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rubbish, and I fail to see even in the very glowing descriptions 
(which we must always heavily discount) there is anything to make 
us look to it with much anticipation of surprise. It may be as I 
once heard a person say when someone, speaking of a very 
voluminous writer of the seventeenth century, “ It is only a sea of 
mud.” “ Yes,” was the reply, “ but there are fine eels in itso it 
may be now. Arranging them under the growers’ names, I place 
first, 
M. EUGENE VERDIER, FILS a1n£. 
Due de Braganza. —Poppy red, strongly shaded with violet, a 
new colour, large, full, globular, of very fine shape, very vigorous, 
superb ; yes, but one dreads these shaded violet Roses. 
Fig. 58. —Dexdrobiuji crassixode X WARDIAXUM. 
growing on stunted Oaks in Mexico, but we have not much information 
upon the matter as regards other species. Perhaps Mr. Smee has learnt 
something of this in his experiments with Orchids out of doors.—Ax 
Amateur. 
NEW ROSES. 
HYBRID PERPETUALS. 
The indefatigable manner in which our neighbours across the 
Channel send out yearly a number of worthless Roses to tempt the 
unwary rosarian exhibits a zeal worthy of a better cause. I 
say worthless, for this is evidenced by one simple fact. The 
National Rose Society published its catalogue of exhibition Roses 
in 1884. Since then about 260 new Roses have been sent out, ex¬ 
cluding a very few of English and American origin ; yet when it 
was debated the other day whether the Society should publish a 
supplement to their catalogue it was decided in the negative, as 
there were so few of any real value amongst them, and thus the 
Society is endeavouring to the best of its power to protect Rose 
growers by not encouraging them to buy what can only end in 
bitter disappointment. 
In looking at the lists which have been circulated I do not think 
that there is much to cause a flutter amongst Rose lovers. 
Lacharme has nothing ; Guillot only a Hybrid Tea which sounds 
something like Her Maiesty, which I see an American writer in a 
contemporary describes, as far as America is concerned, to be an utter 
failure. Charles Verdier has nothing ; Eugene Yerdier of course 
plenty ; and while he has given us some excellent Roses we must 
always remember that they are weighted by an immense amount of 
Duciiesse de Braganza. —Very delicate satiny rose, shaded 
brighter rose, extra large, full, well shaped, and vigorous. 
Edouard Lefort. —Velvety crimson, shaded, and blotched with 
fiery reddish purple, of good shape, vigorous ; a fine new Rose. 
Jules Barigny. —Reddish crimson, back of petals paler, large, 
very full, of good shape, vigorous, superb. 
Madame Edouard Michel. —Very bright fresh rose, very 
large, full, with large petals, well shaped, vigorous, Tea-scented ; a 
superb variety. 
Mdlle. de la SEiGLikRF.. —Apparently raised by a M. Main- 
dron, and sent out by E. Verdier, very fresh and delicate silvery 
rose, large, full, of good shape, cupped, vigorous. A seedling 
from La Reine. 
Prince Henri d’Orleans. —Clear cherry carmine, large, full, 
of beautiful shape, and vigorous ; an exquisite flower when half 
expended. I suppose from this that, although called full, it is not 
what we call so. 
