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1 Ave., 1901.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 
Horticulture. 
ROSES. 
At the monthly meeting of the Horticultural Society, held on 4th May last, 
the interest of the members present was centred in a discussion on the twelve 
best roses. A. circular had been sent round to theamembers and one or two 
outside who are specially interested in roses, asking them to return a list of the 
twelve roses they considered best to grow in the neighbourhood of Brisbane, 
combining, first, vigour of growth; second, freedom of bloom; third, general 
usefulness for exhibition, garden, and decorative purposes. Twenty-eight 
requests for lists had been sent out, and twenty-five responses were received. 
The analyses of these gave a return which will be of great interest to many who 
will read this report. First, as receiving the majority of votes, came the now 
well-known rose, still comparatively a new one, Maman Cochet, which received 
21 votes, having been left out of only four lists; Niphetos, including the 
climbing variety, specially mentioned as such by 14, received 19 votes; 
Marechal Neil and Souvenir de la Theresa Levet, 18 each; Marie van Houtte, 
16; Kaiserin A. Victoria, Malmaison, and white Maman Cochet, 12 each; Earl 
of Dufferin and Perle des Jardins, 10 each; La France, 9; and Reine Marie 
Henriette, 8. The last received one vote in three. In the vote for Kaiserin, 
two lists specified the climbing variety, for Malmaison seven mentioned 
the climber, five did the same for Perle des Jardins, and two with 
Lia France. The above, therefore, are considered the best twelve. 
Following in order, six votes each were given for Prince Camille de Rohan, 
Madame Lambard, and the Bride, five each for Medea, A. K. Williams, and. 
Madame Hippolyte, Jamain, and four each for Sunset, Lord Tarquin, Delice 
de Plantier, Madame de Watteville, and Lamarque. This might be made a 
foundation for a second twelve, by persons interested choosing the rose required 
to make up from one of the following which received three votes each: 
Duchesse d’Auerstadt (climber), Francisca Kruger, Catherine Mermet, 
Souvenir de President Carnot, Souvenir de Madame Joseph Metral (climber), 
Perle de Lyon, Homer, and Etoile de Lyon, otherwise called Madame Caro. 
Two votes each were given for Celine Forrestier, W. A. Richardson, Arch- 
duchesse M Immaculata, Madame Georges Bouland, Triomphe de Pernet 
Pere, and Mrs. J. W. Grant, otherwise Belle Seebricht. Forty-six roses 
received one vote each. 
Much interest was taken in the discussion which followed. ‘The merits 
and demerits of several varieties received attention, some members praising 
the new variety, Bessie Brown, stating they had not yet grown it long enough 
to feel justified in including it in their lists. It was decided to have a similar 
discussion at some future meeting, when the question of the best twelve tea 
roses, six hybrid perpetual roses, and six hybrid tea roses could be taken up. 
AMERICAN ROSES. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle of 5th January refers to a statement made in a 
daily paper of 2nd January concerning some American-grown roses. It says :— 
“Perhaps the most pleasing gift that came to the Queen at Christmas, among 
the myriad tokens of love from all parts of the world, was the box of magnificent 
Queen of Edgely roses from Philadelphia. The roses were a feature of the 
decorations at Osborne, and they are still bright and fresh, though more than a 
week has passed since the ‘ Lucania’ brought them to Liverpool, as was then 
