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expected. August is a good month, except in the north-west of Ireland 
and Scotland. September and October exhibit a considerable decreasef 
and NoTcmber is the only month in which the Channel Islands are not 
the most sunny part of the British Isles. The sea-coast generally is 
more sunny than inland parts, while large manufacturing cities, such as 
Glasgow, compare badly with stations in their neighbourhood. In the 
late autumn Ireland generally receives more sunshine than the mcst of 
England.— (^Nature'). 
A NOTE ON NEW ROSES. 
There is one subject connected with the season of the last year 
which is always a matter of unfailing interest, that of new Roses. 
lists. Nothing of any moment absolutely new has been brought 
forward, with the exception of Marchioness of Dufferin (Messrs. A. 
Dickson & Sons), which gained the gold medal of the National at 
Hereford, a beautiful light rosy pink, of fine form and good size. 0£ 
these already shown we have again to record the admirable way in 
which Margaret Dickson (Messrs. A. Dickson & Sons) has maintained 
its claim to be considered our finest white Hybrid Perpetual. Its size 
and great substance of petal and handsome foliage alike stamp it as a 
most valuable acquisition ; in fact it is, without question, the finest 
white Hybrid Perpetual that we have. A stand of them exhibited at 
the Crystal Palace again attracted much attention, as it also did at 
Hereford. Of the two gold medal Roses of last year little has been seen, 
Fig. 16.—rose MARGARET DICKSON. 
These now come from two sources, our home productions, and those 
from the Continent. With regard to the latter I think the performance 
every year falls off more from the promise, and in looking at the lists, 
which were sent out with the usual flourish of trumpets, it is astonishing 
to see how very little is said or thought of them now, I am not writing 
only of those of last autumn, but of those of 1889 also. Indeed, it is 
hardly to be expected that we should see much of the former. Growers 
are so busy with them in renewing their stock that they cannot very 
well exhibit them, and even if they did, but little could be known of 
them from such exhausted plants ; but neither years have anything of 
special interest amongst Hybrid Perpetuals, while one or two amongst 
Teas are highly spoken of, but have not been much seen. It is amongst 
our home-raised flowers that we are to look for the real accessions to our 
nor was it likely, except from the raisers, as those who had obtained 
plants would be more anxious to obtain wood for budding than blooms 
for exhibition. 
I do not think that there is much to notice in the way of Tea 
Roses. One or two Medea and Waban have been highly spoken of 
but they have not, as far as I recollect, been seen on the exhibition 
Table. One, Corinna (Messrs. W. Paul & Son), was very promising. 
Messrs. Cocker & Son of Aberdeen have announced two new Roses : 
Duke of Fyfe, a crimson sport from Etienne Levet, and Duchess of Fyfe, 
a pink sport from Countess of Rosebery .—(The Rosarian, s Yenr Book.') 
Messrs. Alex. Dickson & Sons have raised many excellent Roses 
as the result of cross-fertilisation, to which some save the title of 
