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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
October  20  1898. 
remarkably  well  shown  at  the  Crystal  Palace  this  year,  that  should 
next  season  prove  favourable,  it  is  pretty  certain  to  rise  to  a  higher 
place  in  the  analysis  than  it  at  present  takes.  I  refer  to  White  Lady, 
which  was  first  sent  out  in  1890.  Its  moderate  growth  as  a  cut-back 
is,  of  course,  its  great  defect.  Again,  among  the  really  dark  Hybrid 
Perpetuals,  Horace  Yernet  could  not  be  well  surpassed  as  a  flower, 
but  with  many  growers  it  has,  I  fear,  proved  sadly  lacking  in  vigour 
as  a  plant. 
Few  Teas  or  Noisettes  were  unusually  well  shown  this  year  at  the 
Crystal  Palace,  but  of  these  may  be  mentioned  Souvenir  de  S.  A. 
Prince,  which  was  set  up  in  the  prize  stands  in  greater  numbers  than 
any  other  variety  in  this  section,  and  oftener  than  at  any  previous 
show.  Marshal  Niel,  favoured  no  doubt  by  the  backward  season, 
was  better  represented  than  at  any  exhibition  for  five  years,  whilst  it 
was  nearly  a  record  year  for  Rubens  and  Cleopatra.  Anna  Olivier  and 
its  sport  Madame  Hoste,  as  well  as  the  Hon.  Edith  Gifford,  were  also 
lq  good  form. 
On  the  other  hand,  Catherine  Mermet  and  her  sister  The  Bride, 
the  two  leading  flowers  on  the  list,  were  not  nearly  as  frequently 
staged  as  usual,  the  former  having  the  smallest  record  for  twelve,  and 
the  latter  ;for  seven  years.  Comtesse  de  Nadaillac  was  also  poorly 
shown,  while  Innocente  Pirola  has  never  before  been  as  sparsely  repre¬ 
sented.  Ernest  Metz  and  Niphetos  likewise  were  in  bad  form,  and  as 
to  Ethel  Brownlow  there  was  scarcely  a  bloom  of  it  anywhere  to  be 
seen. 
Good  new  Teas  are  but  slowly  added  to  the  list.  In  fact,  there 
me  only  four  on  it  less  than  eight  years  old — two  of  which  are  sports 
from  that  model  variety,  Catherine  Mermet.  Of  the  four  new  varieties 
the  highest  place  is  taken  by  Maman  Cochet,  which  was  sent  out  in 
1893.  This  is  undoubtedly  a  fine  Tea  of  vigorous  constitution,  and 
must  gradually  win  for  itself  even  a  better  position  than  it  at  present 
takes  in  the  analysis.  Unfortunately  at  the  show  this  year  it  was 
not  so  well  represented  as  at  either  of  the  two  previous  exhibitions. 
The  next  highest  on  the  list  is  Medea,  distributed  in  1891,  which 
was  also  indifferently  shown  this  year  compared  with  last.  Both 
Muriel  Grahame  and  Bridesmaid  have  improved  their  positions  since 
the  last  analysis  was  issued,  but  would  have  undoubtedly  taken  better 
places  had  not  the  season  proved  somewhat  unfavourable  to  all  the 
Catherine  Merm.et  class.  For  further  particulars  respecting  the  new 
Roses  in  this  section,  see  “  The  Newer  Roses  Audit.” 
It  is  not  so  easy  to  arrange  the  thirty-one  Teas  and  Noisettes  in 
the  table  according  to  colour  as  it  was  in  the  case  of  the  Hybrid 
Perpetuals  and  Hybrid  Teas,  owing  to  the  delicate  character  of  their 
tints,  and  the  way  in  which  these  are  frequently  blended  together 
tn  the  blooms  of  the  same  variety.  Dividing  them  under  three 
colours  only  they  may,  however,  be  placed  as  follows: — White  and 
cream,  nine  varieties;  pink  and  rose,  thirteen  varieties;  and  some 
shade  of  yellow,  nine  varieties. 
To  those  kind  friends  who  by  assisting  me  in  taking  down  the 
names  of  the  different  Roses  in  the  prize  stands  at  the  Crystal  Palace 
Show  this  year,  and  who  thus  rendered  the  foregoing  analysis  possible, 
my  hearty  thanks  are  once  more  due. 
The  Newer  Roses  Audit. 
This  has  been  instituted  as  an  appendix  to  the  analysis,  in  order 
that  the  varieties  of  recent  introduction,  many  of  which  it  is  impos¬ 
sible  to  place  accurately  in  the  tables,  through  their  not  having 
been  grown  in  sufficient  numbers  by  exhibitors  generally;  owing  to 
their  limited  records;  and  to  the  disturbing  influence  of  a  single 
particularly  favourable  or  unfavourable  season  upon  those  records. 
Added  to  which,  new  Roses  can  be  included  in  this  audit  whose 
performances  are  not  yet  sufficiently  good  to  allow  them  to  appear  at 
all  in  either  table.  Each  of  the  following  voters  was  this  year  requested 
to  place  the  eleven  II. P.’s  and  H.T.’s  in  the  list  below  in  their  order 
of  merit  as  exhibition  Roses,  and  to  deal  in  the  same  way  with  the 
list  of  Teas  and  Noisettes. 
Amateurs. — Mr.  J.  Bateman,  Mr.  W.  Boyes,  Rev.  A.  Foster- 
Melliar,  Mr.  C.  J.  Grahame,  Mr.  H.  P.  Landon,  Mr.  E.  B.  Lindsell, 
Mr.  H.  V.  Machin,  Mr.  0.  G.  Orpen,  Mr.  A.  Slaughter,  and  Mr.. 
A.  Tate. 
Nurserymen. — Messrs.  G.  Burch,  J.  Burrell,  C.  E.  Cant,  Frank. 
Cant,  W.  F.  Cooling,  A.  Dickson,  R.  Harknesg,  W.  J.  Jefferies,.. 
H.  Merryweather,  G.  Mount,  A.  Piper,  A.  E.  Prince,  W.  D.  Prior, 
and  A.  Turner.  The  aggregate  number  of  votes  for  each  sort  named 
in  the  list  comes  out  as  follows  : — 
Hybrid  Perpetuals  and  Hybrid  Teas. 
Position 
in  Audit 
Total 
No.  of 
Votes. 
VotC8 
by  Ama¬ 
teurs. 
Votes  by 
Nursery¬ 
men. 
1 
Helen  Keller  (1895)  . 
105 
45 
60 
2 
Captain  Hayward  (1893)  . 
87 
42 
45 
3 
Marchioness  of  Londonderry  (1893) 
72 
30 
42 
4 
Marquise  Litta  (1893),  h.t . 
69 
37 
32 
5 
Tom  Wood  (1896)  . 
51 
13 
38 
6 
Marchioness  of  Downshire  (1894)... 
49 
21 
28 
The  remaining  five  varieties  on  the  voting  paper  arrange  them¬ 
selves  as  follows.  I  may  add  that  very  few  voters  included  either 
of  them  among  the  first  six  that  they  selected : — Souvenir  de  President 
Carnot  (1895),  Clio  (1894),  Souvenir  de  Madame  Eugene  Verdier 
(1895),  Madame  Jules  linger  (1894),  Mrs.  Harkness,  and  Paul’s 
Early  Blush  (1893).  % 
Teas  and  Noisettes. 
Position 
in  Audit 
Total 
No.  of 
Votes. 
Votes 
by  Ama¬ 
teurs. 
Votes  by 
Nursery¬ 
men. 
1 
Muriel  Grahame  (1896) . 
101 
44 
57 
2 
Bridesmaid  (1893)  . 
95 
38 
57 
3 
Medea (1891)  . 
69 
34 
35 
4 
Golden  Gate  (1892)  . 
49 
17 
32 
5 
Sylph  (1895)  . 
31 
17 
14 
I  have  not  included  those  sterling  novelties  Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant,  Mrs. 
R.  G.  Sharman-Crawford,  and  Maman  Cochet  in  the  above  lists,  as 
the  two  first  appear  among  the  first  twelve  H.P.’s  and  H.T.’s  in  the 
analysis,  while  Maman  Cochet  takes  a  similar  place  among  the  Teas 
and  Noisettes,  and  consequently  their  positions  were  already  fully 
assured. 
Roses  for  General  Cultivation. 
The  following  select  lists  have  been  revised  with  the  usual  care, 
but  the  alterations  made  from  year  to  year  are  necessarily  slight.  As 
in  the  previous  selection,  all  the  established  sorts  named  in  each  list 
have  been  placed  in  what  I  regard  as  their  order  of  merit,  considering 
the  purposes  for  which  they  are  intended.  This  arrangement  is 
intended  to  assist  those  who  require  only  a  moderate  number 
of  varieties  or  plants.  Those  marked  with  an  asterisk  are  of 
comparatively  recent  introduction. 
Exhibition  Roses.  —  Hybrid  Perpetuals.  —  Light  Coloured 
Varieties. — Mrs.  John  Laing,  °Mrs.  R.  G.  Sharman-Crawford,  Madame 
Gabriel  Luizet,  Marie  Finger,  Merveille  de  Lyon,  and  ^Marchioness 
of  Londonderry.  Medium  Reds. — Ulrich  Brunner,  Dupuy  Jamain, 
Suzanne  Marie  Rodocanachi,  cHelen  Keller,  Comtesse  d’Oxford,  *Tom 
Wood,  and  Heinrich  Schultheis.  Reds. — Fisher  Holmes,  General 
Jacqueminot,  Marie  Baumann,  Alfred  Colomb,  Maurice  Bernardin, 
*Captain  Hayward,  Dr.  Andry,  Duke  of  Edinburgh,  and  Victor  Hugo. 
Dark  Varieties. — Prince  Arthur,  Charles  Lefebvre,  Duke  of  Welling¬ 
ton,  and  Prince  Camille  de  Rohan. 
Hybrid  Teas. — La  France,  Viscountess  Folkestone,  cMrs.  W.  J. 
Grant,  Caroline  Testout,  Captain  Christy,  Kaiserin  Augusta  Victoria, 
*  Marquise  Litta,  and  Grace  Darling. 
Teas  and  Noisettes. — Marie  Van  Houtte,  Madame  Lambard, 
Souvenir  de  S.  A.  Prince,  *Maman  Cochet,  Hon.  Edith  Gifford, 
Caroline  Kuster,  Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  Madame  Hoste,  Innocente  Pirola, 
Anna  Olivier,  *Corinna,  and  Rubens. 
Garden  or  Decorative  Roses. — Summer  Flowering.— Pro¬ 
vence. — Common  or  Cabbage.  Moss. — Common  or  Old  and  Blanche 
Moreau.  Damask.  —  Rosa  Mundi.  Austrian  Briar.  —  Austrian 
