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Alpa'ide de Rotalier, transparent rose, large, full, and of good form; fine. 
Madame Eugene Appert, salmon rose, large, full, and finely formed; colour fresh, pleasing, 
and distinct. 
Mdlle. Tlierese Levet , rose pink, large, full, distinct, and of globular form; very desirable 
for the combination of form and colour. 
Alfred Colomb , bright red, large, full, globular, smooth; quite first-rate. 
Monsieur Woolfield, rosy pink ; a very large but somewhat coarse, globular flower. 
Franqois Treyve, crimson scarlet; good, but scarcely first-rate as shown. 
Duke of Edinburgh, a dark flower, something in the way of Prince Camille de Rohan. 
Comtesse de Palikao, pretty rose colour, apparently growing paler soon after expansion. 
Madame Bellenden Ker , white, something in the way of Mdlle. Bonnaire; desirable as a 
white Rose. 
Ville de Lyon, a large, finely-shaped Rose, of a melancholy colour. 
Chevalier Nigra, pretty pink, not over-double. 
Triomphe de Soissons, flesh-colour, distinct, and pretty, but scarcely first-rate. 
Mdlle. Annie Wood, clear red; large, full, and of good form. 
Mdlle. Jeanne Marix, dark slate ; very large. 
Souvenir d'Abraham Lincoln, dark crimson and purple ; not over-large. 
Felix Genero, a nice globular flower, of a dull lilac colour. 
Miss Ingram, flesh-coloured white; somewhat globular in form. 
The Show at Kensington on the 2nd of July, was in some sort a re¬ 
petition of that held at the Crystal Palace three days before. The flowers, 
if less numerous, were fresher at the outset, and remained so till the close 
of the Exhibition, the shy being cloudy, and the day comparatively cool. 
We say of the Kose Show at Kensington as of that at Sydenham—the 
Koses should be shown under canvas to secure the twofold advantage of a 
more favourable light, and a cooler atmosphere. In addition to the kinds 
already commented on, we saw in fine condition here :— 
Madame James Odier, clear pink, something in the way of Coupe d’Hebe ; colour and 
shape good. 
Madame Hoste, delicate pink, distinct in colour, perfect in outline, not always very 
double, and apparently not of strong constitution. 
Semiramis, clear pink, edges blush ; large, full, and of fine globular form. 
Fisher Holmes, reddish scarlet shaded with crimson; very brilliant, large, and moderately 
full. 
Prince de Portia, vermilion, colour striking and beautiful; large, full, and finely formed. 
Exposition de Brie, brilliant red, large and full; a very fine, but somewhat coarse flower. 
Charlotte Corday, red shaded with purple ; large, but hardly first-rate. 
Comtesse de Paris, rose colour, large and full, fine smooth petals, good outline, not very 
double. 
Josephine Beauharnais, pink edged Avith silver; very large, full, and of fine form. 
In addition to the above, I noted the following simply as good :—Achille 
Gonod, George Prince, Duchesse de Morny, Princess of Wales, Madame 
Emain, and La Esmeralda. 
The pot Koses were, as is usual at this season of the year, of indifferent 
quality at both Shows, and not worthy of comparison with the plants 
shown at an earlier date. Some of them were, in fact, calculated to throw 
discredit on the names they bore. Yet pot Roses must not be omitted from 
our future Rose Shows ; they form a distinctive feature, and it is interest¬ 
ing to see the whole plant before one, as so much more may be learned 
from it than from mere cut flowers. The growers must, however, bestir 
themselves, and bring them in better condition. 
On comparing these Exhibitions with those of former years, it is both 
important and interesting to note how many of the old Roses are falling 
. aside before the increased size, improved form, and other desirable qualities 
of recent introduction. Although some of the old kinds, as Caroline de 
Sansal, Charles Lefebvre, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Beauty of Waltham, 
La Ville de St. Denis, Madame Knorr, Lord Macaulay, Madame Vidot, 
