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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ Juuuary 2, 1890. 
attention to the surroundings of an extra fine specimen in the hedge¬ 
row, and try and imitate the conditions, we should hear of more heavy 
crops and fewer failures than at present. 1 believe the best way to 
grow them for profit is to throw up a mound similar to an earthed-up 
row of Celery, plant from 10 feet to 20 feet apart, and train the long 
growths similar to espalier fruit trees to keep them of the ground, and 
the fruit clean and handy to pick when ripe. I am sure when the cul¬ 
ture is better understood they will become as popular in the garden as 
Currants and Gooseberries. The large black fruit is useful in many 
ways, as for wine, jellj', and jam, also for mixing with Apples for tarts 
or puddings. The wine is highly recommended for sore throat.— 
G. C., WarwicU. 
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS—A CATALOGUE COMMENTARY. 
(^Continued from 2 }affe 600.') 
GSneral Jacqueminot (Rousselet, 1853).—Good, but rather slender 
growth and foliage ; liable to mildew, but not much injured by rain ; 
very free flowering, and a good autumnal, but decidedly thin ; must be 
grown very strong and cut very young to be fit for show, but is exhi¬ 
bited fairly sometimes, and indeed has once taken the silver medal at 
the metropolitan N.R.S. Show as the best H.P. As bright as Duke of 
Edinburgh when grown to perfection, but not lasting or large ; still this 
good old Rose knows its weakness, “ pulls itself together ” in hot 
weather, and tightens its point as hard as it can. Is the great grand¬ 
father of almost all our red H.P.’s, and is still, I believe, grown very 
largely for marfcet and florists’ purposes, “ Generals ” being almost as 
well and affectionately known in the trade as “ Niels.” 
Gloire de Margott'ui (Margottin, 1887) is a new Rose, on whose 
manners and customs it is as yet too early to dogmatise, and I only 
mention it because it seems as likely as any to supersede '• The General ” 
last mentioned. I do not know its parentage, but in general outward 
appearance it is very much like Gloire de Rosomenes (Vibert; the date 
appears to be lost in the mists of antiquity), which is, I believe, the 
progenitor of G^n^ral Jacqueminot, and of most of our red H.P.’s. 
Gloire de Margottin is, however, though sti 1 thin, very much fuller, 
and seems at present to “ take the cake ” as the brightest of all known 
red Roses. A long grower and free bloomer. If it will force well and 
hold its colour it seems likely to run “ The Gdndral ” hard. 
Other “Glories.”—De Bourg la Reine, very bright ; Da Ducher, 
rather rough ; De Vitry did badly with me. Of Waltham and of Ches- 
hunt, pillar Roses, do not seem to call for special mention. Gloire 
Lyonnaise (1881) was said to be a yellow H.P., but I could not make it 
anything but white, and small but pretty as a bud. 
Grand Mogul (W. Paul, 1887), though a new Rose, has been fairly 
tried by me, and I consider it to be identical with Jean Soupert, but, as 
compared with all other Roses, to have quite distinct manners and 
customs. The foliage is fair, and the growth good but pecul ar. One or 
two shoots run away considerably above the others, and give promise of 
good blooms, and when the bud forms at last it is of very good typical 
shape, and seldom comes cracked or divided ; but now, when you expect 
the plant to put all the strength into the bud, it does not seem to do so ; 
the stem thickens considerably at the base, and tempting plump wood 
buds for budding form all up the stem, but the flower buds swell very 
little, although it opens slowly. The bloom is much smaller and weaker 
than one would expect from the size of the shoot, though sometimes of 
fair average size, and the shape is undeniably good ; a round smooth 
button in the centre, the other perfectly imbricated, and the outline 
regular. The bloom is not very lasting, the colour rather dull, and it 
cannot be called a free bloomer, or be reckoned among the best 
autumnals. Decidedly liable to mildew, which sometimes affects 
the petals, but not much injured by rain. A seedling from A. K. 
Williams, and it is strange that in all characteristics it should be so 
very similar to Jean Soupert, a Rose older than its parent; but perhaps 
if we knew something more of the actual pedigree of our principal 
Roses for two or three generations some of these likenesses might be 
cleared up. 
IlarrUon Wcir (Turner, 1879).—A weak grower, suitable only for 
show purposes. Only one stem should be allowed to a plant, and if 
grown in this fashion good growth and foliage may be obtained the first 
year after budding. Not very liable to mildew, or to be spoilt by rain. 
A grand bloom, coming pretty true, stout in petal, globular in shape, a 
trifle weak in centre, but of beautiful velvety colour and fragrant 
scent. Of full size when grown strong, and good lasting qualities ; but 
a Rose of weak constitution, of no use as a free bloomer or autumnal. 
Heinrich Schulthein (Bennett, 1882) was a most useful introduction. 
Capital strong growth, with fine foliage, an early and free bloomer and 
good autumnal. Not very liable to mildew or to be injured by rain. 
The flower has large handsome petals, and is generally of a good shape 
when young, but soon falls abroad. An excellent hardy showy Rose of 
beautiful fresh colour and quite a large size. 
Her Majesty (Bennett, 1886),—A well named Rose. We all know 
the fable of the lioness, the queen of beasts, who, on being taunted with 
having only one young one at a birth (which is not true, by-the-by), 
said it was so, but that one was a lion. We acknowledge the imperial 
claims of Her Majesty, and that when a bloom does come it is often a 
queen ; but will she not graciously concede that an average of only one 
bloom to four plants (which is what I had this year) is being a little too 
sparing of her favours ? Manners and customs are notoriously strict 
and exacting in royal circles, and in this remarkable Rose we certainly 
have some striking peculiarities. Growth long, strong, and robust ff 
well fed, but neither free nor (with me) rapid ; makes extraordinary 
growth under favourable conditions, but a poor show if not treated 
regally and favoured with queen’s weather. Prune high or low you will 
not get more than one or two shoots to a plant, and if the single growth 
of a maiden shoot be stopped, instead of breaking in several places like 
the vulgar herd. Her Majesty slowly shoots again from the top bud left, 
and continues one stem upwards as before. We may place the plants 
very close together, for the stems of each are few in number, and 
upright and stiff. Fine foliage and very large stems, terribly subject to 
mildew. A large proportion of the blooms come good, and are not much 
susceptible to damage by rain. They have grand stout petals, and are 
wonderfully full in the centre, so much so that the Rose has quite two 
shapes, and the best one was not known for the first year or two ; for 
it has in the first stage a grand globular form, and when expanded and 
overblown it is yet so perfectly full, even when as flat as a pancake, as- 
to show no eye, and be still presentable and wonderful though not so 
beautiful as a Rose. The colour is best and purest in the first of these 
stages ; in the second it is something like that of a gigantic Marie 
Cointet. In size and lasting qualities it is quite at the top of the tree 
as a free bloomer and autumnal absolutely at the bottom. I have not 
had the good fortune to see a single secondary or true autumnal bloom 
yet; but it does bloom as a maiden though not for certain, otherwise 
its title to the term Perpetual might well be yet in abeyance. Not the 
least remarkable point about this Rose is its parentage. It is said to be 
a seedling from the old Tea Canary, a yellow flimsy thing according to 
modern notions, and Mabel Morrison, a white sport from Baronne de 
Rothschild, particularly open and deficient in the centre. One would 
think that Mr. Bennett, on beholding the illustrious progeny of this 
apparently ill assorted pair, would be inclined to consider chance still 
as likely to be successful as the careful choosing of seed-parents 
but he has, no doubt, his ideas and plans upon the subject, and fresh 
novelties in store, 1 hope, for e.xpectant rosarians. 
Ilcnri Lrdeeliaux (Ledechaux, 1868) and Hippolyte Jamain 
(Lacharme, 187-1) are both members of the Comtesse d’Oxford, or 
rather Victor Verdier family, all of which have the same general man¬ 
ners and customs, which it will not be necessary to repeat again. Fairly 
good growth, with smooth characteristic wood, the first shoots losing 
their foliage early ; objecting strongly to light soil or the Manetti stock ; 
free producers in summer and autumn of blooms of good globular 
pointed shapes, but not very lasting. Of the two here mentioned the 
former is very thin and not suitable for exhibition, but has a charming 
bright bud for buttonholes ; and the other is early, large, and a capital 
autumnal, but requires a rich soil. 
Horace Yernet (Guillot, 1860).—A typical slow Rose ; grand in the 
exhibition box, few surpassing it ; but to be sedulously avoided by those 
who grow Roses for ordinary g.arden purposes. The plant is of a. 
thoroughly weak constitution, and cannot be kept in health and strength 
beyond a year or two. Indeed it is almost useless as a cut-back ; no 
other Rose is more worthy of the annual system of culture—budding 
afresh on strong stocks every year, and doii'g away with the old plants 
—and for none is it more necessary. When thus treated the growth aiiiJ 
foliage are good enough, one would thick, to keep the stock roots in 
health ; but the plant is sure to dwindle, if preserved. Not very liable 
to mildew or much injured by rain. The blooms generally come good, 
and good they are, with noble stout petals, well filled centre, 
perfect shape (pointed, passing to imbricated), good dark colour, 
and lasting qualities of the first order. Not a free bloomer nor a good 
autumnal ; these are ‘ lions,’ to be made much of, and we must not 
expect many of them. Cut away the plant, as soon as it has bloomed, 
with a ruthless hand, to get the biggest and best buds for propagating- 
Waste none on weak stocks, and bud a good many, not delayed too long, 
for some may fail and require rebudding; and, whether you keep the 
old plants or not, you will not cut from them so long as you have 
young plants to go to. Hundreds of gardeners and rosarians, who 
would otherwise never have heard of the great French artist, have had 
his name “ familiar in their mouths as household words,” by the help of 
this noble Rose his namesake. 
Jean Liahaud (Liabaud, 1873).—Fair growth and foliage, not very 
liable to mildew or to be much injured by rain. Not a very free bloomer, 
a poor autumnal, and a Rose of shocking manners. Occasionally one 
gets a lovely bloom, of open imbricated shape, not strong in the centre, 
very dark and shaded in the most beautiful way with brighter tints. 
But if you get one such in the course of a year from a dozen plants, you 
will be pretty lucky. An amateur, with not much room to spare, will 
probably soon have had enough of this Rose. 
Jean Soupert (Lacharme, 1875).—See Grand Mogul. 
John Hopper (Ward, 1862).—A very popular and well-known English 
Rose, raised in the eastern counties. Very hardy, with strong growth 
and good foliage, liable to mildew, but not much injured by rain. The 
blooms come early and of fairly regular form, but the shape is open, and 
not of the first class. The colour ia beautifully fresh at first, but this ia 
