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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ Ootobcr 23, 18S4. 
among the leading Rose nurserymen, B. R. Cant of Col¬ 
chester; Keynes, Williams & Co. of Salisbury; Cranston 
and Co. of Hereford, Paul & Son of Cheshunt, G. Prince of 
Oxford, and C. Turner of Slough, &c. 
HYBRID PERPETHALS. 
Position in 
Analysis. 
Name of Rose. 
Date of 
Introduction. 
Raiser’s Name. 
Per-centage of 
Total Number 
of H.Ps, tabu¬ 
lated. 
1 
La France . 
1867 
J. B. Guillot, fils ... 
3.16 
2 
Marie Baumann . 
1863 
T5a,nm;^,nii . 
2 94 
3 
A. K. Williams. 
1877 
Schwartz . 
2.53 
4 
Baroness Rothschild . 
1867 
Pernet. 
2.34 
5 
Marquise de Castellane... 
1869 
Pernet. 
2.17 
6 
Madame Gabriel Luizet... 
1877 
Liabaud . 
2.11 
7 
Charles Lefebvre. 
1861 
Lacharme . 
2.05 
8 
Captain Christy . 
1873 
Lacharme . 
197 
9 
Alfred Colomb . 
1865 
Tifluhnrmft . . 
1 93 
10 
Fran5oi8 Michelon . 
1871 
Level . 
180 
11 
Etienne Levet . 
1871 
Levet . 
1.77 
12 
Duke of Edinburgh. 
1868 
Paul &. Son. 
1.69 
13 
Marie Rady . 
1?'65 
Fontaine. 
1.60 
14 
Louis Van Houtte . 
1869 
Lacharme . 
1.45 
15 
Dr. Andry. 
1864 
E. Verdier. 
1.42 
16 
Marguerite de St. Amand 
1864 
Sansal. 
1.39 
17 
E. Y. Teas. 
1874 
E. Verdier. 
1.38 
18 
Comtesse d’Oxford . 
1869 
Guillot, pere. 
1.33 
19 
'‘Merveille de Lyon . 
1882 
Pernet . 
1 31 
20 
Mad. Hippolyte Jamain... 
1871 
Jamain . 
i!25 
21 
Duchesse de Vallombrosa 
1875 
Schwartz . 
1.24 
22 
Horace Vernet. 
1866 
J. B. Guillot, fils ... 
1.23 
23 
Madame Lacharme. 
1872 
Lacharme . 
1.22 
24 
Madame Victor Verdier... 
1863 
E. Verdier. 
1.22 
25 
Marie Verdier . 
1877 
E. Verdier. 
1.18 
26 
Fisher Holmes. 
1865 
E. Verdier. 
l.ll 
27 
Beauty of Waltham. 
1862 
W. Paul & Son. 
1 09 
28 
Duke of Wellington. 
1864 
Granger . 
1.06 
29 
*Pride of Waltham . 
1881 
W. Paul & Son. 
1.04 
30 
Senateur Vaisse . 
1859 
Guillot, pere . 
1.03 
31 
Camille Bernardin . 
1865 
Gautreau. 
1.00 
32 
Dupuy Jamain . 
1868 
Jamain . 
1.00 
33 
Le Havre . 
1871 
Eude . 
0.99 
o4 
Xavier Olibo. 
1864 
Lacharme . 
0.96 
35 
Comtesse de Serenye . 
1874 
Lacharme . 
0.94 
36 
Star of Waltham . 
1875 
W. Paul & Son . 
0.94 
37 
Marie Finger. 
1873 
Raimbaud . 
0.93 
38 
Abel Carriere. 
1875 
E. Verdier . 
0.92 
39 
Eugenie Verdier . 
1869 
J. B. Guillot, fils.... 
0 91 
40 
Mrs. Charles Wood. 
1861 
E. Verdier . 
0.89 
41 
Gdn^ral Jacqueminot . 
1853 
Rousselet . 
0.88 
42 
John Hopper. 
1862 
Ward . 
0.8G 
43 
Ferdinand de Lesseps. 
1869 
E. Verdier . 
0 83 
44 
Countess of Rosebery. 
1879 
Postans . 
0 82 
45 
Monsieur Noman . 
1866 
Guillot, pere . 
0.82 
46 
Edouard Morren . 
1868 
Grander . 
0 f 0 
47 
Prince Arthur . 
1875 
Cant. 
0 80 
48 
Duke of Teck . 
1880 
Paul & Son. 
0 77 
49 
*Ulrich Brunner . 
1881 
Level . 
0 79 
50 
Duchesse de Morny. 
1863 
E. Verdier . 
0.74 
51 
Marie Cointet . 
1872 
J. B. Guillot, fils. ... 
0.74 
52 
Exposition de Brie . 
1865 
Granger . 
0.72 
53 
Madame Eugene Verdier 
1878 
E. Verdier . 
0.72 
54 
Prince Camille de Rohan 
1861 
E. Verdier . 
0.71 
55 
Duchess of Bedford. 
1879 
Postans . 
0 f>o 
56 
Elie Morel. 
1867 
TiiahanH 
0 #15 
57 
Maurice Bernardin . 
1861 
Granger . 
0 65 
58 
Annie Laxton . 
1872 
T yaxton . . 
0 03 
59 
Victor Verdier . 
1859 
0 03 
60 
Reynolds Hole . 
1873 
P.inl Son 
0 0^ 
61 
Mrs. Baker. 
1876 
Turner.. .. 
0 go 
62 
Abel Grand . 
1865 
Pamaizin. 
0 5Q 
63 
Auguste Rigotard. 
1871 
Snh wartiz. 
0 59 
64 
CharRs Darwin . 
1879 
Tjaxton . 
0 55 
65 
Alfred Dumesnil . 
0 54 
66 
Hippolyte Jamain . 
1874 
Tiioharmf* 
0 54 
67 
Lord Macaulay. 
1863 
0 54 
68 
John Stuart Mill . 
1875 
Turner. 
0 5^^ 
69 
Pierre Netting . 
1863 
PortiRTTinr 
0 
70 
Sir Garnet Wolseley . 
1875 
Cranston. 
0 50 
71 
Magna Charta .1. 
1876 
W. Paul & Son . 
0.48 
72 
Sultan of Zanzibar . 
1876 
Pn.iil Son 
0 46 
73 
Antoine Ducher . 
1866 
Piiolipr 
0 45 
74 
fSouvenir de la Malmai.son 
1843 
Bdluze. 
045 
75 
Cheshunt Hybrid. 
1873 
Pa.nl tt: Ron . 
0 44 
76 
Duke of Connaught. 
1876 
P^.n1 Ron 
0 44 
77 
Thomas Mills. 
1873 
Q 44 
78 
Princess Beatrice. 
1.872 
W. Paul & Son. 
0.43 
79 
Annie Wood . 
1866 
P. VorHior 
0 40 
80 
Madame Sophie Fropot ... 
1876 
Levet . 
0.37 
81 
Princess M. of Cambridge 
1866 
Paul & Son. 
0.37 
HYBRID PERPEHTALS {Continued). 
82 
Madame Ducher . 
1879 
Levet . 
83 
Marquise de Mortemait ... 
1868 
Liabaud . 
84 
Duchesse de Caylus. 
1864 
C. Verdier . 
85 
1873 
Pamaizin . 
to 
*Heinrich Schultheis . 
1882 
Bennett . 
87 
Madame Prosper Laugier.. 
1 75 
E. Verdier . 
88 
Paul Neyron . 
1869 
Levet . 
89 
Devienne Lamy. 
1868 
Leveqne et tils . 
90 
Henri Ledechaux. 
1868 
Ledechaux . 
91 
Madame Clem. Joigncaux 
1861 
Liabaud . 
92 
1877 
T/axt.on . 
93 
Jean Liabaud. 
1875 
Liabaud . 
94 
Louise Peyronny . 
1851 
Lacharme . 
95 
Franqois Levet. 
1880 
Levet . 
96 
*Lady Mary FitzA'illiam ... 
1882 
Bennett . 
97 
Lady Sheffield . 
1881 
Postans . 
98 
Due de Rohan . 
1861 
Leveque et tils. 
99 
Madame Charles Crapelet 
1859 
Eontaine. 
100 
Nardy Freres. 
1858 
Ducher . 
0.38 
0.35 
0.34 
0 84 
0 3.3 
0.33 
0.33 
0.32 
0..31 
0.31 
0.29 
0.29 
029 
023 
0 28 
0 27 
0 26 
0.26 
0.26 
The Hybrid Perpetual which heads this list is undoubtedly 
we^l worthy of its position. It is not only one of the most 
refined and beautiful of all Roses, but, taking the various 
qualities together which go to make up a perfect Rose, it 
stands altogether unrivalled. Indeed, there is scarcely a 
single one of these good qualities in which La France would 
not score one or more points—whether we consider the form 
of the flower, the tinting, finish, substance or number of its 
petals, its habit and vigour of growth, its hardiness, its con¬ 
tinuity, freedom and certainty of flowering, or the character, 
abundance, and gracefulness of its foliage. It is also a 
capital Rose for ordinary garden decoration, a fine bedding 
Rose, and good alike both as a dwarf and as a standard. 
On glancing through the per-centages for the d’fferent 
years I notice that such old Roses as General Jacqueminot, 
now thirty-one years old, and Senateur Vaisse and Victor 
Verdier, each twenty-five years of age, still continue to hold 
the positions they occupied some seven or eight years ago. The 
new Roses most largely shown during the past summer have 
been Merveille de Lyon, Pride of Waltham, Ulrich Brunner, 
Heinrich Schultheis, and Lady Mary Fitzwilliam. The 
places assigned to these new varieties in the above table 
must be regarded as very doubtful, being dependent entirely 
upon the number of times they have been shown in a single 
exhibition season. As regards the too-much-alike Roses, the 
positions of Charles Lefebvre and Marie Rady are, I find, in 
no way seriously affected by any of what may be termed 
their “ Corsican ” brethren. Both Marie Finger and 
Eugenie Verdier should, however, on the other hand, stand 
much higher than they do. It is interesting to notice how 
the more hardy Marie Finger has in late years shot ahead of 
her rival Eugenie Verdier ; and then, again, liow Pride of 
Waltham, a new candidate with a similar type of flower, 
already threatens to pass both of them while they are thus 
engaged in disputing their very slight differences. The con¬ 
tentions between the members of the Maurice Bernardin 
group also greatly damage their respective positions. Of 
the four, Ferdinand de Lesseps appears to be the most 
general favourite ; then comes Exposition de Brie, then 
Maurice Bernardin, and, lastly. Sir Garnet Wolseley. 
TEAS AND NOISETTES. 
Position in 
Analysis. 
Name of Rose. 
Date of 
Introduction. 
Raiser’s Name. 
Per-centage of 
Total Number 
of T.’s and N.’s 
tabulated. 
1 
Souvenir d’un Ami. 
1846 
Belot-Defougere ... 
7.03 
2 
Marechnl Riel (E.l . 
1864 
Pradel. 
6.98 
3 
Catherine Mermet . 
1869 
J. B. Guillot, fils.... 
6.77 
4 
Marie Van Houtte . 
1871 
Ditcher . 
6.30 
5 
Niphetos . 
1844 
Bougere . 
5.72 
6 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon 
1854 
Marest. 
5.09 
7 
Jean Ducher. 
1874 
Madame Ducher ... 
4.85 
8 
Innocente Pirola. 
1878 
Madame Ducher ... 
4.26 
9 
Devouieusis . 
1838 
Foster. 
3.94 
* Its per-centage for 1884 alone regulates the position of this new Rose. 
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