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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ May, 
bited; and of the remaining four, which are very scarce, two are known 
to be of first-rate quality. Of the novelties of 1867 I saw but one, 
Madame la Baronne de Rothschild, and this was really new—new in colour, 
new in character, and promising to be one of the grandest of recent Roses. 
The colour is a delicate soft rose, shaded with white, the petals are large, 
thick, smooth, and beautifully rounded, and the flower very large. I saw 
this Rose with the grower at Lyons last year, and marked it as the best 
I had seen on that journey. Monsieur Furtado was in great beauty; in 
one instance the flowers perfect in form, the colour (sulphur) clear, full, 
and spotless. Souvenir de Monsieur Boll was one of the best Roses in the 
exhibition, the flowers reddish cerise, large, full, and of perfect form and 
colour. The constitution of this Rose also appears good, and the habit 
vigorous. Madame Margottin was another gem, and no lover of Roses 
could look at it without wishing to possess it. The hues in this instance 
were cream colour, with dark citron centres; the flowers, for a Tea Rose, 
large, and of good shape, and the plant of good constitution. Mdlle. 
Annie Wood held her own against all rivals of her complexion, clear red, 
a large, pale, and well-formed flower. Madeleine Nonin was in fine trim, 
the large globes of rosy pink flowers attracting much notice, although the 
colour was in some instances pronounced objectionable; it is, however, 
distinct, something in the way of Baron Gonella, and in my judgment 
desirable. Paid Verdier, a bright dark Rose, was good, but probably at 
present not a very good autumn Rose. Charles Verdier, with flowers of 
a rosy flesh colour, promises great things, and will doubtless become a 
standard variety. Horace Vernet was also beautiful, velvety red shaded 
with dark crimson, the petals broad and round, the flowers large and full. 
Madame George Paul is a dark Beauty of Waltham, large, full, and very 
showy. Madame Rival was pretty and promising, and likely to be even 
better grown out of doors than under glass, the colour pale glossy rose, the 
flowers large, and of good form. Frangois Treyve took a position for size 
and brilliancy of colour, dark shining scarlet, quite in advance of his 
compeers. The flowers were in this instance wanting in smoothness, but 
this might be, and probably was, an occasional rather than a fixed feature. 
Monsieur Plaisangon, a large well-shaped purple Rose, was also worthy of 
especial notice. Antoine Bucher, dark red, and Thorin, bright rose, were 
also good. 
Turning to the older varieties -which formed the greater bulk of the Show, the flesh- 
coloured Caroline de Sansal was shown in the most perfect state, with many large, finely- 
shaped flowers, without spot or blemish. Elizabeth Yigneron, rosy pink, had some score of 
flowers, two over 6 inches in diameter. It may not be generally known that this is one 
of the finest of autumn Roses out of doors. Celine Forestier, pale yellow, was in beautiful 
condition, in several instances the plants covered with bloom, the branches drooping 
with the load of flowers. Beauty of Waltham, cherry colour to carmine, was as large, 
clear, and lovely as ever. Madame de St. Joseph, salmon pink, had numerous oval-shaped 
flowers, distinct in colour, and very beautiful. Madame Willermoz creamy white with 
