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On  the  other  hand  the  following  varieties  were  more  or  less 
indifferently  represented.  For  instance,  Duke  of  Edinburgh  and 
Duke  of  Teck  have  never  before  been  seen  in  aa  few  stands  ;  La 
France,  Ferdinand  de  Lesseps,  Marquise  de  Castellane,  Le  Havre, 
Marie  Finger,  and  Prince  Camille  de  Rohan  only  once  before  ;  and 
Madame  G.  Luizet  and  Beauty  of  Waltham  only  twic6  before. 
There  ia  one  thing  that  the  table  of  comparative  results  which 
I  have  now  before  me  indicates  most  clearly,  and  that  is  that  few 
of  our  old  favourites  in  this  section  show  any  signs  of  declining 
favour  as  exhibition  flowers,  which  is  rather  surprising  considering 
the  number  of  really  good  varieties  that  have  been  sent  out  during 
the  past  ten  years,  and  goes  to  prove  that  the  deterioration  we 
sometimes  hear  of  in  the  older  varieties  can  have  little  existence  in 
fact.  For  instance,  taking  the  first  twelve  Roses  on  the  list  which 
were  sent  out  before  1870,  and  are  consequently  twenty-six  or 
more  years  old — viz..  La  France,  Marie  Baumann,  Alfred  Colomb, 
Charles  Lefebvre,  Baroness  Rothschild,  Dupuy  Jamain,  Louis 
Van  Houtte,  Horace  Yernet,  Duke  of  Wellington,  Ferdinand 
de  Lesseps,  General  Jacqueminot,  Camille  Bernardin,  and 
Marquise  de  Castellane,  I  find  that  five  of  them  were  more 
frequently  shown  in  the  first  five  than  in  the  last  five  years  of  the 
decade,  whereas  the  remaining  seven  come  out  with  better  records 
for  the  second  lustrum.  The  average  number  of  times  each  of  the 
twelve  varieties  was  staged  at  the  ten  exhibitions  was  nineteen  in 
the  first  five,  and  twenty  in  the  second  five  years.  So  that  which¬ 
ever  way  the  results  be  examined  they  at  all  events  show  that  most 
of  these  veteran  varieties  are  still  as  popular  with  exhibitors  as 
ever  they  were.  There  are,  of  course,  a  few  exceptions  to  the 
above  rule.  For  example,  Francois  Michelon  has  appeared  on  an 
average  in  only  about  half  the  number  of  prize  stands  at  the  last 
five  as  at  the  first  five  exhibitions,  and  the  same  may  be  said  of 
Captain  Christy,  Marie  Rady,  Ducbesse  de  Vallombrosa,  Senateur 
Yaisse,  Monsieur  Noman,  Marguerite  de  St,  Amand,  and  Magna 
Charta.  These,  however,  are  all  the  varieties  that  I  can  find  on 
the  list  which  show  any  decided  signs  of  being  as  yet  on  the  down 
grade,  and  only  one  of  them  (Franfois  Michelon)  finds  a  place 
among  the  first  twenty-four  on  the  list.  There  is  another  rather 
curious  fact  brought  out  by  these  tables.  Here  and  there,  but 
such  instances  are  rare,  we  come  across  an  old  variety  like  Fisher 
Holmes,  which,  instead  of  losing  its  position  as  years  go  on,  has  at 
recent  shows  been  more  frequently  exhibited  than  formerly.  In 
the  first  five  years  of  the  analysis  this  Rose  was  never  staged  in 
more  than  twelve  prize  stands,  whereas  its  records  for  the  last 
five  are  18,  16,  24,  14,  and  23. 
The  gradual  increase  during  the  last  few  years  in  the  number  of 
new  Roses  tabulated  in  this  section  is  certainly  a  matter  for 
congratulation.  In  1892  only  four  Hybrid  Perpetuals,  Hybrid 
Teas,  or  Bourbons  which  were  less  than  six  years  old  secured 
places  in  the  table.  In  1893  there  were  six  ;  in  1894  eight,  and  this 
year  there  are  nine — Margaret  Dickson,  Jeannie  Dickson,  Caroline 
Testout  (H.T.),  Duke  of  Fife,  Marchioness  of  Dufferin,  Mar¬ 
chioness  of  Londonderry,  Mrs.  R.  G.  Sharman  Crawford,  Mrs. 
Paul  (B.),  and  Captain  Hayward.  Of  these  nine  Roses  only  one 
(Caroline  Testout)  is  of  foreign  origin,  two  having  been  raised  in 
England,  one  in  Scotland,  and  the  remaining  five  in  Ireland.  Of 
the  1890  varieties  Jeannie  Dickson  rises  from  No.  46  to  No.  38, 
but  Caroline  Testout,  a  grand  addition  to  the  Hybrid  Teas,  was 
not  quite  as  well  shown  as  in  the  previous  year.  Margaret 
Dickson,  sent  out  in  1891,  and  so  frequently  staged  during  the  cool 
summer  of  1894,  was  this  year  to  be  seen  in  very  few  stands. 
Marchioness  of  Dufferin,  of  the  same  year,  rises  from  No.  62  to 
No.  54,  and  Mrs.  Paul  (B.)  from  No.  72  to  No.  63.  The  only  1892 
Rose  on  the  list  is  Duke  of  Fife  (No.  46),  a  bright  crimson  sport 
from  Etienne  Levet,  which  has  risen  no  fewer  than  twenty-six 
places.  The  remaining  three  Roses,  which  are  of  still  more  recent 
origin  —  Marchioness  of  Londonderry,  Mrs.  R.  G.  Sharman 
Crawford,  and  Captain  Hayward — on  their  first  appearance  in  the 
table  will  be  found  respectively  at  Nos.  54,  54,  and  75. 
TEAS  OR  NOISETTES. 
Position  in  Present 
Analysis. 
Average  Number  of 
Times  Shown. 
No.  of  limes  Shown 
in  1895  in  True 
Relative  Proportion 
to  the  Average. 
Name. 
1 
Date  of 
Introduction. 
Raiser’s 
or 
Introducer’s 
Name. 
Colour. 
1 
40-7 
85 
Catherine  Mermet  . 
1869 
Guillot  . 
Light  rosy  flesh 
2 
38'4 
45 
The  Bride  . 
1885 
May . 
White,  tinged  lemon 
3 
37-6 
43 
Comtesse  de  Nadaillac  . 
1871 
Guillot  . 
Rosy  flesh  and  apricot 
4 
37-0 
46 
Innocente  Pirola  . 
1878 
Madame  Ducher  . 
Creamy  white 
5 
30-3 
22 
Souvenir  d’un  Ami  . 
1846 
Belot-Defougere  . 
Pale  rose 
6 
30-1 
29 
Marie  Van  Houtte  . 
1871 
Ducher  . 
Lemon  yellow,  edged  rose 
6 
301 
18 
Souvenir  d’Elise  Vardon . 
1854 
Marest  . 
Cream,  tinted  rose 
8 
28-0 
25 
Niphetos . 
1844 
Boug^re  . 
Pure  white 
8 
28  0 
27 
Souvenir  de  S.  A.  Priuce  . 
1889 
Prince . 
Pure  white 
10 
26  1 
18 
Mar^chal  Niel  (N.)  . 
1864 
Pradel . 
Deep  bright  golden  yellow 
11 
25-7 
32 
Ernest  Metz  . 
1888 
Guillot  . 
Salmon,  tinted  rose 
12 
24-9 
23 
Madame  de  Watteville  . 
1883 
Guillot  . 
Cream,  bordered  rose 
13 
24-7 
31 
Madame  Hoste  . 
1887 
Guillot  . 
Pale  lemon  yellow 
14 
24  3 
24 
Madame  Cusin  . 
1881 
Guillot  . 
Violet  rose,  yellow  base 
15 
22-7 
19 
Caroline  Kuster  (N.)  . 
1872 
Per net . 
Lemon  yellow 
16 
22  3 
22 
Ethel  Brownlow  . 
1887 
A.  Dickson  &  Sous  ... 
Rosy  flesh,  shaded  yellow 
17 
21  9 
18 
Honourable  Edith  Gifford . 
1882 
Guillot  . 
White,  centre  flesh 
18 
21-6 
26 
FranQisca  Kruger . 
1879 
Nabonnand  . 
Coppery  yellow,  shaded  peach 
19 
20  5 
8 
Jean  Ducher . 
1874 
Madame  Ducher  . 
Salmon  yellow,  shaded  peach 
20 
18  4 
7 
Madame  Bravy . 
1848 
Guillot  . 
White,  flushed  pale  pink 
21 
16  9 
10 
Anna  Olivier . 
1872 
Ducher  . 
Pale  buff,  flushed 
22 
13  6 
9 
Rubens  . 
1859 
Robert  . 
White,  shaded  creamy  rose 
23 
13  3 
12 
Princess  of  Wales . 
1882 
Bennett  . 
Rosy  yellow 
24 
12-8 
11 
Madame  Lambard  . 
1877 
Lacharme  . 
Salmon,  shaded  rose 
25 
11  0 
13 
Etoile  de  Lyon . 
1881 
Guillot  . 
Deep  lemon 
26 
9-5 
7 
Cleopatra  . 
1889 
Bennett  . 
Creamy  flesh,  shaded  rose 
27 
80 
8 
Maman  Cochet . 
1893 
Cochet  . 
Pale  pink,  shaded  salmon 
28 
70 
7 
Corinna  . 
1893 
W.  Paul  &  Son . 
Flesh,  tinted  copper 
29 
62 
3 
Devoniensis  . 
1838 
Foster . 
Creamy  white,  blush  centre 
30 
5  8 
4 
1871 
Levet  . 
Creamy  white,  tinted  rose 
31 
5  6 
5 
La  Boule  d’Or  . 
1860 
Margottin  . 
Golden  yellow,  outer  petals  paler 
32 
5  1 
6 
Comtesse  de  Panisse  . 
1877 
Nabonnand  . 
Flesh,  tinted  coppery  rose 
32 
5  1 
1 
Jules  Finger . 
1879 
Veuve  Ducher  . 
Bronzy  rose 
