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the larger pipes in the houses; and at the end of each range of piping is 
a steam trap, which allows the air to escape without losing heat or steam ; 
but the water condensed from the steam does not pass back into the 
boiler, it is collected in small tanks outside, and can be utilised in other 
ways.” Now even so near to the coal district as King’s Norton is, firing 
has been an expensive item this winter, with coal and coke at double the 
usual prices. Mr. Pope’s experience of steam heating is very pro¬ 
nounced, as also is that of his father, that it is the coming heating 
power of the future in large establishments. The economy in fuel is 
great, and almost any rubbish can be burned freely. The siftings of 
cinder heaps, slack, and refuse matter, soon d'sappear in the steam 
boiler.^ There is only one drawback to its use. It necessitates all night 
attention, but in a large establishment this is a matter of small moment 
as against the saving in fuel, and the readiness with which heat can be 
raised and maintained 
But many will ask. What about the internal temperature? Well, I 
visited the nurseries in the very severe weather fully expecting to find a 
dry scorching heat, but I did not; all the houses had hot water heat on, 
but in the three bouses in which steam also was used I found a higher but 
delightful temperature, and plants luxuriating in it. One immense 
advantage is that houses and plants may be deluged with water at any 
time, and whilst the floors and beds remain moist the foliage is soon 
restored to a dry state. 
For Orchid culture especially I venture to predict that steam heating 
will grow very much into favour. Mr. Pope has tried a small experi¬ 
ment with a few knocked about plants of Dendrobium Wardianum, 
which were sent to him for one of his auction sales but did not find a 
customer, go he bought them himse’f and used the flowers, and some 
time after he placed them on a bench over the s'eam pipes, and the 
plants are making stronger and more rapid growth than the Wardianum 
in his ordinary Orchid house. He has now removed some of the smaller 
growing Dendrobiums into the steam-heated houses to see the result of 
so doing. Mr. Pope naively remarked, “ It cost me about £70 before I 
gained the experience I needel.” So I recommend “ Omega ” before 
starting on steam heating to take a run to Birmingham and see for 
himself. —W, Dean. 
NEW BOSES—THE FRENCH CONTINGENT—TEAS. 
VisiTOES to the galleries at Versailles have doubtless been amused, if 
not indignant, in looking at the pictures painted by French artists of 
the campaign in the Crimea that a British soldier nowhere appears, and 
that even in the battle of the Alma, where we held the pose of daring 
and our allies had a comparatively easy time of it, it is only a portion 
of the field where the French troops were engaged that has occupied 
the artist’s attention. With more excuse the French lists of Roses have 
had it all to themselves. Now and then an English Rose appeared, but 
very rarely, and in truth until of late years they were few and far 
between. Now it is otherwise, and although our battalions bear no sort 
of proportion to those of our neighbours it is a pleasant thing to find 
English raised Roses appearing in the French lists—as pleasant as if the 
French artist had introduced a few of our soldiers in his picture of the 
heights of Alma or the storming of Sebastopol. 
I have been assisted by Messrs. Ketten of Luxembourg, whose 
collection of Roses must be the most complete in existence, as their 
catalogue certainly is with the best of the new Roses of 1890-91, and they 
have supplied the want which I find in the Paris list which I have 
generally used—viz., the names of the raisers of the new varieties. The 
reason of the omission in the Paris lists I cannot understand, unless it was 
that finding English growe s were considerably influenced by the names, 
looking hopefully at those which once sent out good Roses before, and 
askance at those from whom we have received only indifferent flowers ; 
but so it is, and we are thankful to the provincial grower for supplying 
what his metropolitan confrere has omitted. 
There are, as usual, a number of Roses of various classes, such 
as dwarf Polyantha, Bourbon, Hungarian Roses, and Hybrid Roses ; 
but I confine my observations to the three most popular classes with 
us—Teas, Hybrid Perpetuals, and Noisettes, the latter indeed merging into 
the Teas until the difference is almost imperceptible. Of these classes 
we have announced thirty-one Teas and Noisettes, and twenty-two Hybrid 
Perpetuals, showing again that as they find the class of Teas most 
popular they have devoted their attention to these, but whether we 
shall ever gain in the future such Roses as we have bad in the past is 
very questionable. With regard to this class, which I take first, I am 
afraid that we shall have, after the experience of the past winter, to 
modify our statements as to their being as hardy as the H.P.’s, for in 
most places they have suffered severely. The best way will, I think, be 
to take them under the raisers’ names, beginning with the most prolific 
contributor to our list. 
Nabonnand. 
General de Mertchanshij .—Flesh rose of a very bright and lovely 
tint; flowers large, full, and erect; bud very long and pointed, opening 
iUelf well. This sounds promising. 
Jaime Naionnand. —Colour chrome yellow, tinted with deeper shade, 
and with a slight shade of copper ; flowers large and full ; bud very 
pointed, opening well. 
La Chanson. —Showy carmine rose, shaded with deeper tints, golden, 
erect very large and full, seedling from Isabelle Nabonnand and Gdn^ral 
Schlabliking. The description ends with the thoroughly French 
announcement, dedicated to Gustave Nadaud, the eminent author. 
Mammie Mossier. —Tender rose, lightly veined with red, the outsido 
of the petals paler, large, full long-pointed bud, opening well. Dedicated 
to the Minister of Finance. 
Princess Marguerite d'Orleans. —Delicate pale rose, exterior of 
petals lovely carmine, large, fuP, pointed bud ; stem firm. Said to be a 
new colour, seedling from Isabelle Nabonnand. 
SOUPEET AND NoTTING. 
We have never gained much from this very persevering firm, whieh 
still endeavours to win the favour of the Rose-growing world, but with 
little success ; for although for thirty years or more they have sent out 
their Roses I do not see in the N.R.S. Catalogue one of theirs, either in 
Teas or Hybrid Perpetuals. Again they are in the field with glowing 
descriptions, birt we may be permitted to doubt whether we are likely to 
gain much from them. They are five in number. 
Charles de Frangoisi. —Chrome yellow, shaded with salmon yellow, 
outside petals slightly tinted with rose, not flowering in clusters ; a cross 
between Sylphide and Madame Croucher. 
Comtesse Era Ilartenherg. —Creamy yellow, outside petals slightly 
bordered with rose, pointed bud, opens wmll; a cross between Etendard 
de Jeanne d’Arc and Sylphide, and therefore, I should imagine, having 
somewhat of the Dijon character. 
Comtesse de Vitzthern. —Clear Naples yellow, very vigorous ; a cross 
between Adele Jouvant and Perle des Jardins. 
Gahrialle JVieola. —Silvery white, the base of the petals rosy flesh 
colour, shape of Souvenir de la Malmaison; a cross between Bouquet d’Or 
and Sylphide, doubtless another of Dijon character. 
Princesse de Sarsica. —Clear yellow, shaded with bright rose outside 
of petals ; a cross between Madame Lambard and Solfaterre. 
Gdillot. 
Christine de Noire. —Purplish rose shaded with maroon ; orttside of 
petals clear purple shaded with silvery white ; flowers, large, imbricated, 
very floriferous. By way of enhancing its merits we are informed that 
it is dedicated to the daughter of a general. Surely of all raisers of 
Teas Guillot has no need of such a queer way of recommending his Rose, 
but I suppose it is “ the way they do things in France.” 
Peies and Ketten. 
Amanda Cassado. —A Rose of a very remarkable colour, difficult to 
describe; yellowish-coppery-rcse ; the outside petals rose, sometimes 
tinted with rosy white, flowers medium size. 
Marie Scholtz. —Colour deep shaded rose, centre brick red, vigorous 
and free-flowering. 
Godaed. 
Antoinette Dorien. —Shaded chrome yellow, passing into pale yellow^ 
moderately full. 
Madame CVcira?.—Salmon rose with light bronzy reflex on outside of 
petals, opening well, large and full. 
Miss Wenn. —Colour of a China Rose, large and full, very vigorous. 
Dubeeuil. 
Blanche de Force. —Chrome yePow reflexed with pale yellow, outside 
of petals lightly tinted with rose ; flowers fall and imbricated ; bud egg- 
shaped. Dedicated to the daughter of an amateur of Roses in the 
Loire. 
Chaeles Veediee. 
Souvenir de Lady Ashburton. —Flowers very variable, coppery red 
with salmony yellow, sometimes brown, sometimes brilliant yellow, clear 
yellow prevailing ; all these shades, sometimes sepjarately, sometimes 
mingled, according to the condition of flowering, a sort of vegetable 
Chameleon. 
Rebotjl. 
Dr. Dasellet. —Flowers salmony red, centre salmony rose, tips of 
petals clear yellow, outside dark rose, large fall; dwarf habit, nearly 
thornless, very free flowering. 
Jenny Danzae. — Flowers canary yellow, fimbriated, petals outside 
white, very free, opening well ; tree vigorous and very free flowering. 
Dedicated to the wife of the President of the Horticultural Society of 
Marseilles. 
Bonnaiee. 
Eliza Fugier. —Flower pure whi*e, centre slightly streaked with 
clear yellow, very large, very full; bud veiy long; tree very hardy. 
Very much in the style of Niphetos, from which it is raised. 
Souvenir de Madame Sablyvoiles. —Flower apricot rose shaded with 
yellow, petals shaded with carmine passing on to creamy white, large, 
full, and globular, does not flower in clusters ; new colour. A seedling 
Devoniensis and Elise Vardon. 
Tesniee. 
Etoile ^Z’A Flower, ground colour yellow coppery, largely edged 
with red, reflexeil with bronzy pearly red, large, full globular; budlong; 
stalk firm ; new colour. 
