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proved them, of the roses of 1861. It has been a bad year for 
small pot roses. Of the roses of 1860, I can highly recommend 
the following, and especially the three first, viz., Oloire de San- 
then ay, Senateur Vaisse, Madame Louise Carique, M. Charles 
Crapelet, Belle de Bourg la Reine, M. Bonnaire, Victor Verdier, 
and L’Elegant. These are all good roses. 
Seeing nice plants of Lord Nelson and Vanqueur de Solferino 
in good bloom at Mr. Grill’s, I have bought seven plants of them, 
but I will not recommend them from personal experience. Neither 
of them did well here this summer. No doubt others will do 
better when more established, and when propagated on stronger 
stocks. They are struck in shingly stuff and tied to willow and 
currant sprigs, which root faster than the plant, and the wonder 
to me is, that any of them do well. 
All my pot novelties are now taken up and housed for the 
winter, which I think will be an early and severe one, as the 
robins began their plaintive notes in August. 
In conclusion, Gloire de Santhenay and Chabrillan are the two 
most perfect roses that have come out since M. Regnier appeared. 
Triomphe d’Amiens is the most distinct of any; and, for its colour, 
Madame Bonnaire is the greatest acquisition. The catalogue 
description of new roses is correct. 
RushtoJi, Sept. 24:th. W. F. Radclyffe. 
CRYSTAL PALACE AUTUMN EXHIBITION. 
September 4th and 5th. 
We scarcely expected to see a very large display of either out¬ 
door fruit or florist flowers this present autumn, for the former are 
in most places a failure, and the late extreme hot weather has 
stunted the growth of such autumnal-flowering Roses as had 
escaped the previous winter, and on dry soils we knew that the 
Dahlia was much infested with the thrips : such is the case at 
Slough, where it has baflled every attempt to keep it down ; and 
Mr. Turner, whose collections usually held the post of honour on 
these occasions, could only master a single stand of 24 blooms and 
one of fancies ; while Mr. Keynes’ flowers from the damp cool 
soil of his Salisbury nursery were magnificent, and he was placed 
first in all the Dahlia classes, and for thirty-six cut Roses. 
Chinese and French Asters were unprecedently fine, the bright 
sun of the last fortnight having evidently improved both the size 
and markings of these popular autumnal flowers. Holyhocks, 
both in spikes and single blooms, were good, and included some 
striking novelties in the seedling way. 
Our readers will remember in what laudatory terms we have 
before now written of the Gladiolus, the collections exhibited fully 
justified our observations, and the jump Mr. Standish has made in 
this class by his successful mode of cross breeding, is something 
to talk about; his group, which v/e understood consisted solely of 
