October 15,1891. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
821 
As the time has now arrived when Rose plants should be ordered 
from the nurseries I again append a list of sorts that I can recom¬ 
mend as being among the cream of the Rose world, and yet few of 
which are at all difficult to grow. 
Hybrid Perpetuals. —Light Coloured Varieties .—Madame 
G. Luizet, La France, Mrs. John Laing, Merveille de Lyon, Captain 
Christy, Marie Finger, Baroness Rothschild, Viscountess Folkestone, 
Grace Darling and Margaret Dickson. Medium Reds .—Ulrich Brun¬ 
ner, Francois Michelon, Marie Verdier, Marquise de Castellane, Com- 
tesse d’Oxford, Dupuy Jamain, Camille Bernardin, and Heinrich 
Schultheis. Reds. —A. K. Williams, Marie Baumann, Alfred 
Colomb, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Arthur, Dr. Andry, Ferdinand 
TEAS OR 
de Lesseps, E. Y. Teas, Senateur Vaisse, Victor Hugo, Earl of 
Pembroke, and Madame Henri Perriere. Dark Varieties. — 
Charles Lefebvre, Louis Van Houtte, Horace Vernet, Duke of 
Wellington, Prince C. de Rohan, Duke of Connaught, and Sir 
Rowland Hill. 
Teas and Noisettes. —Innocente Pirola, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
Marie Van Houtte, Caroline Kuster (N.), Honourable Edith 
Gifford, Francisca Kruger, Anna Ollivier, Madame Lambard, 
Rubens, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Madame Hoste, Souvenir de 
Therese Levet, Jules Finger, L’ldeal (N.), and Ernest Metz. 
Bourbon. —Souvenir de la Malmaison, Kronprinzessin Victoria, 
Mrs. Paul.—E. M., BerJehamsted. 
NOISETTE 3 . 
Position in Present 
Analysis. 
Average Number of 
Times Shown in the 
Six Years. 
Number of Times 
Shown in 1891. 
Name. 
Date of Introduction. 
Raiser’s 
or 
Introducer’s 
Name. 
Colour. 
1 
40-6 
40 
Catherine Mcrmet . 
1869 
Guillot . 
Light rosy flesh 
2 
34-8 
16 
Innocente Pirola . 
1878 
Madame Ducher ... 
White, slightly shaded 
3 
34-4 
28 
Comtesse de Nadaillac . 
1871 
Guillot . 
Rosy flesh and apricot 
4 
32-8 
34 
Souvenir d’un Ami . 
1846 
Belot-Defoug&re ... 
Pale rose 
5 
32 0 
32 
The Bride . 
1885 
May . 
White, tinged lemon 
6 
31-7 
36 
Marie Van Houtte . 
1871 
Ducher . 
Yellowish white, tinted rose 
7 
30-8 
31 
Niphetos. 
1844 
Bougere. 
White 
8 
30-5 
26 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon. 
1854 
Marest . 
Yellowish rosy cream 
9 
29-2 
29 
Caroline Kuster (N ) . 
1872 
Pernet . 
Lemon yellow 
10 
28-0 
23 
MaiAchal Niel (N.) . 
1864 
Pradel. 
Deep golden yellow 
11 
24-8 
16 
Madame de Watteville . 
1883 
Guillot . 
Cream, bordered rose 
12 
24-7 
26 
Jean Ducher. 
1874 
Madame Ducher ... 
Salmon yellow, shaded peach 
13 
22-7 
19 
Madame Cusin. 
1881 
Guillot . 
Violet rose 
14 
2L2 
29 
Honourable Edith Gifford. 
1882 
Guillot . 
Creamy white, shaded flesh 
15 
190 
25 
Madame Bravy. 
1848 
Guillot . 
White, flushed pale pink 
16 
18-3 
19 
Francisca Kruger. 
1879 
Nabonnand . 
Coppery yellow, shaded rose 
17 
17-8 
21 
Anna Ollivier . 
1872 
Ducher . 
Pale rosy flesh, shaded buff 
18 
17-7 
8 
Madame Lambard . 
1877 
Lacharme . 
Salmon, shaded rose 
19 
16-2 
14 
Rubens . 
1859 
Robert. 
Creamy white 
20 
16-0 
18 
Etoile de Lyon. 
1881 
Guillot . 
Bright sulphur yellow 
21 
14-0 
14 
Souvenir de S. A. Prince . 
1889 
Prince . 
Pure white 
22 
138 
19 
Princess of Wales. 
1882 
Bennett . 
Pale rosy yellow 
23 
11-8 
5 
Souvenir de Paul Neyron . 
1871 
Levet . 
Creamy white, tinted rose 
24 
11-2 
10 
Madame Willermoz. 
1845 
Lacharme . 
Creamy white 
25 
9-5 
6 
La Boule d’Or . 
1860 
Margottin . 
Golden yellow 
26 
8-2 
12 
Devoniensis . 
1838 
Foster. 
Creamy white 
27 
8-0 
8 
Madame Hoste. 
1887 
Guillot . 
Pale lemon yellow 
28 
7-5 
6 
Jules Finger. 
1879 
Madame Ducher ... 
Bronzy rose 
29 
73 
7 
Madame H. Jamain. 
1869 
Guillot . 
White, shaded yellow 
30 
6-5 
2 
Madame Ma.rgottiri . 
1866 
Guillot . 
Citron yellow 
31 
60 
6 
Cleopatra . 
1889 
Bennett . 
Pale pink, edged rose 
32 
5-0 
8 
Comtesse de Panisse. 
1877 
Nabonnand . 
Flesh, tinted coppery rose 
32 
50 
2 
Madame A. Jacquier . 
1879 
Guillot .. 
Light pink, shaded yellow 
TITRATE OF SODA FOR CELERY AND 
CUCUMBERS. 
A .few years ago I called attention in the Journal to the 
great value of this much-abused substance for applying to 
plants in pots which from various causes had become unhealthy, 
also as a medium for inducing quick growth at times when it is 
desirable to do so, and to enable plants generally to derive the 
greatest possible amount of benefit from the soil in which they 
are growing. I have now to chronicle an instance in which nitrate 
of soda has been used with marked effect and highly satisfactory 
results upon Celery and Cucumbers. I do this because I am con¬ 
vinced that if this stimulant is used intelligently it is capable of 
producing a larger yield from a given space than can be obtained 
by the exclusive use of manures less rich in nitrogenous salts, 
because nitrogen is the regulating force which enables plant life to 
bring into active use the amount of potash and phosphoric acid 
they are capable of taking up. But when, by their abundant 
crops, they have in a proportionate degree exhausted the fertility 
of the soil, it would be unreasonable to assume that nitrate of 
soda exhausts the soil. The right lines to proceed on are to give 
abundance of potash and phosphates annually to keep up the fertility 
of the soil, and apply nitrate of soda at intervals to stimulate to 
the fullest degree of vigorous growth. 
On the invitation of Mr. J. Marsh of the Priory Nursery, 
Warwick, I lately called there to see a house of Cucumbers (from 
which the fine fruits he staged at the Show held in the Castle 
grounds in July were cut). Before reaching the Cucumber house 
I was taken to a large breadth of Celery, upon which nitrate of 
soda had been used to test its power of producing what is wanted 
with this crop—viz , quick and vigorous growth—and in order that 
the test should be a real one several of the rows were dressed only 
half their length. It was easy to tell to an inch how far the nitrate 
had been given. Up to that point the plants were strong and 
vigorous, and of a deep green colour, while in the remaining portion 
of the row the colour of the leaves was distinctly paler, and the 
growth made much weaker. Now as this Celery was 
planted out late it will make all the difference between securing 
good sized “ heads ” before sharp frosts appear, or of being content 
with only moderate sized ones. This is well worth the attention 
of both gardeners and market growers. The Cucumber house 
above referred to is an old lean-to structure about 50 feet in length, 
which has recently been reglazed with large squares, thus securing 
plenty of light for the plants underneath. On entering this house 
a wonderful crop of fine fruits were seen. Long straight fruits of 
Telegraph were hanging from the roof from one end to the other, 
many of which were of great length and well proportioned—in 
fact, though Telegraph is not considered a large variety, under the 
