October 11, 1888. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
S31 
TEA AND NOISETTES. 
Position in Present 
Analysis. 
Average Number of 
Times Shown in the 
Three Years. 
_ 
■ Number of Times 
Shown in 1888. 
Name. 
Date of Introduction. 
Raiser’s 
or 
Introducer’s 
Name. 
1 
37-8 
50 
Catherine Mermet . 
1869 
J. B. Guillot fils. ... 
2 
37-3 
34 
Marechal Niel . 
1864 
Pradel. 
3 
35-7 
46 
Innocente Pirola . 
1878 
Madame Ducher ... 
4 
33-3 
57 
Marie Van Houtte . 
1871 
Ducher . 
5 
31-0 
43 
Souvenir d’un Ami . 
1846 
Belot-Defougere ... 
6 
30-7 
37 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon. 
1854 
Marest. 
7 
30-3 
24 
Caroline Kuster . 
1S72 
Pernet. 
•8 
28-9 
24 
Comtesse de Nadaillac . 
1871 
J. B. Guillot fiis. ... 
"9 
28-3 
28 
Niphetos. 
1844 
Bougere . 
10 
25-3 
27 
Jean Ducher. 
1874 
Madame Ducher ... 
11 
235 
21 
Madame de Watteville . 
1883 
Guillot . 
12 
210 
51 
Madame Lambard . 
1877 
Lacharme . 
13 
20-7 
32 
Honourable Edith Gifford. 
1882 
Guillot . 
13 
20-7 
26 
Madame Cusin. 
1881 
Guillot fils. 
14 
19-7 
28 
Anna Ollivier . 
1872 
Ducher . 
15 
19-0 
19 
The Bride . 
1885 
May. 
16 
18-0 
14 
Etoile de Lyon. 
1881 
17 
17-7 
34 
Madame Bravy., 
1848 
Guillot pere . 
18 
15-7 
31 
Rubens . 
1859 
Robert. 
19 
14-3 
18 
Madame Willermoz. 
1845 
Lacharme ... . 
30 
137 
14 
Souvenir de Paul Neyron . 
1871 
Levet . 
21 
11-0 
2 
La Boule d’Or . 
1860 
Margottin . 
21 
11-0 
9 
Princess of Wales . 
1882 
Bennett . 
22 
10-7 
23 
Francisca Kruger. 
1879 
Nabonnand . 
23 
10-0 
10 
Souvenir de G. Drevet . 
1884 
Guillot . 
24 
9-0 
12 
Devoniens - 's . 
1838 
Foster. 
25 
8-7 
4 
Madame Margottin. 
1866 
J. B. Guillot fils. ... 
26 
[8-3 
3 
Madame H. Jamain. 
1869 
J. B. Guillot fils. ... 
27 
,7-0 
13 
Jules Finger. 
1879 
Madame Ducher ... 
28 
6-7 
7 
Belle Lyonnaise . 
1869 
Levet . 
29 
6-3 
9 
Perle des Jardins. 
1874 
Levet . 
30 
5-7 
4 
Madame Welche . 
1878 
31 
5-3 
4 
Madame A. Jacquier . 
1879 
J. B. Guillot fils. ... 
Colour. 
Light rosy flesh. 
Deep golden yellow. 
White, slightly shaded. 
Yellowish white, tinted rose. 
Pale rose. 
Yellowish rosy cream. 
Lemon yellow. 
Rosy flesh and apricot. 
White. 
Salmon yellow, shaded peach. 
Pale lemon, pink margin. 
Salmon, shaded rose. 
Blush white, tinted pale ros?. 
Violet rose. 
Pale rosy flesh, shaded buff. 
White, tinged lemon. 
Bright sulphur yellow. 
White, flushed pale pink. 
Creamy white. 
Creamy white. 
Creamy white, tinted rose. 
Golden yellow. 
Pale rosy yellow. 
Coppery yellow, shaded rose. 
Salmon white, shaded pink. 
Creamy white. 
Citron yellow. 
White, shaded yellow. 
Rose, shaded silver. 
Deep lemon. 
Bright straw colour. 
Pale yellow, flushed pink. 
Light pink, shaded yellow. 
lions with those they occupied at the Crystal Palace Show this 
summer it will be seen approximately to -what extent these climatic 
and other causes have affected them. Monsieur Noman, for in¬ 
stance, loses this year eighteen places, Marie Rady seventeen places, 
Duchesse de Vallombrosa sixteen, Beauty of Waltham twelve, 
Annie Laxton and Madame Lacharme eight, and Star of Waltham, 
Violette Bouyer, Le Havre, and Reynolds Hole six places. Marie 
Cointet, which stood at No. 10 in 1886, and as high as No. 7 
last year, disappears entirely from this year’s list when taken by 
itself. On the contrary, when tested in the same way a few sorts 
appear to have delighted in this cool and dripping summer. For 
example, General Jacqueminot rises thirteen steps, Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh (which the season for once suited admirably) and Senateur 
Yaisse each twelve steps, Dupuy Jamain eleven, E. Y. Teas and 
Louis Yan Houtte ten, and Marie Verdier seven. Duchesse de 
Morny, which did not find a place at all in the last analysis, judged 
by this year's form alone, would stand No. 17. 
Out of the sixty-five varieties in the list of Hybrid Perpetuals 
there are only seven which are less than eight years old. These, 
which we may term the newer Roses, are thus placed: — First at No. 6 
comes a Rose possessing perhaps more good qualities than any other 
member of the Hybrid Perpetual family, and that is Ulrich Brunner 
(1881). Immediately following it are Lady Mary Fitzwilliam and 
Merveille de Lyon, both brought out in 1882. The former of these 
is a very dwarf grower, but otherwise an extremely free flowering 
and high class Rose, while Merveille de Lyon is well known as the 
most dependable of all the white H.P.’s. Skipping over a couple 
of dozen older sorts we reach at No. 26 Her Majesty (1885). 
Next to this grand exhibition Rose, which this year owing to 
adverse circumstances occupies a much lower place than it is en¬ 
titled to, stands Yiolette Bouyer (1881), a variety that the damp 
weather of last summer did not at all favour. At No. 28 we find 
Heinrich Schultheis (1882). This is likely to win its way more and 
more into public favour on account of its excellent habit of growth 
■•and distinct and delicate shade of colour. Pride of Waltham, which 
came out in 1881, is again low down in the analysis, doubtless 
eclipsed by its older rivals Marie Finger and Eugenie Yerdier. 
Turning now to the Teas and Noisettes, and treating the more 
established varieties in the same way as the H.P.’s, it will be found 
that the past Rose season, as was the case with the Hybrid Per¬ 
petuals, proved detrimental to more kinds than it benefited. For 
instance, that hot-season variety La Boule d’Or, as compared with 
its average position in the two previous years, loses as many as 
fourteen places, Caroline Kuster and Etoile de Lyon nine, Comtesse 
de Nadaillac and Madame Margottin eight, Marechal Niel and 
Niphetos five, and Belle Lyonnaise four places. On the other 
hand Rubens gains nine places, Marie Yan Houtte eight places, and 
Madame Biavy seven places. Madame Lambard, the favoured Tea 
Rose of the year, which was set up in only ten winning stands in 
1886, and in but two in 1887, appeared at the last exhibition in no 
fewer than fifty-one different stands. 
Judging by this analys's the Teas are making far more rapid 
progress than the Hybrid Perpetuals. Although the list of Teas 
and Noisettes is only about half as long as that devoted to the 
H.P.’s, yet as many as seven varieties, or about one-fifth of the 
whole number, have come out since 1880. The 1881 Teas are 
represented at No. 13 by Madame Cusin, and at No. 16 by Etoile de 
Lyon. The past season does not appear to have suited the former, 
notwithstanding its sturdy petals, while Etoile de Lyon, being very 
full, and also thin-petalled, suffered of course considerably from 
the continued damp and cold weather. As compared with its 
position at the two previous shows it loses nine places. Of the 
Teas distributed in 1882 two also find places in this analysis—the 
Hon. Edith Gifford, a welcome addition to the Devoniensis race, 
at No. 13, and Bennett’s Princess of Wales at No. 21. Although 
only sent out in 1883, that elegant butterfly-like variety, Madame 
de Watteville, already stands No. 11 in the analysis, and ahead of 
all the other newer Roses Souvenir de Gabrielle Drevet(1884) 
also takes up a good position (No. 23) considering how little it is 
as yet known. The Bride, only sent out in 1885, is one of those 
few fortunate Roses which become popular at once. It is a nearly 
white version of the Rose which stands at the head of the list of 
Teas and Noisettes in the present analysis—Catherine Mermet. 
The following short lists of choice varieties, which are recom¬ 
mended as the best for general cultivation, will, I trust be found 
useful, not only to those just commencing Rose-growing, but also 
