Plate 169 . 
TEA ROSE, MADAME EALCQT. 
It sometimes happens that amongst the large number of 
Roses which are annually sent into this country from France, 
some whose merits are very considerable are overlooked for the 
first season or two, but afterwards, by their excellence, com¬ 
mand the attention of Rose growers. This has been the case 
with the beautiful Rose now figured, which has been very con¬ 
stantly exhibited during the present season by Messrs. Paul and 
Son, of the Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, to whose courtesy we are 
indebted for the bloom from whence Mr. Andrews’s faithful 
drawing was made. 
Yellow Roses are ever, both by the amateur and the general 
admirer of flowers, considered a desideratum. Amongst the Noi¬ 
settes, the beautiful but shy-blooming Cloth of Gold , Triomvhe 
de Rennes , and Celine Forestier , are very general favourites; but 
amongst Tea-scented Roses, pure bright yellows are rare. Vi- 
comtesse Gazes , indeed, is very bright, but then the form of the 
flower is so bad and the petals are so loose that a great deal of 
the beauty of the flower is lost. Boule d'Or is very splendid, 
when obtained as we have had it ourselves this season, and as 
we have seen hundreds of it with M. Margottin, the raiser; 
but it is, without doubt, hard to open. Eliza Sausage, Madame 
William , and LEnfant Trouve , are all in the class of pale- 
yellows, and. are very beautiful; but Madame Fcdcot is of a 
much deeper and richer colour, and will therefore be found not 
only an excellent Rose for pot-culture, but also very useful for 
exhibitors, a bright golden-yellow tending very much to set off 
a stand. 
The free-blooming and fragrant properties of this class of 
Roses mark them as very desirable subjects for the hybridizer ; 
