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appearance a good grower, which the Prince is not; this will be, I 
think, generally grown. Lorp PALMERSTON a bright red Rose, very 
showy, and apparently of a vigorous habit. The new Roses of the 
season were to be found in the two boxes exhibited by Messrs. Fraser, 
of Lea Bridge Road nurseries, and Mr. Standish, of Bagshot. It was a 
wise thought of the Honorary Secretary to offer prizes in this class, for 
it enabled growers and amateurs to see for themselves, and not to trust 
to the descriptions of our very imaginative neighbours. In Messrs. 
Fraser's lot, which obtained the first prize, were Le SENATEUR 
VAISSE, a good flower, of brilliant scarlet colour; VAINQUEUR DE 
SOLFERINO, very much like what the battle from which it takes its 
name was, very confused; ANNA DE DrEesBACH, loose; MADE- 
MOISELLE BONNAIRE, white, a flower of good form, and said to ke of 
good habit; ALTESSE IMPERIALE, very dark, but its position question- 
able, notwithstanding its name; ARMIDE, good Rose, but not novel in 
colour; Louis QuATORZE, very fine in colour, of the Jacqueminot 
style, but I think more double; BeLLe DE BourG LA REINE (there’s 
a jaw-breaker for an English gardener), satin-like Rose, but must be 
better than this or it will soon be lost sight of; MADAME BOLL, large 
and full, vivid Rose, said to be good in habit; ADMIRAL NELSON, 
scarlet red, very good; PRiINcesse IMPERIALE CLOTHILDE, white, 
very pretty indeed, and if its habit is good, an acquisition; VICTOR 
VERDIER, ragged; TRIoMPHE DE Mont Rovag, bright carmine ; 
_Triompue pDxE Lyon, very dark velvety crimson shaded with purple; 
MapAMs EvGENE VERDIER, fine light-coloured flower, centre white 
tinted with rose. In Mr. Standish’s collection were KUGENE APPERT 
(of this I have already spoken) ; FRANcoIs ARAGO, very dark, and 
of a dingy colour; Docrrur BRETONNEAU, also very dark. What 
Mr. Rivers could mean by his note in the Rose Catalogue this year, 
upon Eugene Appert, comparing it with these two Roses, 1 cannot 
understand. Surely the Nestor of Rose growers must have been 
napping, for three Roses more unlike one another cannot be. ‘There 
was also MADAME STANDISH, a sweetly pretty Rose, small as shown, - 
but as the bloom was cut from a 48-sized pot, this can be no criterion 
of size; JoHN STANDISH, not open, but evidently a Rose. of the 
Jacqueminot breed, but of a most vigorous habit, the spray shown 
having 16 buds on it. ComTs DE FALLoux, very pretty scarlet, 
delicate in habit, excellent for pot culture, and said to be a profuse and 
continuous bloomer. STEPHANIE BEAUHARNAIS, a bright reddish 
crimson, and likely to prove useful; and last not least, CELINE 
FORESTIER, a yellow Noisette of good shape, sweet colour, something 
like Solfaterre, and having the great recommendation of being wonder- 
fully hardy ; on the bleak exposed position of Bagshot it was the only 
Rose of the kind that withstood last winter; while Gloire de Dijon, 
Solfaterre, Devoniensis, Bougére, and others perished, this flourished 
vigorously ; it was decidedly the gem of the new Roses, and will be, I 
fancy, as great a hit this year as Eugene Appert was last. Amongst 
Bourbons and Teas there was nothing novel. The French florists, 
finding that Hybrid Perpetuals are the vogue in England, seem chiefly 
to confine their attention to them; but they ought to be more careful 
