Plate 129 . 
TEA ROSE — “ DU CHESS OF EDINBURGH.” 
The Tea-scented Rose we here figure is a plant of the very first quality, and has been 
awarded a First-Class Certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society — certainly first-class 
honours were never more deservedly conferred. The quality of its quite unrivalled colour 
and habit may be gathered from our Plate, and when we add that besides bearing brilliant 
full crimson-coloured flowers, and possessing a perfectly compact habit, it is a most 
profuse bloomer, we imagine that most of our readers will agree with Messrs. Veitch and 
Sons (whose property the Rose is) that it is one of the freest and best Roses ever introduced. 
Duchess of Edinburgh forces quite a fortnight earlier than any other Rose, and it is, we are 
informed by Messrs. Veitch, “ continually in bloom, every shoot producing a flower.” The 
flowers, as will be seen from the Plate, are medium in size, and from air artistic point of view 
simply perfect : and there can be little doubt it will prove quite unequalled for forcing and 
bedding. The Rose is universally acknowledged to be queen of flowers, and to us the Tea- 
scented Rose in all its varieties seems to possess the utmost refinement of form and colour, 
and to be far beyond all other Roses in the exquisite elegance peculiar to itself. The delicate 
fragrance too of this tribe of Roses quite accords with the refinement of form and sweet 
subdued colouring so frequent amongst Tea-scented Roses. Duchess of Edinburgh in colour 
breaks away from the blondes, of which this tribe is mostly composed, and is a queen-like 
brunette. We shall never forget the exquisite effect produced by sixteen Tea-scented Roses, 
as arranged this summer round a circular dinner-table at the City of London Club ; the 
effect produced by the salmon, peach, and primrose tints could not be surpassed. 
Plate 130 . 
AMARYLLIS (HIPPEASTRUM) VIRGINALIS. 
To the improvement of the species and varieties coming under the beautiful genus 
Amaryllis, Mr. B. S. Williams, of the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, 
has for many years given special attention. This unremitting care on his part has met 
with great success, and numerous superb forms have from time to time been sent 
out from Mr. Williams’s establishment. Amaryllis virginalis, we are informed ) 
made its appearance amongst a lot of choice seedlings at Upper Holloway, and 
from what we have seen of it this season, there can be no doubt it will prove a great 
acquisition to this set of plants; indeed, Mr. Williams himself says that no variety of 
Amaryllis raised by him has given so much pleasure as the one here illustrated, and which 
is now offered for the first time. It is a very free blooming variety, the scape usually 
bearing from four to five large flowers, which are thick in substance, of fine form, and pure 
white in colour. It is without doubt the most chastely beautiful of the family, and we onlv 
regret that the restricted size of our Plate has forced us to crowd the flowers together, so as 
to somewhat mar the handsome aspect of the grand scape of snow-white blossoms. At 
the present time there can be no doubt great attention is being paid to these South 
American and West Indian bulbs, and purchasers are easily found for them. We have 
recently seen two entirely new varieties at Messrs. Henderson’s establishment at St. John’s 
Wood, both elegantly variegated with brilliant crimson-magenta on a white ground, one 
variously striped and netted, the other most elegantly and evenly spotted after the manner 
of Eippeaslrum pardinutn, but with the spots of a totally different colour. 
