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Souvenir de Victor Hugo (H.P.) and Souvenir de Victor Hugo 

 (Tea) ; Baron Nathaniel de Kothsclrild and Baronne Nathaniel 

 de Rothschild, both H.P.s ; and so on ad infinitum. Or is our 

 language so poor in names that we need have two so similar as 

 Lady Sheffield and Lady Suffield ? Raisers might surely 

 exercise a little ingenuity in choosing really distinctive names 

 for their new introductions. Nor can I think the constant 

 harping on one string, however distinguished, tends to clearness ; 

 e.g., Paul Verdier, Eugenie Verdier, Victor Verdier, Mine. 

 Eugene Verdier (H.P.), Mine. Victor Verdier, Emilie Verdier, 

 Marie Verdier, Souvenir de Victor Verdier, Mine. Eugene Verdier 

 (Tea), and probably several others. Similar lists might be made 

 of Jamains, Margottins, Levets, Lyons, Lyonnaise, &c. Nor 

 are our neighbours across the Channel alone in this, for amongst 

 English names we have Beauty of Waltham, Glory of Waltham, 

 Pride of Waltham, Queen of Waltham, Star of Waltham, Wal- 

 tham Climbers, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 ; Glory of Cheshunt, Grandeur of 

 Cheshunt, Brightness of Cheshunt, Cheshunt Scarlet, Cheshunt 

 Hybrid. What wonder if the average gardener gets altogether 

 " mixed " with such a repetition of the dominant name ! Surely 

 one can have too much of such great rose names as Verdier, 

 Cheshunt, Waltham, Lyons, &c. ? And might we not use- 

 fully drop at least half of the multitude of Madames and 

 Mademoiselles, and most of the Souvenirs ; indeed, all of them, 

 except when needed for the sake of clearness'} Might we not, 

 for instance, without any disrespect or undue familiarity, talk of 

 Alfred de Rougemont, Alphonse Lavallee, Bellender Ker, 

 Charles Crapelet, Clemence Joigneaux, Gabriel Luizet, Norman 

 Neruda, Eugenie Verdier, Marie Cointet, Marie Rady, Therese 

 Levet, Angele Jacquier, Caroline Kuster, Gabrielle Drevet, 

 Admiral Courbet, Riza du Pare, &c, &c. ? Some of the very long 

 names might well drop half — which half, by the way, would do for 

 the next new rose — e.g., Archduchess Maria Immaculata might 

 very well be content to be simply styled "Archduchess." " Imma- 

 culata " would then make an admirable name for the next new 

 white rose, and we should have" Maria " over and to spare. 

 Prince Camille hardly needs " de Rohan " added, any more than 

 Souvenir d'Elise requires " Vardon " ; Princess Mary could well 

 do without " of Cambridge " ; Madame E. de Bonnieres de 

 Wierre could surely spare " E. de Bonnieres" far some other 



