Plate 308 . 
HYPPED PERPETUAL ROSE, MRS. WARD. 
When some years ago we undertook to defend and recom¬ 
mend as a most valuable Rose, John Hopper , notwithstanding 
the neglect with which it was threatened, we felt that we were 
doing so with very little fear of the result, and when the absurd 
idea was started that it was of French, and not of English 
origin, we were enabled to show by the most convincing evi¬ 
dence, that the claim was ridiculous, and that the entire merit 
of raising that magnificent English Rose was due to Mr. Ward, 
of Ipswich; it is therefore a matter of great gratification to us 
to see the high position John Hopper has attained both at home 
and abroad, and although we have not had as many opportuni¬ 
ties of seeing Mrs. Ward , yet from what we did see, and from 
the testimony of Mr. Ward himself, we have as little hesitation 
in pronouncing that it will be found to be a worthy compa¬ 
nion of the Rose which has made Mr. Ward’s name so famous. 
Contented with the honours he had acquired as a Rose-raiser, 
and unwilling to peril his fame by introducing inferior varieties, 
Mr. Ward has wiselv waited until he has been enabled to raise 
a first-class flower; he has not trusted to gathering his seed at 
random, but has carefully hybridized, and knows exactly the 
parentage of all his seedlings; thus Mrs. Ward is the result of 
crossing Jules Margottin with Comtesse Cecile de Chabrillant , 
both excellent flowers, and the result has been a seedling par¬ 
taking evidently of the qualities of both parents; the outer 
petals have that brilliant rosy-pink colour which the Countess 
possesses with the best, while the centre of the flower lias the 
colour of Jules Margottin; the petals are of great substance, 
thicker almost than those of any Rose with which we are ac¬ 
quainted ; in shape also it is midway between the two, and we 
