NATIONAL ROSE CONFERENCE. 



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ON ROSA CANINA var. FROM THE URAL MOUNTAINS. 



Dr. E. von Regel. the Director of the Imperial Botanic 

 Garden, St. Petersburg, exhibited a plant of a rose from the Ural 

 Mountains, supposed to be a form of Bosa canina. From the 

 locality whence it comes, and the circumstance that it is destitute 

 of spines, it is considered that it will be of value as a stock. The 

 plant was received some weeks before the Congress, and was sent 

 to Chiswick to be grown. 



Discussion. 



Mr. T. B. Hall, of Larchwood, Rock Ferry, proposed a vote 

 of thanks to the Chairman. He said he thought many of them 

 would never have thought of roses had it not been for Dean 

 Hole's book, and many would scarcely have exhibited had it not 

 been for the Dean's exertions in that direction many years ago. 

 He had just returned from a tour round the world, and wherever 

 roses were known the name of Dean Hole was known and loved. 



Mr. Henry M. Arderne, of the Botanic Gardens, Capetown, 

 and holder for many years of Champion Silver Cup for Roses, 

 South Africa, seconded the motion, and spoke of the appreciation 

 there of Dean Hole's book. 



The President heartily thanked the meeting for the vote, 

 and the proceedings were then adjourned until the following day. 



BOTANICAL SECTION. — July 3. 



The second day of the Conference was devoted chiefly to the 

 Botany of the Rose, and was opened by Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S., 

 F.R.H.S., who said:— 



As the time at our disposal is short, and there are several papers 

 of great importance for us to read and discuss, I shall compress 

 what I have to say in the way of a general introduction to our 

 proceedings this afternoon into as brief a compass as possible. 



Biological significance of a Bose Show. — What I am specially 

 wishful to lay stress upon, as the key note of our discussions this 

 afternoon, is the great interest there is in a Rose Show from a 



