NATIONAL ROSE CONFERENCE. 



299 



NOTE ON STOCKS. 



By Messrs. Cocker. 



We believe that all three stocks — viz., Manetti, Briar Cutting-, 

 and Seedling Briar — are necessary, and that each variety of Bose 

 should have the stock which it prefers. We append below a list 

 of Hybrid Berpetuals budded in 1884 and allowed to stand on the 

 same ground until the spring of 1888, when they were removed 

 to a fresh piece of ground. The stocks were planted in beds of 

 three rows each— one row being Manetti, one Cutting Briar, 

 and the other Seedling Briar. Each sort was budded over 

 the whole three rows in quantities varying from 30 to 50 of a 

 sort, according to the excellence of the variety. On taking notes 

 on June 22 of the present year (1889), we find the following to 

 be the result. The healthiest and most promising plants are 

 marked 1 ; the next best, 2 ; and the worst, 3. 







be . 



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Bo . 







bxi . 

 •~ 3 



be , 

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Name of Variety. 









Name of Variety. 





is -r " 



S3 a 





1 



I 3 





3 



a pa 



cc 



Alfred Colomb . 



1 



2 



3 



Francois Michelon 



3 



1 



2 



A. K. Williams . 



1 



3 



2 



Her Majesty 



3 



1 



2 



Alphonse Soupert 



3 



1 



2 



Horace Vernet . 



3 



equ 



al 



Annie Wood 



2 



1 



3 



Heinrich Schultheiss . 



3 



1 



2 



Baroness Rothschild . 



3 



2 



1 



J. S. Mill . 



2 



1 



3 



Chas. Lefebvre . 



2 



1 



3 



La France . 



1 



2 



3 



Comte Raimbaud 



3 



2 



1 



Louis Peyronny . 



3 



1 



2 



Comtesse d' Oxford 



3 



2 



1 



La Duchesse de Morny 



3 



1 



2 



,, de Serenye . 



eq. 



all 



over 



Mine. Gabriel Luizet . 



3 



1 



2 



Countess of Rosebery . 



2 



1 



3 



„ Chas. Wood . 



3 



1 



2 



Dr. Andry . 



2 



1 





„ H. Jamain 



2 



1 



3 



Due de Wellington 



3 



1 



2 



,, V. Verdier 



3 



1 



2 



D. de Vallombrosa 



3 



2 



1 



,, I. Perriere 



1 



3 



2 



Due de Rohan 



3 



1 



2 



Marie Baumann 



3 



1 



2 



Duke of Albany . 



3 



1 



2 



,, Verdier . 



2 



1 



3 



,, ,, Edinburgh 



2 



1 



3 



„ Rady 



2 



1 



3 



Duchess of Bedford 



1 



2 



3 



Merveille de Lyon 



3 



2 



1 



Duke of Teck . 



3 



2 



1 



Mons. E. Y. Teas 



2 



1 



3 



Elie Morel . 



3 



1 



2 



Mrs. Jowitt 



1 



2 



3 



Emilie Hausberg 



3 



2 



1 



Pride of Waltham 



2 



3 



1 



Etienne Levet 



1 



3 



2 



Senateur Vaisse 



3 



2 



1 



Eclair .... 



3 



1 



2 



U. Brunner 



1 



3 



2 



Ferdinand de Lesseps . 



3 



2 



1 



V. Bouyer . . . ! 



2 



1 



3 



It will be seen from above that, as a general stock, the Cut- 

 ting Briar is far ahead of any of the others, at any rate for the 

 North of England. 



