July 7, 1894. 
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NEXT )/VEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, July loth.—Gloucester Rose Show. 
King's Lynn Flower Show. 
Wolverhampton Floral Fete (3 days). 
I Royal Horticultural Society: Meeting of Committees at 12 
o'clock. 
Wednesday, July nth.—Hitchin Rose Show. 
Ulverston Rose Show. 
Sale of Pickering Lodge collection of Orchids by Protheroe & 
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Thursday, July I2tb.—Bath Floral Fete. 
Harleston Flower Show. 
Woodbridge Flower Show. 
Worksop Rose Show. 
Friday, July 13th.—Orchid Sale at Protheroe & Morris' 
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Saturday, July 14th.—New Brighton Rose Show. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, JULY yth, 1894. 
HE Classification of Roses.— At 
frequent intervals during the last six 
years the question cf the classification of 
Roses has cropped up without leading to 
any definite conclusions, and we venture to 
think that it is a subject that never will be 
settled to the satisfaction of all rosarians. 
As time goes on, the numerous classes are 
becoming even more confusing and mixed 
up. Nor can this be a matter for surprise 
when we consider how busy the modern 
hybridiser has been in intercrossing varie¬ 
ties belonging to widely different sections. 
For some years the National Rose Society 
refused to recognise the new race of hybrid 
Teas, of which Cheshunt Hybrid was pro-' 
bably the first variety to call forth discus¬ 
sion as to the position it should take when 
exhibited. Some would not have it among 
the Hybrid Perpetuals whilst others as 
vigorously resented its appearance among 
the Teas. At that date Cheshunt Hybrid 
was worthy of a place on the exhibition 
table but since the production of so many 
first-class varieties, thanks to the late Mr. 
Henry Bennett and others, it has now 
become a matter of indifference as regards 
the particular variety named. 
Not so, however, with others of similar 
origin. We have had some grand produc¬ 
tions from crossing the Teas and Hybrid 
Perpetuals, but where were they to go ? It 
was plain that if v/e intended to still call 
Roses, Tea scented, Noisettes, Hybrid 
Perpetuals, &c., there \vas room for a mid¬ 
way class for the hybrids, and this was 
eventually agreed upon by the last Cata¬ 
logue Committee of the National Rose 
Society, But, alas! the gentlemen who 
came to such a sensible decision are now 
rather strongly abused, and by more than 
one of their own colleagues. At the last 
general meeting of the Society it was 
decided that the Hybrid Teas may be 
shown in the mixed classes, and also 
among those set apart for Hybrid 
Perpetuals. There did not seem, however, 
to be any need for this addition to the 
rules, for surely they were already eligible 
for the mixed classes, and to include them 
in competitions specially arranged for 
Hybrid Perpetuals, seems to us to be some¬ 
what inconsistent. It comes to this : we 
must either have an extended classification 
and abide by it, or else amalgamate several 
of those classes which of late years have 
so closely drawn towards one another that 
a clear line can scarcely be drawn between 
them. 
Let us look at half-a-dozen Hybrid Teas 
and see if they have any affinity with the 
Hybrid Perpetuals as a class. According 
to the present rule, Camoens, Madame 
Joseph Desbois, Gustave Regis, Madame 
Pernet Ducher, Cannes le Coquette, and 
the new Clara Watson from Mr. Prince, 
may not go with the Teas or Noisettes, but 
may be shown in a class for Hybrid Per¬ 
petuals ; if not the latter, then what need 
was there for the new regulation ? Again 
if we have classes for Hybrid Chinas, and 
Hybrid Bourbons, it is surely equally 
necessary that we should have one for 
Hybrid Teas, a class that has such a grand 
future before it, and one which is being 
rapidly increased. Already it contains 
such superb Roses as Viscountess Folke¬ 
stone, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Caroline 
Testout, and that source of so much con¬ 
tention, La France. True, it seems some¬ 
what inconsistent to remove this old 
favourite, but if we are to have the class at 
all, then, undoubtedly, it is rightly placed 
among the Hybrid Teas. 
In the annual report of the National 
Rose Society, mention is made of this new 
class, and it is claimed that several foreign 
trade growers have already followed the 
Society’s lead, by introducing a separate 
section for these in their catalogues, but it 
is notorious that for some years past the 
Hybrides des This have been recognised as a 
class by our continental friends. Not only 
in this class but in some others we are fast 
merging into one, and however they may 
be arranged, certain it is that the fringes of 
each, so to speak, come remarkably close 
together. —- 
W-AiLWAY Embankments.— To the lovers of 
* wild flowers, railway embankments 
are, if not the best, at least one of the best 
places to find many of their favourites. 
Nor can we wonder at this when we bear 
in mind the great variety of soils, the vary¬ 
ing conditions of the drainage, and the 
variety of aspects to be found in the length 
of a few miles of railway not running 
through an entirely level country. It is not 
as a source of revenue that we would direct 
attention to railway embankments at this 
time, although there can be little doubt 
but what the future will see an extended 
move in this direction. We see many rods 
of well-cultivated soil in the immediate 
neighbourhood of stations and signal 
boxes, and much more might be done with 
some of the gently sloping banks of loamy 
soil now almost wasted, and to too great 
an extent allowed to become a tangled 
mass of coarse grass and brushwood. 
Rather as one of our many examples of 
rural beauty would we refer to railway 
embankments to-day. How exceedingly 
