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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ March 33, 1893. 
NEW FRENCH ROSES. 
(Continued from page 215^ 
15, Frangois Menard (Tesnier).—Crimson red, centre cberry red, 
passing into velvety crimson. Very large, very full ; globular firm 
stem. 
16, Ingegnoli prediletta (Bernaix).—Light rose, mauve on the out¬ 
side, peach colour inside. Large, semi-double, and cup-shaped. 
17, Joseph Teysier (Dubreuil) very pale rose, sometimes red, shading 
off to chrome yellow at the base ; sometimes dark rose and carnation 
colour. 
18, Jules Bourguin (Chauvry).—Chrome yellow, bordered with 
light lilac. Very large, very full ; bud rounded. One of the Dijon 
race. 
19, Karl Maria Vo7i Weher (Turque).—Dark carmine, at the base 
yellow. Half full, long bud, flowering singly ; very sweet. A seedling 
from Lajeune Poczeau and Luciole. 
20, Krimhilde (Drogemeller).—Charming yellow, passing to purple 
rose, the centre golden coppery yellow. 
21, La Caleta (Priez & Ketten).—White, shaded with rose, the centre 
yellow, coppery salmon, large and full. 
22, Lionie Osterrieth (Soupert & Netting).—Porcelain white, centre 
shaded with tender yellow, very full, cup shaped and sweet; a seedling 
between Sylphide and alba rosea. 
23, Leon XIII, (Soupert & Netting).—White, lightly shaded with 
straw coloured yellow, centre light ochre, large, full and with long buds ; 
a seedling from Anna Ollivier and Earl of Eldon. 
24, Loxhise Bourhonnand (Nabonnand).—Light golden rose, base golden, 
very large, full, upright footstalk, with large buds, flowering singly 
and very sweet. 
25, Madame Albert Patel (Godard).—White, passing into flesh colour, 
large, very full, showing early, bud round, and very 
26, Madame Frenlon (Moreau Robert).—White, lightly tinted with 
rose ; large, nearly full, and sweet. 
27, Madame Henri Greville (Tesnier).—Yellow, centre lemon 
colour, bordered with flesh-coloured salmon rose ; large and very full, 
globular. 
2^, Madame Jean Bansillon (Godard).—Straw colour flower shaded 
to yellowish white ; large, full, generally single, long bud. 
29, Madame Louis Gaillard (Liabaud). — White flower, shaded 
yellow ; large, full, and sweet. 
30, Madame Louis Leveque (Lev^que).—Bright red fleshed with 
light yellow, shaded salmon and white centre darker; large, full, and 
globular. 
31, Madame Alartin Cahusac (Lev^que). — Coppery rose shaded 
golden yellow, red at the base of petals ; very large, full, and gloular. 
32, Madame Ocher Ferenez (Bernaix).—Pale canary, nearly white, 
tinted with chrome, outside petals often bordered with rosy carmine ; 
large, full, and pointed bud. 
33, Madame Gxiillaumez (Bonnaire).—White, silver in the centre, 
shading to orange yellow ; medium or large ; very full, globular, and 
firm erect footstalk. . 
34, Mai fleuri (Tesner).—White, glossy satiny velvet ; flower very 
large, very full. Jasmine scented ; long bud, erect footstalk ; blooms 
singly ; a cross between Fortune’s Yellow and Mar4chal (Tea). 
35, Maman Cochet (Cochet).—Carnation rose flushed with clear 
carmine and mixed with nankeen salmon, very large, full, and sweet ; 
outside petals large, the centre sometimes composed of rosette, or indeed 
nearly cup shaped ; almost always holding itself upright. In fact I 
hardly think from this description it can be anything but a horribly 
confused flower. 
36, Margxierite Breslier (Jean Ducher).—Light rose colour mingled 
with rose peach, inside slightly rose ; large, full, and sweet. 
37, Pierre Mareadier (Jean Ducher).—Creamy yellow, inside some¬ 
times coppery, very large and very full; seedling from Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, to which it bears some likeness. 
38, Pilar Bomedel (Pries A Ketton).—Very bright rose marbled with 
white, pale rose when opening, centre lighted with yellow. 
39, President de Lestrade (Puyradard).—Flame colour, marbled with 
rose, and sometimes coppery ; large, full, and buds long. A cross be¬ 
tween Madame de Watteville and Madame de Tostas. 
40, Prince Hussein Kamil Pacha (Soupert & Netting).—Flower 
blush silver at base, in the centre ochre yellow, with golden back to 
petals ; large, full, more globular than flat. A cross between Anna 
Ollivier and Reine de Portugal. 
41, princesse de Monaco (Dubreuil).—Brilliant creamy yellow, 
outside flesh-coloured rose, tinted with chamois ; large, full, with long 
bud. 
42, Siegfried (Drogemeller).—Dark salmon, large, and very double, 
cup shaped ; very sweet. 
43, Sceu-r Sever in (Reboul).—Silvery white, centre lightly striped ; 
large and full. 
44, Souvenir de Claude Dupont (Godard).—Dark rose, sometimes 
shaded, large and full. 
45, Sir de Ludovic Talanse (Pelletier).—Blush white, centre flesh 
colour, border of petals canary yellow, very large, bud long, egg-shaped, 
opening well. Cross between Madame Gallet and C4Hne Noirey. 
46, Souvenir de Madame A. Henneveu (Bernaix). — Variable in 
colour, salmony china rose, veined with carmine, often coppery red 
with reverse amaranth, full, large, with egg-shaped bud. 
47, Sotivenir de Mdlle. Victor Caillet (Bernaix).—Pure white flowers 
with cream colour, large, full. 
48, Thiron-Montauhan (Puyradard).—Bright red, sometimes dark 
red, full, and large.—D., Deal. 
(To be continued.) 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Makch 14th. 
Scientific Committee. —Present: Dr. M. T. Masters (in the 
chair), Mr. Michael, Mr. Blandford, Dr. Scott, Prof. Oliver, Rev. W. 
Wilks, Prof. Farmer, Dr. Muller, Mr. Wilson, Prof. Ward, anl Rev. G. 
Henslow, Hon. Sec. _ 
Sargasso Weed. —Mr. Blandford exhibited a specimen collected off 
the Azores. He also remarked upon a perfectly successful experiment 
of bringing fresh green Cocoa Nuts from Jamaica in the refrigerator of 
ft V6S861* 
Tip 'ulcx in Soil. — Dr. Muller exhibited some grubs which were 
pronounced to be a species of this insect allied to the common T. oleracca, 
or Daddy Long-legs. . . 
Blue Primulas. — Mr. Wilson exhibited about fifty varieties of 
different shades of blue, plum-blue, and bluish-violet Primroses, all 
being seedlings from the original “Scott Wilson,” and grown at Wey- 
bridge and Wisley. 
Knotted Oak Branch.—De. Masters exhibited a specimen of this 
well known peculiarity, the stems being sometimes used for walking 
sticks. He had referred it to a fungologist, who had detected the 
presence of the fungus Dischrena discina. It was a question, however, to 
be solved whether this fungus was the cause of the knob-like protrusions 
or not. It was referred to Prof. H. Marshall Ward for further examina¬ 
tion and report. 
Cecidomya Taxi. —Prof. Farmer exhibited specimens of Yew sprays 
affected by this well known parasite, which causes an arrest of the axis 
and the leaves to form a rosette. The question was raised as to whether 
the shoot subsequently elongated or not. In Mr. Henslow’s garden both 
male and female Yews are always affected by it, the tufts of leaves and 
shoots attacked dying every year. it.* 
Injuries to Plants by Certain Sxibstances Present in Coal Smoke. —Prof. 
Oliver exhibited several results of his experiments in testing the effects 
of the ingredients of fog and their allied substances upon plants. A 
frond of Phegopteris trichoides, subjected to the vapour of phenol under 
a bell-glass, was blackened. White Lilac became of a chocolate brown 
colour ; white Cyclamens, however, being unaffected, though killed. It 
was remarkable that the alcoholic extract of chlorophyll made from the 
blackened frond was identically like that of the uninjured green leaf, 
showing that the chlorophyll was “ masked,” but not altered in character 
by the phenol. The effects of pyridine were not so marked, as the Lilac 
and Cyclamen,were only slightly tinted with a pale brown colour.^ Prof. 
Oliver had tested these and other plants for tannin, but the distribution 
of this substance in organs which change colour with or resist phenol 
and other coal-tar products, was found to be such that no positive 
conclusions could be drawn. 
Professor Oliver also showed the effects of sulphurous acid gas, so 
prevalent in urban fogs. The above-mentioned white flowers were 
killed by its action. The spectrum of chlorophyll of leaves subjected 
to its action showed the usual modifications due to the presence of an 
acid. It is to be noted that the effects produced were only on living 
protoplasm, no such results occurring if the protoplasm had been pre¬ 
viously killed. 
Dr. Scott said that he hoped Prof. Oliver would be able to throw 
some more light on the falling of almost uninjured leaves, which was 
perhaps the most remarkable of the effects of fog. In these cases the 
leaves, when they fall, are alive, and show scarcely any symptoms of 
poisoning. He thought it possible that the investigation of this 
phenomenon might help to explain the immediate cause of the normal 
fall of leaves in autumn, as to which we at present know little more 
than the anatomical conditions. 
Prof. H. Marshall Ward, in commenting upon Prof. Oliver’s elabo¬ 
rate report, observed that the author had evidently attacked the problem 
quite in the right way, by experimenting on plants with the separate 
ingredients of urban fogs ; and that as the report showed, the investiga¬ 
tion had raised a number of interesting and very important questions 
in vegetable physiology. It was, indeed, a matter of surprise to see how 
much information Prof. Oliver had extracted from his investigations in 
the short time at his disposal. He trusted that the author would 
persevere with his experiments, as he would have the hearty sympathy 
of everyone interested in the subject. Prof. Ward alluded to some old 
experiments of his own in which he found that in fine, dry, bright, and 
sunshiny weather plants resisted the effects of sulphurous acid better 
than in dull seasons, thus correlating in an interesting manner the 
results of Prof. Oliver, in that in foggy weather sulphurous acid gas was 
most effective in injuring plants. The result of this action was a 
plasmolvsis and diffusion giving the appearance of “ sweating ’ in the 
cells. The sulphurous acid in the gaseous condition penetrated the inter¬ 
cellular spaces of the tissues, and entered the cells in solution. 
