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I have made no list of " Next Best H.P.s for Cut Blooms," 

 as there are comparatively few vote s, and it would have had but 

 slight influence (and that, perhaps, not quite a fair influence) in 

 determining the position of the leading flowers, when combined 

 with List IV. 



With the " Garden Roses " I have not dealt at all, as the 

 ideas of the voters as to what is meant by a " Garden Rose " 

 seems to have been so very various that hardly any individual 

 varieties have received any great preponderance of votes. I 

 fancy Mr. Girdlestone's paper, on p. 194, will be of more use to 

 the general reader than any list I could have compiled from 

 the statistics. 



The Best Twelve Teas for Shoiu. — Here, as with the H.P.s, 

 some varieties that are comparatively new or little known, e.g., 

 Madame Hoste, Ethel Brownlow, &c, are probably deserving of 

 a somewhat higher rank than they here obtain ; but this, time 

 and trial can alone decide. 



List V. 



The Best Twelve Teas for Show Blooms. (78 Voters.) 



Votes 

 \ 3 





Votes 





1. Catherine Mermet 



. 71 



32. Souvenir de Paul Neyron 



2. Comtesse de Nadaillac . 



. 00 



32. Sunset .... 



3. Marechal Niel 



. 02 



34. Mme. Hoste 



4. Marie van Houtte 



. 01 



34. Cheshunt Hybrid . 



5. Souvenir d'Elise . 



. 57 



34. Boule d'Or . 



0. Innocente Pirola . 



. 49 



34. Souvenir de Gab. Drevet 



7. Niphetos 



. 48 



34. Biza du Pare 



8. Souvenir d'un Ami 



. 44 



34. Lady Mary Fitzwilliam. 



9. Jean Ducher . 



. 43 



34. Viscountess Folkestone. 



10. Hon. Edith Gifford 



. 39 



34. Amazone 



11. The Bride . 



. 37 



34. Mme. Margottin . 



12. Anna Olivier 





34. Mme. Falcot 



13. Mme. Lambard 



} 35 



34. Princess Beatrice . 



14. Mme. de Watteville 



. 33 



34. Homer .... 



15. Mme. Bravy . 



. 26 



40. Ethel Brownlow . 



10. Kubens. 



. 23 



40. Mme. Welch 



17. Caroline Kuster . 



. 22 



40. Comtesse Panisse 



18. Devoniensis . 



. 21 



40. Gloire Lyonnaise . 



19. Francisca Kruger . 



. 19 



40. Perle de Lyon 



20. Mme. Cusin . 



. 18 



40. Mme. Berard 



21. Perle des Jardins . 



f 13 



40. Souvenir delaMalmaison 



21. Princess of Wales. 



40. Jean Pernet . 



23. Belle Lyonnaise . 



. 9 



40. Souvenir deThereseLevet 



24. Mme. Willermoz . 



. 8 



40. Triomphe de Bennes . 



25. Mme. Hippolyte Jamain 

 25. Etoile de Lyon 

 25. Gloire de Dijon 

 28. Adam . 

 28. Bouquet d'Or 

 28. Grace Darling 

 28. Jules Finger. 



40. Princess Boyal 

 40. Mme. Charles 

 40. Luciole. 



