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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



List I. 



The Best Twelve H.P.s fok Show Blooms. (79 Voters.) 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 



15. 

 15. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 23. 

 24. 

 24. 

 26. 

 27. 

 27. 

 29. 

 29. 

 29. 

 29. 



A. K. Williams 

 La France . 

 Marie Baumann . 

 Alfred Colomb 

 Charles Lefebvre . 

 Ulrich Branner . 

 Gabriel Laizet 

 Merveille de Lyon 

 Baroness Rothschild 

 Etienne Levet 

 Loais van Hoatte 

 Dake of Edinbargh 

 Marqaise de Castellane. 

 Captain Christy . 

 Lady Mary Fitzwilliam 

 Mrs. John Laing . 

 Horace Yernet 

 Francois Michelon 

 Dapay Janiain 

 Eagenie Yerdier . 

 Her Majesty. 

 Marie Bady . 

 Heinrich Schultheis: 

 Coantess of Oxford 

 Dachess of Bedford 

 Prince Caraille de Bohan 

 Beaaty of Waltham 

 Le Havre 

 Camille Bernardin 

 Earl of Dafi'erin . 

 E. Y. Teas . 

 Maurice Bernardin 



Votes 

 . 71 

 . 69 

 . 65 

 . 61 



| 60 



. 55 

 . 48 

 . 39 

 . 37 

 . 36 

 . 27 

 . 22 

 . 21 



Votes 



20 



19 

 18 

 15 



12 



10 

 9 

 7 

 6 



33. Abel Carriere 

 33. Dr. Andry . 

 33. Coantess of Rosebery 

 33. General Jaccmeniinot 

 33. Mons. Noman 

 33. Mrne. Victor Yerdier 

 33. Senatear Yaisse . 

 40. Dachesse de Morny 

 40. Margaerite de St. Arnand 

 40. Pride of Waltham 

 40. Prince Arthur 

 40. Victor Hago . 

 40. Victor Yerdier 

 46. Annie Wood . 

 46. Clara Cochet 

 46. Comte de Baimbaad 

 46. Dachesse de Yallombro 

 46. John Hopper 

 46. Magna Charta 

 46. Reynolds Hole 

 46. Violette Boayei 

 46. Xavier Olibo 

 55. Elie Morel . 

 55. Mme. Hippolyte Jamain 

 55. Eagene Farst 

 55. Mme. Eagene Yerdier 

 55. Edoaard Morren . 

 55. Mons. Boncenne . 

 55. Glory of Cheshant 

 55. Dake of Teck 

 55. Dr. Sewell . 

 55. Star of Waltham . 

 55. Coantess Camondo 

 55. Princess Mary of Cambridge 

 55. Baronne Maynard 

 55. John Staart Mill , 



From this list it will at once be noticed that in selecting 

 the best 12 Roses, 79 growers have named no less than 

 68 varieties ; whilst at the same time the 11 best are very 

 clearly notified, and Duke of Edinburgh makes a very fair 

 fight for the remaining place in the best dozen. Newer sorts 

 are manifestly at a disadvantage in such statistics as these, some 

 growers possibly not having yet made trial of them ; and froin 

 this point of view it is probable that, if the selection were repeated 

 in a year or two's time, Mrs. J. Laing, Earl of Dufferin, and 

 perhaps Victor Hugo and Clara Cochet, would stand relatively 

 higher than they do at present. 



The Next Best Twelve H.P.s. — Of these I have only given the 



