ROSE NOTBS PROM WESTERN NEW YORK 
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on, is very necessary ; because whilst 
the flavour of a poor Apple can be im- 
proved by adding sugar, spice, quince, 
etc., the Pear is usually judged by its 
own quality. 
ROSE NOTES FROM WESTERN 
NEW YORK. 
Madame C. P. Strass/ie/m, an extremely refined 
cream-coloured flower with peach-coloured 
outer petals, is still blooming finely with me 
at the end of October. In growth, foliage, 
freedom, and beauty of flower, it takes rank 
with the very finest of the Teas, Among the 
best Roses I have flowered is Lady Henry 
Grosvenor ; apart from its beauty it stands the 
rain and the frost as no other out-of-door 
Rose does. Christine de None, which you revile, 
is a rich-toned red in the summer with me, 
and a charming autumn bloomer. General 
Gallieni is unique, supplying a new note to 
the gamut of reds. Francis Dubreuil, with its 
strong distinct scent of ripe Apples, has been 
very fine this season ; and Andre Schwartz is 
not far behind in free-flowering qualities and 
richness of tone. But the most brilliant note 
of red is struck by the hybrid-tea. Marquise 
Litta de Breteuil — a veritable torch in the 
garden. And what a deliciously perfumed 
sachet she carries ! Madame Jules Grolez has 
proved most satisfactory as a brilliant and 
showy Rose. Helene Cambier, too, has been 
exquisite throughout the season, and what a 
fragrance she disburses, similar to Malmaison, 
Madame Wagram Comtessede Turenne, and Reine 
Nathalie de Serbie. Frau Geheimrath von Bocli 
has a lovely complexion, but no physique. 
The new hybrid-tea, Konigin Carola, is a wonder 
for the size of its rich rose blooms. Madame 
Jean Dupuy promises better than Franziska 
Krilger. Friedrich Harms and Prince de Bulgarie 
are superb, and so are Prince Theodore Galitzine^ 
Princess Beatrix, Madame Derepas-Matrat, and 
numerous others among the golden and orange 
beauties, not forgetting Alliance Franco-Russe, 
Mdlle. Jeanne Philippe, and Mdlle. Pauline Ber- 
sez. Jeanne Guillaumez has been most beauti- 
ful this year, and I cannot say too much of 
Archduchesse Marie Immaculata as an autumn 
flower. Both are deliciously fragrant. FHza 
Fugier has been a delight in fragrance, form, 
foliage, growth, and profuse bloom. Elaine 
Greffulhe is a gem among the whites. Madame 
Ravary, as you say, is a charmer worth know- 
ing, though with her away one could pass 
the time right merrily with Hofgartendirektor 
Grabener, and scarcely know the difference. 
Of course it will never do to forget Dr, Grill, 
Anna Ollivier, Marie van Houtte, Madame 
Hoste, Madame Lombard, Hon. Edith Gifford, 
Gloire de Dijon, and the rest of our good old 
friends. Comtesse Antoine d'Oultremont I love 
for its briar fragrance and its very free-bloom- 
ing qualities. I may say the same of Kron- 
prinzessin Victoria among the whites in a 
different class. Gardenia likewise has proven 
very satisfactory, but what can excel Kaiserin 
Aug. Victoria among the pale beauties! Edmee 
Metz, Ferdinand Jamin, Madame Errera, Eu- 
genie Boullet, Madame Vermorel, Mildred Grant, 
Beaute Inconstante, Perle de Feu, Souvenir de 
Pierre Notting, Apotheker Georg Hofer, and 
how many, many more grace their place in 
the garden. Souvenir de Catherine Guillot 
remains as beautiful as your old coloured 
print of her in "The Garden." On the other 
hand, S.de Lady Asliburton is absolutelv worth- 
less with me after two trials; — a poor grower, 
and with a tendency to split. Comte de Sembui 
is as bad, although a vigorous grower, and 
always " balls," and so does Etoile de Lyon. 
Half-standards I am not as pleased with as 
with standards, for Roses with any strength 
of growth have a tendency to expend their 
vigour in one or two ungainly shoots. As a 
general rule, I try only good strong growers, 
keeping the climbers by themselves and arch- 
ing them over. Teas, and the tender hybrid- 
teas are extremely difficult to grow successfully 
in our climate, unless in quite small beds. 
The thing is to know the way of wintering 
them, damp being more destructive than frost. 
My plants have the highest, most minutely 
careful cultivation it is possible to give — and 
I reap the reward. The thrip is our worst 
\ enemy to combat out-of-doors, and I have 
never yet discovered a catholicon that will 
banish him. The misnamed hybrid-perpetuals 
are unsatisfactory, with their short season of 
bloom and their long, ungainly shoots. The 
new hybrid-perpetual Louis Ricliardh a beauty. 
