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on this head, which may perhaps be lightened by discussion. I would 
remind him that it is not 1 but the N.R.S. who recommend one standard 
for all varieties, as already quoted. We could not possibly pick out 
types for each variety. If he will not use the abused terms “ good ” 
and “ bad” I shall agree with him that a small Charles Lefebvre would 
be of equal (not greater) merit than a Duchesse de Caylus of the same 
size ; but I should prefer to put it the other way about—viz, that a 
full-sized Duchesse de Caylus would be of as little merit as a Charles 
Lefebvre of the same size. He will see that the tendency of this would 
be to exclude varieties which do not come up to the standard, and the 
N.R.S. has endorsed this view in this particular instance by recommend- 
iqg that Duchesse de Caylus be removed from their catalogue of 
exhibition varieties. 
It is the function of the N.R.S., I take it, not to be lenient to “ the 
nature of the beast,” but rather to force inferior sorts to give way 
gradually to the superior ones. And I think if “ An Old Showman ” 
will consider the case of judging a class of “ twelve of a sort ” he will 
see that I am right. Taking the same examples, if he had before him 
one box of twelve perfect full-sized Charles Lefebvre and another of 
twelve perfect full-sized specimens of Duchesse de Caylus, he would 
surely give the prize to the former, and the latter would fail, though 
thd fault would rest, not with the individuals, but with the variety.— 
—W. R. Raillem. 
NEW ROSES OP 1892. 
The French Contingent. 
There have been times—few and far between, indeed—when the 
French and English armies, instead of being pitted against each other, 
have^ fought side by side, and in those cases, as in the Crimea, the French 
contingent has largely outnumbered the English one. So it has been in 
the Rose armies of our Queen ; for, oh ! how long a time was there but one 
solitary English sentry to be seen—Devoniensis ! Then one and another 
appeared, and although now they are more frequent, yet undoubtedly 
they form a very small portion of the forces that generally muster for 
the conflict. Critics say that the French soldier has deteriorated, that 
he has not the elan he once had, that he is sooner dispirited, and has 
lost much of his characteristic briskness. Well, critics are sometimes 
right, but they not infrequently err from want of clear-sightedness. And 
so it may be in this case. Very much the same has been said, and said with 
truth, of the later levies of the French army of Roses. We get no such 
Roses now as we used. The years that astonished us with such royal 
specimens as Charles Lefebvre, Marie Baumann, Alfred Colomb, Baroness 
Rothschild, Camille de Rohan, &c., are dreams of the past ; while 
amongst Teas, has anything of recent years beaten Anna Ollivier, 
Catherine Mermet, Souvenir d’Elise, and Mar^chal Niel ? The charm of 
it is that we have still these beauties amongst them, and can test their 
claim to our loyal devotion. We heard of the beautiful Miss Gunnings, 
and we say, I daresay they were not as handsome as they are said to 
have been ; but these much-loved Roses we can see and handle for 
ourselves. In this class, too, how few are there of late years which can 
lay claim to such respect at our hands? An E-nest Metz, Madame 
Hoste, or Cleopatra for a while turn us aside, but we return to the old 
ones after all. 
This dearth of good new Roses from the French raisers is, perhaps, 
in rio way better evidenced than by the fact that up to this time (the 
beginning of June) not a word has been, as far as I know, published in 
any of the gardening papers about the novelties announced from the 
Continent; yet they are as numerous as ever, described in as high- 
sounding titles and lavish expenditure of adjectives as ever, very diffe¬ 
rent to the simple emphatic word with which a very good English Rose 
grower described them—“ rubbish.” As I do not know anything about 
them from private sources I had better, I think, just give their names 
and descriptions, and add a few remarks on the whole list. Let us 
first take the Teas, of which thirty-six are announced, including a few 
of American and English origin. 
Teas. 
Madame Coleomher (Bernaix).—Lovely carmine with white and 
rose centre, small. A buttonhole Rose, a seedling from Hermosa, very 
fine flower. 
Edouard Littaye (Bernaix).—Flower carmine rose, tinted with 
amaranth, passing into a pale rose with centre violet red, large, full, 
with conical oval buds ; tree vigorous, abundant flowering. 
Elise Heymann (Soupert & Netting).—Flower yellow copper shaded 
nankeen yellow, centre peach rose, very large, full, well made. Vigorous 
plant, seedling between Madame Lambard and Monte Rosa. 
Etoile Polaire (Tesnier).—Flower peach rose bordered with yellow, 
centre brilliant coppery salmon, cochineal red at the base, medium or 
full size, cup shaped; buds globular, very sweet scented. 
Genevieve Goujon (Vve. Schwartz).—Cream shaded with light rose 
flower, centre clouded with carmine and salmon rose ; large, double. 
Germaxne de Moreste (Guillot).—Cream white rose with light salmon 
centre ; large full, well made, holding itself well. 
Golden Gate (Dingee & Conard).—Cream white flower, centre and 
base of petals golden yellow often shaded with light rose, very large 
double, long and pointed bud, growing singly. Seedling between 
Safrano and Cornelia Koch. Good for forcing. 
Grande Duo Meritier Guillaume de Luxembourg (Soupert and 
Netting).—Silvery salmon flower shaded with light rose ; centre shaded 
with yellow, large, full, imbricated. Seedling between Catherine 
Mermet and General Schublikine. Good for forcing. 
Grande Duchesse Adelaide de Luxembourg (Soupert & Netting).— 
Delicate shining yellow, centre darker, very large, full imbricated, 
exterior petals large. Seedling between Sylphide and Marie Van 
Houtte. Good for forcing. 
Grande Duchesse Heritier Hilda de Dade (Soupert & Netting).— 
Light nankin yellow flower, centre chrome ochre; large, very full, 
and very fine shape ; growing singly. Seedling between Sylphide and 
Marie Van Houtte. 
Henry M, Stanley (Dingde & Conard).—Light rose flower, shaded in 
places with salmon, very large and full, and very sweet scented. Seed¬ 
ling between Madame Lambard and Comtesse Riza du Parc. 
H. Plantagenet, Comte d’ Anjou (Tesnier). — China rose, slightly 
purple, lighter at the base ; the reverse of the petals tender rose, very 
large, full, and solitary ; footstalk very firm. 
Jessie Fremont (Ding4e & Conard).—White flower, passing to rosy- 
flesh colour, shaded with coppery red in places ; not very full. Seed¬ 
ling of Duchesse de Brabant. 
Le Soleil (Dubreuil).—Yellow flower, between chrome and canary ; 
very large, very full ; cup shaped. 
Madame Benoit Riviere (Liabaud).—Apricot yellow flower, with a 
salmony rose centre ; large, full, erect, sweet scented. 
Madame Bessonneau (Moreau-Robert).—Light yellow, shading to a 
creamy white ; large, full, opening well ; globular. 
Madame Bonnet des Clanthes. —Cream white flower, shading to light 
yellow near the centre ; very large, very double, and scented. 
Madame la General Gourho (Soupert & Netting).—Brilliant silky 
rose, salmony yellow centre, edges lake rose; large, full, petals large, 
buds long. Seedling between G6n^ral Schublikine and Monte Rosa. 
Madame Louis Patry (Tesnier). — Pale purplish rose flower, with 
yellowish spots, centre shaded China rose colour with clear marks on 
outside ; very large, full, globular ; stiff stalks. 
Madame Nelisson. — Light citron flower, partly double, scented, 
flowering both late and early. 
Madame Victor Caillet (Bernaix).—Paeony red, reverse of petals 
carmine, shaded with salmon, passing to white ; medium or very large ; 
exterior petals concave, those in centre crumpled and folded—red and 
white flowers growing on the same tree. 
Mdlle. Thirion Montauhan (J. Pingrave h Chauviy).—White flower 
with light yellow centre, edge of petals rose colour and pencilled with 
red in places, large full in cup, round bud opening well.' Seedling of 
Shirley Hibberd. 
Marie Page (Leerrier).—Pale rose with yellow centre, outside of 
petals carmine red, very bright at the edges, large, full, stalk strong. It 
resembles Comtesse Riza du Parc, but is darker. 
Maud Little (Dingee & Conard). — Delicate China rose with a 
particularly brilliant tint—seedling of Pierre St. Cyr and Duchesse de 
Brabant. 
Pearl Rivers (Ding4e & Conard).—Ivory white flower delicately 
bordered and shaded with light rose, large, full, very sweet scented. 
Seedling between Devoniensis and Madame de Watteville. 
Pink Perle des Jardins (Nauz & Neuner).—Rose coloured flower, 
large. Very sweet. Offshoot of Perle des Jardins. 
Rainbow. —Rose coloured flower striped and mottled with carmine, 
beautiful striped rose. 
Rosario Custel (Ketten).—Pearly rose, centre blush. 
Senateur Loubet (Reboul).—Pale rose-coloured flower verging on 
metallic yellow near the centre and passing into poppy coloured red 
when in full bloom, large, very full and centre petals finely fringed. 
Souvenir de Madame Levet (Et. Levet).—Dark orange yellow flower, 
large, full and well made, opening well and very sweet, stalks firm. 
Souvenir de Pierre Magne (J. Purgraveaud & Chauvry).—Dark 
China Rose, copper-yellow at the base, shading off into light rose 
medium sized or large, half double, long buds. Seedling from David 
d’Angers and Mad. B^rard, 
lillier (Bernaix). — Dull carmine red flower, shading off into a 
reddish violet, medium sized, very double, often imbricated. 
Vicomtesse du Chaffaud (Reboul).—Buff coloured Rose, large, very 
double, opening well, cup shaped. 
Hybrid Teas. 
Auguste Ltalens (Guillot).—Purple red Rose, large, full, globular, 
holding itself well, very sweet. 
Baronne G. de Noirmont (Cochet). — Light, pale salmony rose 
coloured flower, shading off into white, large full globular roundish 
bud, opening with firm stalk, very sweet. 
Grand Duo Adolphe de Luxembourg (Soupert et Netting).—Light 
pinkish red flower, on the reflex bright lake geranium shade ; very large, 
nearly full; long bud. Seedling between Triomphe de la Terre des 
Roses and Mad. de Loebed sels. 
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (Lambert & Reiter).—Outside petals of 
the flower creamy white, the inside ones Naples yellow shading into orange 
yellow in the centre ; large, very full, imbricated ; very sweet; long 
upright bud ; good for forcing and cutting. 
La Fraicheur (Jos. Pernet Ducher).—A white rose shaded off into 
bright rose carmine ; very large, cup shaped. Seedling between Victor 
Verdier and Mad. Falcot. 
Madame Jos. Bonnaire (Bonnaire).—Bright China rose ; very large, 
full, and opening well. Seedling between Adam and Paul Neyron, 
Madame Pernet Ducher (Jos. Pernet Ducher).—Canary yellow 
flower ; outside petals tinted with carmine, shading off into creamy 
white ; middle-sized or large ; nearly full ; bud turbinated, and very 
pretty. 
