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Perpetuals  and  Hybrid  Teas  without  at  present  any  serious  rival.  This 
•fine  and  reliable  H.P.  was  staged  at  the  last  Crystal  Palace  exhibition 
in  noTewer  than  fifty-five  prize  stands,  or  in  a  greater  number  than  at 
any  previous  show,  except  that  of  1897,  when  it  was  about  as  numerously 
staged.  Of  the  other  established  sorts  which  were  shown  more 
frequently  than  usual,  may  be  mentioned  Ulrich  Brunner,  Caroline 
Testout,  Marquise  Litta,  Madame  Gabriel  Luizet,  Gustave  Piganeau, 
Margaret  Dickson,  and  Francis  Michelon. 
It  will  here  be  noticed  that  none  of  the  deep  crimson  or  carmine 
Hybrid  Perpetuals  find  a  place  in  the  above  statement.  Conse¬ 
quently  we  may  expect  to  find  the  Roses  having  these  deep  and 
glowing  tints  well  to  the  fore  among  the  varieties  which  were  this 
year  much  below  their  average  form.  Indeed,  the  scarcity  of  these 
•crimson  H.P.’s  was  a  very  noteworthy  feature  of  the  Society’s  last 
exhibition.  For  instance,  the  following  varieties  have  never  before  in 
the  fourteen  years  been  as  sparsely  shown — Marie  Baumann,  Charles 
Lefebvre,  Duke  of  Wellington,  Fisher  Holmes,  Dr.  Andry,  Duchess  of 
Bedford,  and  Beauty  of  Waltham  ;  while  Alfred  Colomb,  Prince 
Arthur,  Louis  Van  Houtte,  and  Ferdinand  de  Lesseps  have  only  once 
before  been  as  seldom  staged.  To  complete  the  list,  Horace  Vernet 
was  never  in  such  poor  form  since  1891,  while  Earl  of  Dufferiu  and 
Duke  of  Edinburgh  have  also  seldom  been  as  indifferently  represented. 
•Other  coloured  varieties,  such  as  Suzanne  M.  Rodocanachi,  Marchioness 
of  Londonderry,  Merveille  de  Lyon,  Baroness  Rothschild,  and  Heinrich 
Schultheis  may  be  likewise  placed  in  the  same  black  list,  but  then  most 
of  these  are  late  flowering  kinds. 
There  are  six  Roses  in  the  table  of  Hybrid  Perpetuals  and  Hybrid 
Teas  which  are  five  or  less  years  old.  Strangely  enough  all  of  them 
are  of  British  origin,  and  were  sent  out  by  the  same  raisers,  Messrs. 
A.  Dickson  &  Sons,  Newtownards,  Ireland.  The  records  of  some  of 
these  new  Roses  are  little  short  of  marvellous.  For  instance,  Mrs. 
R.  G.  Sharman-Crawford,  which  was  only  sent  out  by  this  Irish  firm 
in  1894,  already  stands  third  on  the  list,  having  risen  four  difficult 
places  since  last  year.  Then  in  the  same  position  at  No.  3  we  find 
Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant,  a  still  newer  one,  for  it  was  first  distributed  in 
England  a  year  later.  Helen  Keller,  also  distributed  in  1895,  was  not 
quite  so  frequently  staged  as  at  the  previous  exhibition,  but  never¬ 
theless  still  holds  a  very  good  place  at  No.  17.  Next  comes 
Marchioness  of  Downshire  (No.  35),  an  1894  variety  which  was  also 
not  quite  as  well  represented  as  last  year.  On  the  other  hand  Tom 
Wood,  only  sent  out  three  years  ago,  has  greatly  improved  its  position 
— rising  from  No.  49  to  No.  27.  The  remaining  new  variety  is 
Countess  of  Caledon,  distributed  in  1897,  which  is  already  to  be  found  at 
No.  38.  No  doubt  some  of  the  above  Roses,  being  early  flowering 
sorts,  have  been  much  favoured  the  last  two  years  by  the  late  seasons 
and  the  early  dates  at  which  the  Society’s  metropolitan  shows  were 
held ;  but  to  have  sent  out  the  only  recent  Roses  which  secure  places 
in  the  table,  and  for  two  of  the  six  varieties  to  have  very  nearly  risen 
to  the  head  of  the  list,  a  third  being  among  the  best  twenty-four,  is 
a  performance  that  has  never  before  been  equalled  by  any  other  raiser, 
British  or  foreign. 
A  glance  down  the  tabla  at  the  dates  of  the  best  varieties  on  it 
will  at  once  show  that  there  is  considerable  vitality  in  this  section. 
Take,  for  example,  the  first  ten  Roses  on  the  list  ;  the  average  age  of 
half  that  number  will  be  found  to  be  only  six  years.  Now  it  will  be 
readily  understood  that  such  varieties  as  these  must  have  been  in 
recent  years  very  largely  grown  in  order  to  enable  them  to  take  up 
the  prominent  positions  they  occupy  in  so  short  a  time.  A  great  deal 
of  the  advances  referred  to  can  be  traced  to  that  comparatively  new 
departure — the  Hybrid  Teas.  For  although  there  are  as  yet  only 
nine  of  these  H.T.’s  on  the  list,  more  than  half  that  number  have 
already  obtained  places  among  the  leading  twelve  varieties.  No  doubt 
one  great  reason  for  the  present  popularity  of  this  new  break  is  their 
free-flowering  character,  whereas  many  of  the  Hybrid  Perpetuals 
yield  an  indifferent  crop  of  flowers  in  the  autumn,  and  some,  for  all 
practical  purposes,  no  second  flowers  at  all. 
Directing  now  our  attention  to  that  very  distinct  section,  the  Teas 
and  Noisettes,  and  to  the  table  devoted  to  them,  it  will  be  noted  that 
TEAS  AND  NOISETTES. 
Position  in  Present 
Analysis. 
Average  Number  of 
Times  Shown. 
No.  of  Times  Shown 
in  1899  in  True 
Relative  Proportion 
to  the  Average. 
Name. 
Date  of 
Introduction. 
Raiser’s 
or 
Introducer’s 
Name. 
Colour. 
1 
S9-9 
40 
The  Bride  . 
1885 
M  ay  .  ... 
White,  tinged  lemon 
2 
39-6 
.39 
Catherine  Mermet  . 
1869 
Guillot  . 
Light  rosy  flesh 
3 
34-8 
34 
Comtesse  de  Nadaillac . 
1871 
Guillot  . 
Peach,  shaded  apricot 
4 
32-9 
31 
Innocente  Pirola  . 
1878 
Madame  Ducher  . 
Creamy  white 
5 
30-8 
42 
Maman  Cochet  . 
1893 
Cochet  . 
Deep  flesh,  suffused  bright  rose 
6 
29-6 
25 
Madame  Cusin  . . 
1881 
Guillot  . 
Violet  rose,  yellow  base 
7 
29  4 
36 
1889 
Prince  . 
Pure  white 
8 
25-7 
19 
Madame  Iloste  . 
1887 
Guillot  . 
Pale  lemon  yellow 
9 
25-4 
26 
Souvenir  d’Elise  Yardon . 
1854 
Marest  . 
Cream,  tinted  rose 
10 
25-3 
16 
Marie  Van  Houtte  . 
1871 
Ducher  . 
Lemon  yellow,  edged  rose 
11 
24-9 
24 
Souvenir  d’un  Ami  . 
1846 
Belot  Defoughre  . 
Pale  rose 
1  9 
24‘5 
33 
1864 
Pradel  . 
Deep  bright  golden  yellow 
13 
23-8 
30 
Madame  de  Watteville . 
1883 
Guillot  . 
Cream,  bordered  rose 
14 
22-1 
13 
Ernest  Metz  . 
1888 
Grllillot  . 
Salmon  tinted  rose 
15 
21-8 
14 
Honourable  Edith  Gifford  . 
1882 
Guillot  . 
White,  centre  flesh 
16 
18-8 
16 
Niphetos . 
1844 
Boughre . 
White 
17 
18-7 
17 
Medea . 
1891 
W.  Paul  &  Son . 
Lemon  yellow 
18 
17-8 
13 
Caroline  Kuster  (N.)  . 
1872 
Pernet .  . 
Lemon  yellow 
*19 
16-0 
16 
Muriel  Grahame  . 
1896 
A.  Dickson  &  Sons  ... 
Pale  cream,  flushed  rose 
20 
15-7 
24 
Bridesmaid . 
1893 
May  . 
Bright  pink 
21 
15'6 
6 
Ethel  Brownlow  . . 
1887 
A.  Dickson  &  Sons  ... 
Rosy  flesh,  shaded  yellow 
22 
15-4 
12 
Anna  Olivier . 
1872 
Ducher  . 
Pale  buff,  flushed 
23 
14*3 
2 
Ern.ncisca  Kraver . 
1879 
Nabonnand  . 
Coppery  yellow,  shaded  peach 
24 
14-1 
13 
Princess  of  Wales . 
1882 
Prnnett  . . 
Rosy  yellow 
25 
135 
6 
Jean  Ducher .  . 
1874 
Madame  Ducher  . 
Salmon  yellow,  shaded  peach 
26 
11-1 
20 
Cleopatra  . 
1889 
Bennett  . 
Creamy  flesh,  shaded  rose 
27 
10-6 
2 
Madame  Bravy . 
1848 
Guillot  . 
White,  flushed  pale  pink 
28 
10-0 
4 
Rubens  . 
1859 
Robert  . 
White,  shaded  creamy  rose 
29 
9-5 
13 
Golden  Gate  . 
1892 
Dingee  &  Conard  . 
Creamy  white,  tinted  rose 
30 
7*3 
5 
Etoile  de  Lyon  . 
1881 
Guillot  . 
Deep  lemon 
31 
5-8 
2 
Madame  Lambard  . 
1877 
Lacharme  . 
Salmon  shaded  rose 
*  A  new  variety,  whose  position  is  dependent  on  its  record  for  the  1899  show  only. 
