Plate 198 . 
BOSE, MADAME YICTOB YERDXER 
There is no season more generally looked forward to by the 
flower-loving public than the Rose season. Many are the in¬ 
quiries as soon as the month of May opens. “ What are the 
prospects of rose-growers this year; what new Koses are likely 
to be useful; what shows will be the most successful V are 
amongst the many inquiries, which clearly indicate that the 
Rose justly claims the honour of being considered the Queen 
of Flowers; and, judging from our own prospects, we are likely 
to have one of the most brilliant seasons we have ever known. 
Nothing can exceed the vigour and promise of bloom of those 
collections which we have seen ; while, as the number of ama¬ 
teurs has been gradually increasing every year, we may expect 
a much larger number of exhibitors than have ever before con¬ 
tended together for honours at the various metropolitan shows ; 
while in the provinces, exhibitions for the Rose alone are each 
year increasing in number. 
The Rose which we now figure was sent to our artist by Mr. 
Charles Turner, of Slough, with the character of being the very 
deepest rose he ever saw T ,—not in colour, but in what florists call 
44 build,” being in fact to Roses what Lord Derby is to Dahlias. 
It was sent out by M. Eugene Yerdier, aine, of Paris; and 
ad though it is of a shade of colour in which we have a great 
many varieties, yet this characteristic in its shape will probably 
lead to its being considered worthy of a place in our select lists. 
It will be seen that this character of depth has been admirably 
preserved by our artist. 
The immense number of new varieties which each year in¬ 
troduces to the notice of rose-growers is becoming more and 
more a source of perplexity ; and as it is very likely that as the 
