Plate 483 . 
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSE— MARQUISE DE 
MORTMARTE. 
After a lengthened and most trying winter, we are at length 
beginning to see the rose again coming forward, and those who, 
like Mr. George Paul, of Cheshunt, or Mr. Yeitch, of Chelsea, 
gladden us with a sight of roses in pots, are deserving of our 
warmest thanks. We have not as yet heard what has been the 
general effect of the season on the out-of-door roses, but judging 
from our own garden we are inclined to think that, especially to 
those on the Manetti, it has not been so injurious as we might 
have supposed ; it has doubtless caused a good deal of diseased 
wood to make its appearance, but a vigorous application of the 
knife will remedy that, and it does not seem to us that the 
frost has been fatal to many. 
We are constantly beset with inquiries as to which are the 
best roses of last season, and our invariable reply has been that 
we must wait for another season to fairly judge of those which 
we had not seen abroad. There are always some which give 
promise of being good, and if they continue to do so for the 
second season, we may reasonably hope that they will prove 
valuable additions ; such a rose we believe Marquise de Mort- 
marte to be. When shown last year it was set down as one of 
the best of the new roses, the colour was a desirable one, and 
the form promised well. Mr. C. Turner obtained a first-class 
certificate for it. Mr. George Paul, of Cheshunt, has this year 
exhibited a bloom which fully bears out the character it has 
