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THE FLORIST. 
de Falloux, and Reine des Violettes. Mr. Keynes was third, with 
Louis XIV., Madame Furtado, Victor Verdier, Triomphe de Lyons, 
Vainqueur de Solferino, Senateur de Vaisse, Mademoiselle Bonnaire, 
Eugene Appert, Madame Eugenie Verdier, Madame Meillez, Madame 
Pauline Villot, and Triomphe’ d’Amiens. 
Of the Roses of 1860, we find the following the greatest favourites:—• 
Victor Verdier, a Rose of fine shape, size, and colour; an improve¬ 
ment (not an easy matter) on that fine and favourite Rose, Jules 
Margottin. Senateur Vaisse : This is, I think, the Rose of last 
year; as exhibited by Messrs. Keynes and Cranston, it was a truly 
magnificent flower, large and double, of a brilliant red colour. Eugene 
Appert, a brilliant crimson of the Geant race, not very perfect in 
outline, but at the same time a most striking Rose, and attracting 
attention whether cut or in the garden. “ Oh, how like velvet! ” 
was the unsophisticated exclamation of my little girl on seeing it. 
Mademoiselle Bonnaire, a beautiful white with a light blush 
centre, very good, and in growth better than Virginal. Triomphe 
de Lyons, very dark, but too dull in colour to please many. 
Madame Charles Crapelet, an exquisitely beautiful Rose, with 
large petals, but perhaps a little too few of them, bright rose colour; 
this, I think, comes next to Senateur Vaisse. Madame Boll, 
a large and well-filled Rose, lively in colour, and good in habit. 
Gloire de Santenay, another fine Rose, brilliant in colour, rich 
crimson, and of good shape; it has hardly been exhibited in character; 
by some it is said to exceed Senateur Vaisse. Madame Pauline 
Villot, crimson purple, blooms very freely, and a well-formed Rose. 
Of the Roses of 1861, Madame Furtado seems to take the 
highest place as yet; it is a very fine, well filled, and well formed Rose, 
good in shape, and is well represented in Mr. Andrews’ figure, the 
faithfulness of which Mr. Radclyffe has borne testimony to in last 
week’s Chronicle. Louis XIV.—This is a very fine dark Rose, 
sharing with Senateur Vaisse and Madame Charles Crapelet the 
honour of being one of the best of the Roses of last year; it is very 
full and well shaped. General Washington is another promising 
Rose, of deep crimson colour, and very full. Reynolds Hole— 
worthily named after the worthy secretary of the National Rose Show— 
a brilliant pink colour, thick shelly petal, and of wondrous habit; the 
flower standing up well, and instead of failing when older, if possible, 
better; may its namesake be equally flourishing! Gregoire Bour- 
DILLON, a very fine Geant des Batailles, large and more vigorous; is 
also another acquisition of this year. La Boule d’Or (Tea) is 
certainly in colour what it was said to be, a deep almost orange yellow; 
hut —ah, those hats I —will it open freely or is it merely a house Rose? 
There is a hardness about the bud which I do not quite like, but should 
it do well out of doors it will be a great acquisition. Comte de 
Falloux is, without doubt, the pot Rose. I am as certain of this as 
I was that Eugene Appert would prove a favourite, which it has done, 
or that Reynolds Hole will be a universally grown flower. Of Abd-el- 
Kader, Princesse Mathilde, Due Decazes, and others, I cannot say 
positively what is even my own opinion of them. But there is one Rose 
