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JOURXAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
A pi 11 10, 1890. 
and those of the Deutzia would be a useful addition where it has not 
already been grown. 
June 24th.—Drill Hall, Westminster (N.E.S.). 
„ 27th.—Koyal Aquarium. 
„ 28th.—Eltham, Reigate. 
July Ist.—Canterbury, Hereford, Sutton. 
„ 2nd.—Croydon, Dursley, Hitchin. 
„ 3rd.—Bath, Farningham, Norwich. 
„ 5th.—Crystal Palace (N.R.S.). 
„ 8th.—Gloucester, Ipswich, Winchester. 
„ 9th.—Diss, Ealing, Tunbridge Wells. 
„ 10th.—Birkenhead, Worksop. 
„ 17th.—Birmingham (N.R.S.), Helensburgh. 
„ 22nd.—Tibshelf. 
The only Rose Show on the above list which extends over more than 
one day is that at Winchester, which will be held on the 8th and 9th of 
July. —Edward Mawley, Berhlianisted, IlerU, 
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS—A CATALOGUE COMMENTARY 
{Continued from page 366.') 
Perle des Jardins (Levet, 1874).—Of good strong stiff growth with 
fine foliage, not liable to mildew, but easily injured by rain. It does 
well as a dwarf, but is a Rose of shocking bad manners. We want much 
a well shaped Tea of a good decided yellow to take the place of Marechal 
Niel when it is off bloom ; and Perle des Jardins is always promising to do 
this, and very very seldom doing it. It comes divided or quartered or 
malformed in some way, almost to a certainty, during the summer, but 
manages to stave off execution of just judgment by the aid of better 
shaped and far more valuable blooms in the autumn. At that season it 
will often prove the only available sort which is really yellow, and even 
one bloom of this tint will make a wonderful improvement in a bouquet 
of autumn Roses. It is a good autumnal, and is quite worth growing 
for this purpose alone. 
President (A. Paul & Son, 18G0).—See Adam. 
Princess Beatrice (Bennett, 1887).—I have considerable hopes of 
this Rose in a fine dry season as an early Tea, but have not had any 
good fortune with it yet. There is an H.P. Rose (W. Paul, 1872) of this 
name. 
Princ ss of Wales (Bennett, 1882).—Of quite small dwarf growth 
and foliage, not liable to mildew, but requiring fine weather. This Rose, 
though unlike it in bloom and wood, is somewhat similar to Comtesse de 
Nadaillac in manners and customs. A small stem w’ill sometimes swell 
and grow for a longtime without opening the bud which, when it does 
come, will be a great and probably a good Rose, while a much stronger 
shoot of three times its length perhaps opens quickly and produces a much 
inferior bloom. The shape of the smaller flowers is rather weak and un¬ 
decided, but there is no doubt about its beauty in form and every other 
quality, when it does come good, though it is seldom very large. It does 
well as a dwarf, but is too small ingrowth to be called a free bloomer or 
good autumnal. There is certainly one, if not two, H.P.’s of this name. 
Buhens (Robert, 1859).—The N.R.S. and a well-known northern 
exhibitor catalogue this Rose as “ moderate,” but it is a famous grow'er 
with me, producing strong good clean shoots with very fine foliage, and 
quite capable as a short standard of covering the wall of a one-storeyed 
building. It is not liable to mildew, is slightly pendent, and can stand 
a little ram. The blooms come very well, but the petals are thin. The 
fine half-opened buds are grandly supported by fine foliage, but the 
flowers are not very lasting in shape, and are difficult to show well, as 
they look weak and unsubstantial when shown with other Teas. It does 
not do very W’ell as a dwarf, and is best in cool w’eather ; capital, early 
and late, against a dwarf wall; very free blooming and a good autumnal, 
thriving well on lightish soil. 
Safrano (Beauregard, 1839).—Of very strong growth with fair 
foliage, not liable to mildew, and suffering very little in rain. Very 
free blooming, but a small and thin Rose, quite weak and open in the 
centre. It is only useful for buttonholes, and, like all thin Teas, is 
especially valuable in the late autumn. When not another Rose is to 
be found in decent condition anywhere from the cold and the wet, a 
Bafrano on a wall will come to the rescue. Hardy, and of good con¬ 
stitution, and ready to grow anywhere. Of the same colour as Rfive 
d’Or and Sunset, but the buds have sometimes the lovely red tinge of 
Madame Falcot. 
Souvenir d'Elise Vardon (Marest, 1854).—Not of free growth or good 
constitution, but there ought to be at least one pretty strong shoot to 
each plant, not liable to mildew, but subject to injury from rain. The 
bloom comes generally well, though sometimes divided, and when it is 
fine on a strong shoot, and is taken at the right stage, you have, to my 
thinking, the first and best of all show Roses, H.P. or Tea. It is getting 
an old Rose now, but nothing can compete with it. Mr. B, R. Cant I 
says in his catalogue, “ Invariably takes the silver medal as the best Tea., 
or Noisette,” and I think this is still true. To be sure the medal very 
often goes to another Tea, but th.at is because Elise is not there. It 
b'ooms early, as in fact do all the Teas, but these come again, while.it 
takes a long time to work up fresh shoots to produce this grandest of 
Roses, and the second blooms never equal the first. Where the season 
is late enough for it to be shown in anything like perfection, no suc¬ 
cessful rival in any stand or competition has yet been found ; and there 
will be an opportunity of testing this on June 24th next at the N.R.i - 
early Show of Tea Roses at the R.H.S. Exhibition. It does well as a 
dwarf, has fine foliage, and the blooms are of the largest size, and aU 
that can be desired in every good quality. In freedom of bloom and 
as an autumnal it is not good, for the growth is shy and the constitu¬ 
tion delicate. This is the Rose for enthusiasts, with whom one perfect 
glorious bloom is worth a garden full of ordinary flowers. And every 
possible care should he bestowed in watching and protecting the bud,, 
and diligently and highly feeding the plant until the medal bloom, the 
Queen of the Show, is cut. 
Sotivenir de Gahrielle Brevet (Guillot, 1884).—Not of strong growth- 
or foliage, not liable to mildew or much to injury from rain, does fairly 
as a dwarf, and comes very pretty and promising as a bud, but opens 
hollow, small, and disappointing. I had nearly made up my mind to- 
discard it, but some useful buds in late autumn have obtained a reprieve 
for it for the present. 
Souvenir de Paul Weyron, (Levet 1871).—Is generally catalogued as. 
vigorous, but I find it weak as a rule with small foliage, though occa¬ 
sionally a plant will grow fairly well, and there is not much injury 
generally from mildew or rain. The blooms come pretty well, of a very 
good shape sometimes, and of large size considering the smallness of the- 
stems, but the plant is difficult to please, and will not often do well as a. 
dwarf. It is a poor autumnal, but very free flowering in the season, every 
wood bud all over the plant trying to grow as soon as the flower buds- 
are formed. This habit, which which is more or less common to a g^od 
many of the free-flowering Teas of moderate growth, makes it very diffi¬ 
cult to find buds for propagation without sacrificing some of the coming 
blooms. A good Show Rose in a Tea box when you can get it, but not’ a. 
variety suited to the million. 
Souvenir de TJiercse Levet, (Levet 1882).—Is also generally catalogued 
as vigorous and a free bloomer, but it shows neither of these good 
manners with me. It can stand some rain, and the foliage is pretty 
good, but rather liable to mildew. It often just escapes being a 
thoroughly well shaped Rose, and is remarkable for its colour, which is 
the deepest red of any of this section, but neither bright nor velvety,, 
soon gets dull after being cut. and does not show w’ell against the pure- 
whites and yellows of its sisters in a stand of Teas. The size is only 
medium, but the shape is occasionally good, and it has all the lasting.- 
powers of its race. Perhaps it ought to be more cultivated, but most 
fanciers of Tea Roses seem half ashamed of it, as if it had no business to- 
be red ; and few, I think, would consider it had any claim to first-class- 
quality. Note, there is a Thdrese Levet, a pink H.P., of some little- 
merit. 
Souvenir d'un Ami (Defoug^re, 1846).—-A really good old Tea- 
Rose, of strong, healthy, vigorous growth, with very fine foliage, not 
liable to mildew or much injured by rain. This is one of the hardiest 
of the pure Teas ; does well as a dwarf or on light soil ; a free bloomer- 
and a capital autumnal, and the blooms generally come well, of fine 
shape, substance, petal, size, and lasting qualities. The principal fault 
is that the flower soon loses its colour, and is apt to look dirty, and I am. 
therefore the more inclined to hope that its pure white sport, 
Simvc 7 iir de S. A. Prince (Prince, 188»>, which seems to-promise all 
the good qualities of the type, may be not only quite as good, but evam 
an improvement on the original. 
Sumet (Henderson, 1883).—A sport from Perle des Jardins, of the- 
same colour as Reve d’Or ; a handsome, useful, strong growing Rose,, 
with foliage of a beautiful red colour when young. It seems to me to- 
have rather better manners than its progenitor in the matter of coming: 
well shaped in the summer, but to be just like it in every other par¬ 
ticular except colour. 
The Bride (May, 1885).—A pure white sport from Chtberrne Mermet,. 
of great value. With me this Rose also is an improvement upon the 
type, growing better and producing a larger proportion of first-class, 
blooms, but similar to it in general manners and customs. This is_ very 
high praise indeed, and some may be inclined not to agree with it. T 
have the Teas only as dwarfs, and in this, as in all other cases, I am 
speaking of Roses as I personally find them. 
Many of my criticisms may appear strange to growers in other soils,, 
climates, and situations, and if I have treated any Rose unjustly T hope- 
it may find a defender to plead its cause in the pages of the Journal.— 
W. R. Raillem. 
HORTICULTURAL BUILDINGS AND HEATING 
APPARATUS. 
[A paper readby Jlr. Henry Hope, horticultural builder, at a meeting of Blrmlngh-.ns 
Gardeners’ Association.] 
{Concluded from page 286.y 
Special Houses. 
I WILL now proceed to Tomato houses. This fruit of late years has 
become exceedingly popular, and tons upon tons are grown in the south 
of England and the Channel Islands, specially for the English market. 
