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THE FLORIST. 
quite up to the present day—are puzzled to have to select from a list 
of thirty or forty sorts of Peas, Broccoli and Cabbages following after— 
why it requires almost the “ wisdom of Solomon” to know what to sow. 
To return to Roses; in a catalogue of Roses for the present season, now* 
before me, nearly two hundred varieties of Hybrid Perpetual Roses 
are named and described. Out of this number about ninety are rose, 
or shades of rose colour. Now I may be singular, but it seems to my 
sober ideas, that if about twenty of the best of the rose-coloured 
varieties had been inserted, the list would have been more acceptable 
to the amateur and purchaser of Roses, who, when he looks into such a 
vast array of names to select a few, must plunge into a sea of trouble. 
Now would it not be advisable for Rose growers to put on one side all 
envy and jealousy, and unite in giving annually a list of Roses, every 
one of which can be honestly recommended to the public. This would 
create halcyon days for the lovers of Roses. With my present ideas, I 
would rather allow a good new Rose to remain in abeyance one year, 
than bring it out with a chance of bringing on disappointment. A new 
Rose, in my opinion, should not only be a good Rose, but distinct in 
character from those already in cultivation. Many new Roses are 
good, well-shaped, and all lhat can be wished for, and perhaps, after 
all, only rose, pale rose, blush, flesh-coloured, or crimson in colour; 
in fact, with nothing new about them but their name. 
Of the new varieties of the present season a few words may be 
interesting. M. Trouillard, the raiser of Victor Trouillard, sends out 
two varieties, raised from the Geant ; one described as “ rouge 
sanguin,” the other “ rouge eblouissant,” in colour, and offers “ the 
property” of three other seedlings, raised also from the Geant, for 
2500 francs, or 100/. What is intended by the property is the entire 
stock, the purchaser having the privilege of naming the varieties, as 
has been the case with the Bourbon Prince Albert and others of Messrs. 
Paul, the Duchess of Norfolk with Messrs. Wood, and so on. This law also 
holds good with the property of seedling flowers purchased in England. 
Messrs. Lucombe and Pince bought the Rose Devoniensis as a seedling, 
and named it. 
Among the new Roses of the present season we have the following, 
remarkable only, in my opinion, for their little variation in colour, and 
yet their names will serve to make a goodly list of “New Roses” for 
next spring. I attach their descriptions, as given by their raisers. 
Prince Imperial, beau rose carmine, a seedling frem La Reine. 
Berceau Imperial, rose carnd, tres tendre. 
Marie Aviat, rose lilacd. 
Comte Cavour, rose vif. 
Marie Louise de Vitry, rose carmine. 
Belle Anglaise, rose came. 
Adelaide Fontaine, rose tendre. 
Audubon, rose clair. 
Madame Schmidt, rose lilace, from La Reine. 
Mademoiselle Alice Leroy, rose tres tendre. 
Mademoiselle Therese Appert, rose tendre. 
Madame Helody, rose virginal. 
Dr. Rushplu, rose. 
Mademoiselle de Labathe, rose eclatante. 
