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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ Juae 16, 1892. 
Veuve Jlenier (Vve. Schwartz).—Pale rose-coloured flower; ground 
colour rosy white, shaded blush and light carmine, spotted with yellowish 
petals : large, very full frilled ; a perfect shape. Seedling from Camoens. 
Hybrid Perpetuals. 
Belle Ivryenne (Ldveque).—Bright red rose, shaded with white and 
carmine ; very large and full; opening well. 
I)e Morand (Vve. Schwartz).—Bright crimson red flower, shaded 
with lilac purple ; edge of petals reddish white ; large, full, imbricated, 
and opening well. Seedling of Gen. Jacqueminot. 
Frere Marie Pierre (Bernaix).—China rose flower, shading oft into 
carnation ; very large, and full ; very sweet ; cup shaped ; bud erect 
and single. Seedling of Baronne Eothschild, 
General Baron Berge (Pernet p^re). — Garnet red flower, the 
outside petals shaded with violet; large, nearly full ; very sweet ; 
perfect shape. 
Jeanne Masson (Liabaud).—White flower, carmine on the reflex ; 
middle size or large, often globular, often cup shaped. Very sweet. 
Excellent for forcing. 
L'Ami Mauhrey (Renaud Gu^pet).—Light red flower, shaded with 
pale violet; very large double, and very sweet. Seedling of Xavier Olibo. 
L'Etincelante .—Bright red flower, slightly velvety inside ; very 
large, cup shaped ; ffweet. Seedling of Bijou de Couasnon. 
Madame Anatole Leroy (Anat Leroy).—Tender rose-coloured flower, 
large and full. 
Madame Benoist (Moreau Robert).—Light satiny rose colour, very 
large, full, flat, and sweet. 
Madame Edouard Michel (Liabaud).—Light full rose, very large, 
full, and sweet scented. Seedling of Madame Gabriel Luizet, which it 
much resembles, only darker. Good for forcing. 
Mademoiselle Buhost (Pernet, p.).—Light carmine-red, darker in the 
middle ; middle size or large ; nearly full, stalk firm. Seedling of 
Victor Verdier. 
Mon Reve (Vigneron).—Lilac rose flower, getting paler towards 
the end of the petals, darker in the centre; large, full, globular, and 
very sweet. 
President Carnot (Degressy).—Light rose coloured flower, shaded oS 
into carmine on the reflex ; large, full, well made, and very sweet. 
Prince A. de Wagram (Cochet).—Bright purplish-red flower, shading 
off into bright carmine-red ; large, very full, long bud. 
Professeur Charguerand (Ldveque).—Dark red flower, marked with 
brown and poppy colour ; full and large. 
Souvenir de Jean Sisley (Dubreuil).—Dark purplish-carmine flower, 
shading into magenta and amaranth ; large, full, and very sweet. 
Souvenir de Louis Moreau (Moreau Robert).—Dazzling fiery red 
flower, shading off into dark crimson ; large, full, and globular. 
Souvenir de Madame Bor (Liabaud).—Fine blueish-purple flower, 
velvety, mingled with crimson; large, full, cup-shaped, and very sweet. 
Now what is to be said of all this wonderful list of names and 
glowing descriptions 1 One Rose grower said to me, “ Nothing but 
rubbish still, we may hope that is too sweeping a condemnation. 
Where the names of Guillot, Schwartz, and Liabaud appear we may 
hope for something not altogether so bad as to be classed under that 
title, but, as I have said, the experiences of the past few years have not 
led us on this side of the channel to expect much, and therefore accord¬ 
ing to the old saying, we shall not be disappointed.—D., Beal. 
NOTES OF PRESENT INTEREST. 
MARfiCHAL NIBL ROSE CUTTINGS. 
About this time cuttings can be readily procured from this delight¬ 
ful Rose, and several have found (the writer among the number) that 
canker attacks Roses of this variety on their own roots less frequently 
than on any stock, and ; canker is the great evil to which the Mar^chal is 
subject. How best to root the cuttings is the question. After various 
experiments in the open, the greenhouse, and under hand and bell 
glasses with and without heat, I have come to the conclusion that the 
easiest, quickest, and surest is in a wide-mouthed bottle of water full in 
the sunshine, and when callusing has taken place transferring them to 
a bottle of silver sand saturated. Roots are emitted quickly, and the 
plants may be then potted singly at leisure in small pots and repotted 
at intervals. 
TROP.EOLUM Mrs. Clibran. 
I had this on trial last year, and in dwarfness, floriferousness, and 
compactness it exceeds anything of the kind I ever noticed before. 
A line would strongly remind one of Crocus communis, a delightful 
bright orange yellow in summer instead of spring. One can easily 
understand how it would contrast with coloured Beet, the various 
Pelargoniums, Coleus, or fifty other customary lines of bedding stuff. 
Your note on page 415 only does this acquisition justice. 
Slugs. 
i never saw such a scarcity of slugs. I need hardly remark that I 
am not regretting the fact, but rather rejoice, as mine is a town 
garden, and such gardens are peculiar victims of their ravages. I 
attribute the fact to the heavy tails of snow in February and again in 
March, after soft weather, when they were suddenly caught away from 
their customary winter lairs. Frost is not so injurious to them, as it 
comes on gradually and gives them time to escape.— W. J. Murphy, 
Clonmel. 
Events of the Week.—A meeting of the Linnean Society takes‘ 
place to-day (June 16th), and the Yorkshire Gala is continued to-day 
and to-morrow at York. On the 21st the fortnightly Committee meet¬ 
ings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill Hall^ 
James Street, Victoria Street, Westminster ; and in conjunction witb 
them will take place the National Rose Society’s Exhibition of Teas and 
Noisettes. The Royal Oxfordshire Commemoration Show is fixed for 
the same day. On the 22nd a floral fete and children’s floral parade 
will be held by the Royal Botanic Society in the Gardens, Regent’s Park ► 
- The Weather in London. —The cold wave referred to in a 
paragraph below reached London on Saturday, but its full effects were 
not appreciable until Sunday, when the temperature was very low and 
drizzling rain fell. On Monday it was drier and brighter, but still cold, 
and on Tuesday the wind remained northerly, the cold wave continuing. 
The barometer also commenced to fall. On Wednesday the weather 
became warmer, but the wind remained in the north-east. 
- Sunshine in 1892.—Up to the present time the actual pro¬ 
portion of sunshine in the South of England has been 4 per cent, 
higher than in any year since the establishment of the recording 
instruments in 1881, and 10 per cent, in excess of the average for the; 
ten years 1881-1890. 
- The Weather — A Cold Wave. —The weather underwent a 
change in Scotland at the end of last week, which spread southward. 
In Scotland the change took place on Thursday evening, the wind 
shifting to the northward ; and on Friday the temperature was from 
12° to 20° lower than on the previous day. In Edinburgh the maximum 
was 83° on Thursday, and 52° on Friday, or a difference of 31° ; the 
latter was the coldest June day for twenty years. The weather was- 
extremely cold in Perthshire on Saturday, the Grampians being white 
with snow. It also became colder in the northern and midland counties 
of England, and on Sunday the cold wave had reached the south. In 
London the maximum for the day was only 51°, or 18° below the 
average, and 32° lower than Friday. Light rain fell during the greater 
part of the day. 
-A New London Market. —The new City fruit and vegetable 
market, recently erected by the Grand Markets Committee of the City 
Corporation, Smithfield, was opened on Monday last, the Lord Mayor 
attending in state. It is situated at the junction of Charterhouse Street 
and Farringdon Street, and is, therefore, close by the meat market. It 
has a frontage of about 370 feet to the former road, and about 184 feet 
to the latter. The building is of iron and glass, occupying 30,000 feet 
super out of the 54,000 feet available, so that there is room for extension 
when wanted. The basement is occupied by the Great Northern Rail¬ 
way Company, and the transmission of produce will be very quickly 
and easily effected by hydraulic lifts and inclined cart roads. The 
Lord Mayor, in opening the market, pointed out that the capital sum 
expended by the City of London in markets amounted to something 
like £3,300,000. He congratulated Londoners on the acquisition of a 
new means of distributing such immensely important supplies as fruit, 
vegetables, and flowers. 
- Caution. —It has come to our knowledge that Lewis Castle, 
who was formerly on our staff, and whose connection with this 
Journal ceased on the 31st of March last, has since received money, 
ostensibly for a subscription, on our behalf, and which he has retained 
in his possession, without giving any receipt for the same ; we therefore 
caution the subscribers to this Journal to pay no money to the said 
Lewis Castle, under the belief that he is associated with this ofluce. 
-Lettuce Black-seeded Bath Cos.—T his is still one of the 
best varieties for withstanding the winter without any protection. Last 
winter was a very trying one for all green crops, but this Lettuce is 
so hardy as not to feel the effects of the wintry weather. At the 
present time we are cutting good heads. The outer leaves are brown, 
but the inner are a beautiful golden colour and wonderfully crisp. This 
is not a sort that runs quickly to seed like some. It would be diflflcult 
to conceive a better Cos Lettuce for standing the winter without any 
1 protection.—E. M. 
