Verdier,Dr. Aiidry , Comtesse de Paris, and RushtonPadclyffe, in the 
second rank. Duchesse de Medina Cceli is another finely-coloured 
Rose, very rich and dark, but not quite strong enough in petal; 
the rest of Gonod’s, and all Trouillard’s Roses, are flat, uninter¬ 
esting, and, to our English taste, worthless.” As Mr. Paul has 
been the most successful exhibitor of Roses at all our great 
Rose Shows this season, his opinion is the more valuable. 
“ Princess Mary is remarkable for its hardy habit and good 
autumnal qualities, being at this time (August 15th) in full 
bloom, in fact with better flowers than during the past hot 
summer, which has not been at all favourable for rose-flowers.” 
So writes Mr. Paul; we have not ourselves seen this flower, but 
we have every confidence in Mr. Paul’s judgment and Mr. An¬ 
drews’s fidelity, and believe it will prove a very useful flower. 
