Plate 178. 
POSE, BARON DE ROTHSCHILD. 
The concurrent testimony of the various large rose-growers 
in this country who have had an opportunity of seeing the 
new Poses of last season, agree in giving to the fine flower 
which we have now figured one of the foremost, if not the very 
foremost place amongst the many varieties sent over from 
France; and our own observation tends to the same end. 
When visiting the well-known Nursery of Messrs. Wood'" and 
Son, of Maresfield, during the autumn, w 7 e noticed, amongst the 
varieties then in bloom, that Baron cle Bothschild occupied a 
conspicuous place, and at once struck us by its very bold and 
remarkable character; and in talking over the matter with our 
friend Mr. Charles Wood, he thought that it well deserved 
to be noticed as a first-rate flower. It is not perhaps quite 
fair to take merely an autumnal bloom as a representative of 
what it really is, for it is well known that neither in size nor 
colour are flowers produced at that late season equal to those 
which come in the natural Rose season; and we may not un¬ 
reasonably suppose that it will be even superior to the figure 
which Mr. Andrews has made of it. 
Since we last figured a Rose, the various catalogues of the 
great rose-vendors have been published; and it is curious to 
remark how different are the opinions entertained upon their 
respective merits. We are ourselves inclined to think that 
besides Baron de Bothschild , the following are likely to be valu¬ 
able additions, always premising that it is very difficult to form 
a correct estimate of what Roses are likely to be the first year 
of their coming over here :—Baron Adolphe de Bothschild , Ma- 
* The death of Mr. Wood,‘senior, has just been announced. 
