by the Blush China (Bengal), John Champney, of Charleston, 

 South Carolina, raised a variety, which was called ' Champney's Pink 

 Cluster.' A few years later Philippe Noisette, a florist, also of Charleston, 

 raised from the seed of ' Champney's Pink Cluster ' a blush variety, which 

 he sent to his brother, Louis Noisette, of Paris, France, under the name 

 of ' Noisette Rose,' not giving credit to Mr. Champney as the originator of 



