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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 3", 1891. 
In the pleasing and graceful leading article on page 15, July 9th, Mr- 
Arnott seems to imply that the Lily may possibly contest this title with 
the Rose, and he quotes Cowper very happily as allowing such rivalry. 
He goe3 even further. “ If rosarians will forgive, Cowper seems to have 
had a partiality for the Lily.” I, for one, cannot for a moment il forgive,” 
especially at such a season, when Roses are the most regal of all. In 
November my allegiance wavers a little, and I admit there is something 
to be said for Chrysanthemums. Every visit to an Orchid house 
impresses me with respect for that all-the-year-round flower. But in 
July admit a rival to the Rose 1 Not for a moment! 
When there is a lull in the rush of R se show reporting perhaps 
there may be found room for my reference to English poets. I will not 
go back beyond them, which will, I think, clear the case in poetical 
judgments. I will quote Cowper against himself, and then subjoin a 
garland of other Rose poets’ sayings. 
“ Flowers by that name promiscuously we call, 
But, one, the Rose, the regent of them all.”— 
(Cowper.—“ Retirement ”). 
I will begin with that little known poet Daniel, 1562-1619. 
“ Fair is Lily, fair 
The Rose, of flowers the eye ! 
Both wither in the air ; 
Their beauteous colours die.” 
Hughes represents Flora as absolutely installing the Rose in this 
position. 
“Ye flowers, at my command attendant here, 
Pay homage, and your sovereign Rose revere ! 
No sorrow on your drooping leaves be seen ; 
Let all be proud of such a queen, 
So fit the floral crown to wear, 
To glorify the day, and grace the youthful year.” 
Broome, again, pays his homage thus :— 
“ Queen of fragrance ! lovely Rose ! 
The beauties of thy leaves disclose ! 
The winter’s past, the tempests fly, 
Soft gales breathe gently through the sky ; 
Then haste thy beauties to disclose, 
Queen of fragrance ! lovely Rose !” 
Cunningham says the same. 
“Yes, every flower that blows 
I pass unheeded by, 
Till this enchanted Rose 
Has fixed my wandering eye.” 
Cunningham also imitates Anacreon— 
“ Thee, ever gentle Rose, we greet ! 
We worship thee, delicious sweet ! 
For, though by mighty gods caressed. 
You deign to make us mortal blest.” 
“ Go, Flora,” (said the impatient queen 
Who shares great Jove’s eternal reign). 
Go breathe on yonder garden thorn ! 
Wake into bloom the emerging Rose, 
And let the fairest flower that blows, 
The fairest month adorn.”—(W hitehead). 
Similar lines were quoted in the Journal (February 5th, 1891). I 
have not been able to ascertain their author. 
“ What garden grace can be compared to thine, 
So sweet, so silent, and with face so fine; 
So fair a presence, lips that ope with morn, 
Proclaim thee queen. Thy beauty hides the thorn ! ” 
Two of the poets, it is true, waver in their allegiance, but then under 
very excusable circumstances. 
“ Sweet as the flowers that deck the field. 
And sweet the smell the blossoms yield ; 
Sweet is the summer gale that blows, 
And sweet—though sweeter you ! the Rose ! ”—(E. HOORE). 
“ See, see, how the Rose there adorns that gay bush; 
And proud of its colours would vie with her blush ; 
Vain boaster ! thy beauties shall quickly decay ; 
She blushes—and see how it withers away.”—(DODSLEY). 
Dr. Watts in his moral lessons rather reverses this statement. I 
conclude with his homely and excellent moral. 
“ The Rose has one powerful virtue to boast, 
Above all the flowers of the field ; 
When its leaves are all gone, and fine flowers are lost. 
Still how sweet a perfume it will yield ! ” 
Upon which he makes the young luly remark— 
“ Then I’ll not be proud of my youth and my beauty, 
Since both of them wither and fade; 
But will gain a good name by well doing my duty, 
That shall scent like the Rose when I’m dead.” 
—A. C. 
Roses in America. 
On a gentle slope stretching away to the southward just beyond 
Mt. Hope reservoir and Highland Park, lies the greatest plantation of 
Roses in America. Many residents of Rochester know of this delightful 
spot, which has been visited by hundreds from a distance, but there are 
many who do not know of the treat within their reach. 
Everyone is aware that one of the chief industries of Rochester, and 
the one which has caused it to be known the world over as the Flower 
City, is its culture of plants and trees. At the head of the list of 
horticulturists and florists is the long-established firm of Ellwanger and 
Barry.. Their extensive grounds in the southern part of the city, laid 
out as they are in the most artistic manner and cared for in accordance 
with most approved methods, form a park, the beauty and attractiveness 
of which can seldom, if ever, be equalled by a public park. 
Much might be said of each of the departments into which this 
extensive business is divided, but undoubtedly the greatest interest at 
this season will be taken in the display of growing Rose3 for which 
Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry have attained so enviable a reputation. For 
a number of years this firm has made a speciality of the Rose, and they 
have gathered from all quarters of the globe varieties which are best 
adapted for cultivation. As one approaches the field of eight acres from 
the top of the slope, there extends before him a grand sight. In this 
field are over 80,000 plants, embracing 150 varieties, while in another 
field near by are 20,000 plants. Mr. Barry said the varieties could be 
distinguished without difficulty when they are not in blossom by their 
foliage and peculiarities of growth. 
“ We do not grow the plants for the blossoms,” said Mr. Barry in 
reply to the reporter’s remark that it seemed a pity to see so many 
blossoms apparently going to waste. “ We grow the plants to sell at 
wholesale and retail. We supply florists in large and small quantities, 
and sell a great many to persons w T ho wish to decorate their grounds 
either extensively or in a simple manner. We have here the choicest 
old standard varieties as well as all the more recent introductions, and 
the newest Roses of 1891. Everyone loves the Rose, and most people, 
we think, will declare that it is the finest of all flowers.” 
Among the firm’s recent additions are the Japanese Roses, remarkable 
for their robust, vigorous growth, great hardiness, and remarkable 
bloomiDg qualities. These varieties are not only ornamental by reason 
of the beautiful flowers which they produce, but also on account of their 
handsome foliage and the sliow r y fruit with which the plants are covered 
in autumn. The Japanese Rose will prove valuable, especially for 
regions where Rose culture has been unsuccessful heretofore, owdng to 
the severity of the climate. Madame George Bruant, of the last type, 
is a striking representative, producing large -white flowers, highly 
fragrant, and in every way charming .—(Post Express.') 
Christleton Rose Show, July 21st. 
It would be difficult to find among the country Rose Shows a 
prettier or a better one than that which has been held now for a good 
many years in the park-like rectory field at Christleton, near Chester, 
The Show was held on the date named, and was unanimously pronounced 
to be better than any of its predecessors. A well-known rosarian, now, 
alas 1 no longer an exhibitor, on being asked his opinion, said at once, 
“ You cannot possibly speak too highly of it.” Tibshelf probably drew 
off the nurserymen, for there ’were only tw T o exhibitors in their class. 
The open classes for amateurs were well filled, and with such adversaries 
as Dr. Budd and Mr. Drew it was no small credit to the rector of 
Christleton to carry off the principal prize. His winning box of twenty- 
four was a really fine one, strong all through. The quality of the Teas 
may be understood from these facts—that the Rev. F. R. Burnside was 
showing in fine form, yet he was beaten in two out of three classes by 
Dr. Budd, whose boxes of twelve distinct and six Ethel Brownlows were 
really charming. 
Herbaceous flowers were as usual a great feature in the Show, 
Messrs. Dickson of Chester staged a fine collection of twenty-four 
varieties, but it was justly remarked that several had evidently been 
grown under protection, and therefore could hardly be called hardy. 
The amateurs showed strongly. There were two collections of thirty- 
six varieties, five of twenty-four, and two of twelve ; and in all of them 
the flowers and arrangement were remarkably good. The best collection 
was undoubtedly that of thirty-six varieties staged by the Rev. L. 
Garnett, the notable flowers in which were Scabiosa caucasica, Senecio 
japonicus, Lilium testaceum and pardalinum, Eryngium Oliverianurrq 
Centaurea macrocephala and dealbata, Helc-nium Bolanderi, Hypericum 
coris, Lychnis chalcedonica and Haageana, Amaryllis longifolia alba, 
Hemerocallis Thunbergi and fulva, Chrysanthemum maximum, Gai’» 
lardia grandiflora, Phlox Lady Napier, Gladiolus “ The Bride,” 
Bupthalmum salicifolium, Sidalcea oregana, Lychnis coronaria hybrida 
(A. O. Walker), Campanula lactiflora and persicifolia (pallida and alba 
p'ena), Galega alba, and Catananche ccerulea. Mrs. Ince’s winning 
collection of twenty-four was striking, and well set up with good floweis- 
of Iris Kiempferi, Delphinium, and Phlox. 
Roses, nurserymen’s classes, thirty-six distinct.—Messrs. Dicksons 
(Limited) were first with good blooms of Horace Yernet, Mrs. J. Lamp, 
Alfred Colomb, Her Majesty, A. K. Williams, Beauty of Waltham, and 
Marie Rady. Mr. Rumsey was second with good specimens of Mrs. 
J. Laing, Duke of Edinburgh, Star of Waltham, Dupuy Jamain, Duke 
of Teck, and Victor Hugo. In twelve triplets these exhibitors were 
placed in the same order. 
Amateurs’ classes, twenty-four distinct varieties.—A hard fight for 
firs) place decided in favour of the Rey. L. Garnett, whose box contained 
