October 9, 1890. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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tar ever the surface of the walk to be made, and lay on the 
mixture so that when pressed down it will be of an uniform thick¬ 
ness of about 2 inches. Draw it down smoothly as the work 
proceeds with the back of a wooden rake, scatter on a little dry 
road grit over the surface, sufficient to keep it from sticking, and 
pass a light roller over it. 
The walk will be rendered more solid if, after the rolling, it is 
gently beaten down with wooden rammers, especially along the 
edges. If there are any walks running into the one that is being 
<operated on, a piece of board 1 inch thick should be let into the 
ground across where the walks meet, to form an edging to keep the 
asphalt from being pressed out by the roller. 
After a day or two the walk should be firm to the feet ; then 
choose a fine day and pour some cold tar over the surface, brushing 
it gently with a broom, and allow it to soak in. This will fill 
up all spaces, and render the walk sound and durable. 
If at any time the surface should show signs of wearing, a little 
lar poured over the surface before it is too bad, and brushed in, 
will soon improve it, and make it quite firm again. I have tried 
various experiments, both by boiling the tar and using it cold, also 
with different materials, but the above is the most simple and 
economical plan I have been able to discover, and answered here 
admirably. I could not perceive any advantage in boiling the tar ; 
it is a very disagreeable business, and one I was very glad to find I 
■was able to dispense with.—C. O. S. 
ROSE ANALYSIS, 188G—1890. 
Tiie Crystal Palace Exhibition of the National Rose Society 
proved this year in one respect the most satisfactory the Society 
has yet held. For, as recently pointed out in this Journal by 
““ J- H. P.,” on no previous occasion has such a large proportion of 
the blooms exhibited retained their freshness throughout the entire 
show day. But then this show day was no ordinary one, being, 
without exception, the coldest day of the past singularly cold 
summer. The preceding night was also cold and extremely wet, 
thus allowing the flowers to reach the Exhibition in most cases in 
the same condition as when cut from the plants on the previous 
-evening. Those Roses which, owing to their want of substance 
or the fleeting nature of their tints, are generally difficult to stage 
in exhibition form, were consequently for once especially favoured. 
On the other hand, the weather proved too chilly and damp for 
most of the thin petaled varieties. Fortunately for our analysis 
the Rose season of 1890, although not nearly so forward as about 
midsummer day it promised to be, was nevertheless again an 
unusually early one, so that in the present analysis the later flower¬ 
ing Roses are better represented than has hitherto been the case. 
From the short statement given below it will be seen that nearly 
ien thousand Roses have been altogether tabulated during these 
live years, all, be it remembered, Roses which have appeared in 
first, second, third, or fourth prize stands. 
HYBRID PERPETUALS. TEAS AND NOISETTES. 
1886 . 
509 
1887 . 
. 1130 . 
642 
1888 . 
. 1247 .. 
854 
1889 . 
. 1176 .. 
778 
1890 . 
. 1396 .. 
631 
5987 
3414 
Throughout the accompanying tables the established kinds find 
places according to the average number of times they were staged 
at all the five exhibition®. As, however, it would not be fair to the 
•comparatively new Roses if they were placed on precisely the 
•same footing as those which have been in general cultivation for a 
number of years, the following scale, which is similar to that em¬ 
ployed in former years, has been adopted. The positions of 
varieties sent out in 1883 are dependent upon their averages for the 
last four shows, those of 1884 upon their averages for the last three 
<3hows, and those of 1885 on their averages for the last two shows 
•only. In the case of the still newer sorts, their 1890 form has 
alone been taken into consideration. 
The Hybrid Perpetuals which were shown in the greatest number 
of prize stands at the first four exhibitions were as follows :—In 
2886 and 1887 Madame G. Luizet appeared in forty-seven and 
thirty-eight stands respectively ; in 1888 A. K. Williams and 
Madame G. Luizet each in thirty-six stands ; and in 1889 Captain 
Christy in forty-two stands. Ulrich Brunner has, however, this 
year eclipsed all previous performances, having been shown in no 
fewer than fifty-seven prize stands. Other varieties which were 
much more frequently staged than at either of the four preceding 
Metropolitan Exhibitions were La France, Marie Baumann, 
Francois Michelon, Charles Lefebvre, Etienne Levet, Marie 
Yerdier, Prince Arthur, and Heinrich Schultheis. Among well 
known sorts very indifferently represented may be mentioned such 
fine weather beauties as Captain Christy, Marie Rady, Duchesse de 
Yallombrosa, Monsieur Noman, and Reynolds Hole. 
Madame Gabriel Luizet still continues to take the lead of all 
the Hybrid Perpetuals as an exhibition Rose, a position this variety 
has held throughout the whole five years. Nevertheless another 
light pink variety, Mrs. John Laing, sent out ten years afterwards, 
promises when more largely grown to become a serious rival, 
possessing as it does so many good qualities, not only as a flower 
but also as a plant. Her Majesty, first distributed in 1885, stood 
last year in the position now taken up by Mrs. J. Laing, but has 
this year, doubtless owing in some measure to the unfavourable 
character of the season, fallen to the ninth place on the list. 1886 
is represented by Yiscountess Folkestone, a large flower of an 
exquisitely delicate shade of pale salmon, but somewhat loose and 
rough in the petal. This is tabulated for the first time, and will be 
found at No. 44. Mrs. John Laing, the leading flower of 1887, has 
already been referred to. Earl Dufferin, sent out in the same year, 
has improved very little on its 1889 form, being now at No. 2J 
instead of No. 25. Lady Helen Stewart on its first appearance just 
manages to secure a footing at the bottom of the analysis, while 
Sir Rowland Hill (1888), another new comer which may be 
described as a rich plum coloured Charles Lefebvre, takes up its 
position at No. 53. Now there is a very remarkable circumstance 
which must be mentioned in connection with these six new Roses, 
and that is that we are not indebted to the continental growers for 
any of them, four having been raised in England and the remaining 
two varieties in Ireland. 
Turning our attention to the table of Teas and Noisettes we find 
that the positions of the three leading flowers—Catherine Mermet, 
Innocente Pirola, and Comtesse de Nadaillac—remain altogether 
unchanged since last year. The effect of the cold, wet, and sunless 
weather previous to the Show is, however, clearly traceable on 
many other varieties ; for instance, Caroline Kuster, Jean Ducher, 
Etoile de Lyon, and Madame Angele Jacquier have all lost more or 
less ground since the last analysis, whereas those flowers which are 
less susceptible to humid conditions of the atmosphere—such as 
Madame Lambard, Marie Yan Houtte, Rubens, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
and Jules Finger—appeared in unusual force. Francisca Kruger 
was also well shown, but on the other hand there were but few 
Marechal Niels or Edith Giffords. 
Like 1888 this was another Lambard year, but we have to go 
back to the Jubilee year in order to find a show in which Marechal 
Niel appeared in nearly every prize stand. During the last two 
seasons this, by far the finest of all the yellow Roses, has scarcely 
been seen at all, whereas in the first three analyses it stood only 
second to Catherine Mermtt. 
The following are the only three new Teas on the list :—The 
Bride, a lemon-white sport from Catherine Mermet, and the 
sole representative of 1885, has gone down one step since last 
year ; the position now accorded to it is, however, still a very 
honourable one (No. 5). Madame Hoste (No. 25), introduced in 
1887, finds a place in the table for the first time ; the colour of this 
variety, a soft creamy yellow, is one much wanted, and no doubt in 
a warmer season it will be more freely exhibited. The only other 
new Tea is Souvenir de S. A. Prince, a white sport from Souvenir 
d’un Ami, which, although only sent out last year, already stands as 
high as the Rose last named. 
I have in conclusion to thank those kind friends who this year 
assisted me in taking down the names of the Roses at the show. 
For the benefit of beginners and others I again submit a select 
list of varieties which can be recommended for general cultivation. 
Hybrid Perpetuals. — Light-coloured Varieties .— Madame 
G. Luizet, La France, Merveilie de Lyon, Captain Christy, Marie 
Finger, Baroness Rothschild, and Mrs. J. Laing. Medium Beds — 
Francis Michelon, Ulrich Brunner, Marie Yerdier, Marquise de 
Castellane, Camille Bernardin, Comtesse d’Oxford, Dupuy Jamain, 
Heinrich Schultheis, and Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi. Beds .—- 
Marie Baumann, A. K. Williams, Alfred Colomb, Prince Arthur, 
Earl of Dufferin, E. Y. Teas, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Senateur 
Yaisse, Yictor Hugo, Earl of Pembroke, and Madame Henri 
Pereire. Dark Varieties .—Charles Lefebvre, Louis Van Houtte, 
Horace Yernet, Duke of Wellington, Duke of Conuaught, and Sir 
Rowland Hill. 
Teas and Noisettes. —Innocente Pirola, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
