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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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hang is placed in bottles of wa*er. It does not matter which end 
of the wood is placed in water, for either will do equally well. 
I have never found any difference, and it is often difficult to 
place in the bottles what may be termed the right end, or that 
nearest the stem of the Vines. This, with such varieties as 
Alicantes, is often too short, and therefore the end beyond the 
bunch must be used. The bottle should be filled with clean 
water, and so that the stem leaving the bunch will reach the 
water at whatever angle the bottles may be suspended. It is 
immaterial whether charcoal is placed in the bottles of water or 
not; we never adopt this plan now, and find no difference. The 
idea that too much water will pass to the berries unless the 
stem has been charred, or the tubes through which water passes 
stopped by other means, is a mis'ake. We always place the 
stem into the water as cut from the Vine, and find the Grapes 
keep well. Some use clay to stop the mouth of the bottles to 
prevent evaporation, but this is only a waste of time, and does 
no good if only an attempt is made to regulate the temperature 
and conditions of the room to prevent a moist atmosphere and 
the condensation of moisture upon the berries. The less heat 
that can be used to accomplish this the better. It is also 
necessary to examine the bottles occasionally to see that the 
stem is still in the water; if this is not the case they must be 
filled, or the Grapes will shrivel instead of remaining fresh and 
plump. Care must also be exercised in looking over the 
bunches lest any berries should decay, for unless these are 
removed at once they will soon destroy the whole bunch by 
decaying all those that surround it. 
The fruit room must be freely ventilated whenever the 
weather is favourable and will al'ow of this being done, the 
same conditions being observed as when the Grapes are hang¬ 
ing upon the Vines It is surprising how well the fruit can 
be kept even in what may be regarded as unsuitable places, pro¬ 
vided due care is taken in regulating the atmosphere in the room. 
It is, indeed, very difficult tr lay down any hard and fast rule 
for their management after they are cut, because the position of 
the room, as well as other varying circumstances, all tend to 
prove that intelligent observation must guide those in charge, 
as rules probably would in many instances prove unsuitable.— 
Wm. Bardney. 
NEW ROSES. 
There was a time when Rose-growers waited in a flutter of 
expectation for the new catalogues which came pouring in from 
France, and they were eagerly scanned as to the hope of new 
acquisitions which should surpass in excellence and beauty anything 
that we already possessed. Sometimes these expectations were 
realised, when, as in 1853, three such Roses as Gloire de Dijon, 
Jules Margottin, and General Jacqueminot gladdened the Rose- 
growers. 1861 was another grand year, for it gave Charles Lefebvre, 
Due de Rohan, Marechal Vaillant, Maurice Bernardin, Mrs. Charles 
Wood, and Prince Camille de Rohan. But we get no such years 
now : perhaps it is unreasonable to expect it. We have so many 
beautiful Roses that it seems well nigh impossible to get anything 
to excel them, and hence we take the ncw-Rose fever in a much 
milder form than we used to do. We have learned to discount the 
magnificent descriptions, when all the glowing adjectives of the 
French language were used to describe the novelties which the 
raisers had to offer, and we have, rather than take these descriptions 
au serieux, looked upon them as good jokes, and have measured 
our expectations rather by the doings of the raisers in former years. 
When a raiser has mostly given us good Roses we place confidence 
in his new bantlings ; when, on the other hand, he has generally 
given us indifferent flowers we do not care to trust him for the 
future. In looking through the list which I have now before me 
of the new Roses, I find fifteen Teas and thirty-four Hyb id Per- 
petuals, besides a few miscellaneous Roses. I shall take them 
under the names of their raisers, as being likely to give a better 
indication of their value, taking Teas first. 
TEAS.—GTJILLOT ET FILS. 
Comtesse de Frigneuse. —A robust free-flowering variety. Flowers 
full, of a beautiful clear canary yellow ; the blooms large. As 
Guillot has only this one Tea, and as he has already given us some 
good Roses, we are hopeful that this may be an acquisition. 
NABONNAND. 
It is well known that this raiser every year floods the market 
with new varieties, very few of which remain permanently in our 
catalogues ; for in the National Rose Society’s catalogue of exhi¬ 
bition Roses I find only one of his, Francisca Kruger. In the 
present year he offers five. 
Camille Roux.—A. large globular flower. Plant very vigorous 
and free-flowering ; colour, centre lively red, borders of petals rose. 
Exadelphe. —If the superlatives used far the description of this 
Rose indicate anything it must be something grand. Everything 
is “ tres ! ” It is very vigorous, very floriferous, very large, very 
full, very well formed, and very sweet, while the colour is a perfect 
yellow. What more, my masters, can you want ? If there is truth 
in words everyone ought to go in for this, but- 
Flavien Budillon. —Here again the superlatives come in, but not 
quite so many as in the previous description, still they are abun¬ 
dant—very vigorous, very free-flowering—flowers very large, full, 
globular, cup-shaped, beautiful tender rose colour. 
Reine Olga. —Robust, very vigorous ; large full flowers, perfect 
shape, colour coppery red ; very sweet-scented. 
Suzanne Blanchet. —Very vigorous and free-flowering, of imbri¬ 
cated form ; colour beautiful flesh rose. 
LEYET. 
Claudius Levet. —Vigorous and free-flowering, large and full, of 
a beautiful carmine rose shaded with purple, centre salmon colour. 
Edmond de Bianzat. —Plant vigorous. Flowers large, full, of 
good form ; colour a beautiful salmony peach. 
Marguerite Ramet. —Beautiful flowers, well formed, large size ; 
colour beautiful china rose, the centre veined with carmine rose, 
edge of petals bordered with bright rose. 
LEVEQT7E. 
Comtesse Horace de Choiseul. —Vigorous. Flowers large, well 
shaped ; colour delicate rose shaded with copper yellow. 
PERNET, PERE. 
Madame David. —Vigorous. Flowers large, nearly full; colour 
tender rose edged with white, shaded salmon rose. 
Souvenir de UAdmiral Courbet. —Moderately vigorous, having 
some likeness to Polyantha Roses. Flowers medium size, full or 
nearly so, of a lively red colour. Very free-flowering variety for 
borders. 
DUBREUIL. 
Marquise de Vivens. —Very free-flowering. Flowers medium or 
large, of a most charming colour, the base of the petals white ; the 
edges lively carmine, showing at the front china rose colour, gradu¬ 
ally shading into straw colour towards the centre ; inside flesh 
colour shaded with sulphur yellow. The buds are very long, of 
fine form. This Rose has a delicacy of colour and refinement im¬ 
possible to describe. Well, at any rate the raiser has made a good 
attempt at doing so, and excites in no small a degree one’s curiosity 
as to what it may turn out in reality. 
SOUPERT ET HOTTING. 
Reine Nathalie de Serbie. —Very vigorous. Flowers large, well 
formed, flesh rose in colour on cream-coloured ground lightly shaded 
with yellow. 
GONOD. 
Souvenir de Helene Lambert. —Very vigorous, thorny, very flori¬ 
ferous ; colour yellow, reverse of petals deep rose. 
BONN AIRE. 
Souvenir de Victor Hugo. —Vigorous. Flower large and full, 
bright pink, slightly edged with yellowish white ; centre yellowish. 
HYBRID PERPETUALS.—EUGENE VERDIER, FILS AINE. 
Amiral de Joinville. —Flower large and well formed ; colour 
deep red shaded with purple ; very sweet-scented. 
Denis Cochin. —Very vigorous. Colour crimson red shaded with 
velvety crimson. 
Chatelaine d’Eu. —Larger well-formed flowers, carmine red 
lighted with brilliant purple ; centre pansy-coloured violet. 
Leon Delaville. —Vigorous. Large well-formed flowers, red 
deep shaded, flushed with carmine, lighted up with violet crimson. 
Louis Calla. —Large flower. The description of colour baffles 
one—purplish red, shaded with puce, marbled with white. 
Prince Waldemar. —Vigorous. Colour cerise red shaded with 
silvery white. 
Princesse Marie cCOrleans. —Vigorous. Colour lively cherry red 
shaded with silvery white. 
Madame Vauvel. —Very vigorous. Flower extra large, very 
large petals, lively rose colour. 
SCHWARTZ. 
Auguste Andre. —Vigorous. Colour silvery rose, lilac centre, 
passing to pale rose. 
Climbing Monsieur Boncenne. —A rampant-growing variety of 
this well-known variety, very free-flowering. 
Climbing Pride of Waltham. —This has also originated with 
Paul & Son at Cheshunt, and is being sent out by both firms. Of 
strong growth. Flowers like the type. 
Souvenir d’Eugene Karr. —Flowers medium size ; colour reddish 
scarlet passing into puce ; back of petal with whitish shading. 
