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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
June  4,  18§6. 
Rose  Snow  Fixtures  in  1896 
June  17th  (Wednesday). — York,  j 
„  18th  (Thursday). — Colchester  and  Isle  of  Wight  (Ryde). 
„  24th  (Wednesday). — Reading  (N.R.S.),  Richmond  (Surrey). 
„  25th  (Thursday). — Hereford. 
„  27th  (Saturday). — Canterbury,  Southsea,  and  Windsor. 
,,  30t,h  (Tuesday). — Maidstone  and  Sutton. 
July  1st  (Wednesday). — Croydon,  Ealing,  Farnbam,  Farningbam,  and 
Leatherhead. 
„  2nd  (Thursday'*  — Bath,  Eltham,  and  Norwich. 
„  4th  (Saturday)  — Crystal  Palace  (N.R.S.) 
„  7th  (Tuesday). — Harrow,  Wolverhampton. f 
„  8th  (Wednesday). — Canterbury  (Hospital  Fete),  Chelmsford, 
Hitcbin,  Lee,*  Newcastle-on-Tyne,y  Redhill  (Reigate),  and 
Tun brid.ee  Wells. 
„  9th  (Thursday). — Helensburgh,  Woodbridge,  and  Worksop. 
,,  llr.ti  ^.Saturday). — New  Brighton. 
,,  14th  (/Tuesday). — Westminster  (R.H.S.). 
„  15th  (Wednesday). — Ulverstou  (N.R.S.) 
„  16th  (Thursday). — Halifax. 
„  21st  ^Tuesday).— Tibsbelf. 
„  25th  (Saturday). — Manchester. 
,,  29th  (Wednesday). — Chesterfield. 
,,  30th  (Thursday). — Trentham. 
Aug.  5th  (Wednesday). — Chester.* 
„  19th  (Wednesday). — Shrewsbury.* 
j  A  show  lasting  three  days.  *  A  show  lasting  two  days. 
Any  dateR  not  appearing  in  the  present  list  I  shall  be  glad  to  publish 
in  the  next  one. — Edward  Mawley,  Rosebank ,  Berhhamsted,  Herts. 
Hereford  Rose  Show. 
The  schedule  of  the  thirtieth  annual  exhibition  of  Roses,  held  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Hereford  and  West  of  England  Rose  Society,  has 
just  come  to  hand,  aud  by  it  we  see  that  the  show  will  be  held  on 
Thursday,  June  25th,  in  the  Castle  Grc-en,  Hereford.  The  schedule 
is,  as  usual,  comprehensive,  and  the  prizes  are  generous,  and  it  is  hoped 
that  the  exhibition  will  be  an  unqualified  success.  The  Hon.  Secretary 
is  the  Rev.  Preb.  G.  E.  Ashley,  Stretton  Rectory,  Hereford. 
Royalty  and  Roses  at  St.  Albans 
At  the  Royal  visit  to  the  recent  Bath  and  West  of  England 
Agricultural  Show  at  St.  Albans  the  flower  tent  was  visited  by  their 
Royal  Highoesres  the  Prince  and  Princess  of  Wales.  In  the  group  of 
Messrs.  Paul  &  Son  of  Cheshunt  they  were  pleased  to  particularly  notice 
the  new  single  Rose  Paul’s  Carmine  Pillar,  masses  of  which,  from  the 
open  air,  were  shown.  Her  Royal  Highness  the  Princess  of  Wales  was 
graciously  pleased  to  ask  for  and  wear  a  bunch  of  the  flowers,  the  Prince 
donning  a  buttonhole  of  the  same,  an  example  followed  by  Lady 
Salisbury  and  other  members  of  the  Royal  party. — Paul  &  Son. 
NEW  FOREIGN  ROSES  (continued  from  p.  468). 
The  comparatively  new  class  of  Hybrid  Teas  has  received  of  late 
years  many  additions  from  abroad,  for  the  foreign  raisers,  seeing  that 
there  were  many  in  this  country  who  greatly  praised  them,  and  seemed 
to  wish  for  more,  were  not  slow  in  creating  a  supply  to  meet  the  demand  ; 
but  I  see  no  reason  to  alter  the  position  that  I  have  all  along  taken  up. 
It  is  not,  as  many  seem  to  suppose,  that  I  object  to  the  Roses  which  are 
brought  out  under  this  term,  but  I  object  to  the  term  itself,  and  contend 
that  if  a  Rose  is  a  cross  betweeen  a  Tea  and  a  Hybrid  Perpetual  there  is 
no  reason  whatever  why  it  should  not  be  classed  with  one  or  either  of  the 
sections  which  it  seems  most  to  favour.  Thus,  to  take  two  Roses  which 
have  obtained  deserved  popularity  of  late,  and  which  are  catalogued 
under  this  section,  Caroline  Testout  and  Kaiserin  Augustine  Victoria,  I 
see  no  reason  why  the  former  should  not  be  classed  as  a  Hybrid 
Perpetual,  the  section  to  which  it  approximates  more  closely,  and  the 
latter  be  placed  under  the  Teas.  Indeed,  I  believe  that  were  it  not  for 
this  new  classification  no  one  would  have  hesitated  to  do  as  the  late 
Mr,  George  Prince  did,  and  state  that  it  was  a  pure  Tea,  more  approaching 
to  a  Noisette  than  to  any  other  section.  In  classification  simplicity 
ought  to  be  our  rule,  and  I  would  rather  that  all  Hybrid  Teas,  to 
whichever  section  they  approximate,  were  classed  with  Hybrid 
Perpetuals,  and  I  think  a  great  point  would  be  gained. 
I  will  now  proceed  to  give  a  list  and  description  of  those  new  Roses 
in  tbis  section  which  are  brought  before  us. 
Antoine  Rivovre  (Pernet  Ducher).— Cross  between  Dr.  Gull  and  Lady 
Mary  Fitzwilliam  ;  a  very  full  large  flower,  shaped  like  a  Camellia,  rosy 
fl  sh  colour,  yellowish  at  the  base,  shaded  with  bright  red. 
Benut'e  Lyonnaise  (Pernet  Ducher). — A  seedling  from  Baroness 
Rothschild  ;  very  large,  a  full  cup-shaped  flower,  faintly  yellow  at 
the  base. 
Madame  Charles  Dctraux  (Vigneron). — A  very  sweet  flower  ;  large 
and  full,  globular  shape,  a  bright  red  colour  slightly  shaded  with 
carmine. 
Madame  Corbceuf  (Corboeuf). — A  scarlet  red  flower,  not  quite  full 
but  large  well-formed,  cup-shaped. 
Madame  Jules  Gerard  (Gerard).  — A  cross  between  Madame  Chbdane 
Guinoisseau  and  Baroness  de  Rothschild  ;  a  very  sweet  and  floriferous 
flower,  large  and  full,  of  a  beautiful  flesh  white  colour. 
Madame  Tony  Babond  (Godard). — A  sweet  nankeen  yellow  flower, 
borne  single  on  a  long  firm  footstalk,  not  quite  full. 
Mdlle.  Alice  Furon  (Pernet  Ducher). — Cross  between  Lady  Mary 
Fitzwilliam  and  Madame  Chddane  Guinoisseau,  of  a  yellowish  white, 
reminding  one  of  Gloire  Lyonnaise ;  it  is  a  large  flower,  globular,  full, 
and  very  free  flowering. 
Mdlle.  Helene  Gambler  (Pernet  Ducher). — A  large  flower  and  very 
full,  the  colour  from  salmony  rose  to  copper  rose. 
Monsieur  Tony  Babond  (Godard). — A  very  sweet  flower,  a  cross 
between  Andrd  Schwartz  and  Louis  Van  Houtte  ;  large,  and  of  a  velvety 
red  colour. 
Rosette  de  la  Legion  d'Honneur  (Bonnaire). — Garnet  red  coloured 
rose,  shaded  with  cerise.  The  bud,  when  it  is  ready  to  open,  is  singularly 
like  the  rosette  of  an  officer  of  the  Legion  of  Honour. 
Souvenir  d' Auguste  Metral  (Guillot). — A  very  sweet  flower ;  large, 
full,  and  well  made,  varying  in  colour  from  purplish  red  to  crimson  red. 
There  are  one  or  two  things  worth  noticing  in  this  list.  Most  of  the 
Roses  contained  in  it  are  of  various  shades  of  red,  and  there  are  many 
of  them  globular  in  shape,  and  I  am  therefore  inclined  to  think  we 
shall  find  very  little  of  the  Tea  Rose  in  them,  and  they  have  so  great 
an  affinity  to  the  Hybrid  Perpetuals  that  they  might  be  very  well 
included  in  this  class  ;  but  of  this  we  cannot,  of  course,  judge  positively 
until  we  have  seen  them,  and  the  question  is,  Shall  we  see  them  ?  for 
English  growers  are  much  more  cautious  than  they  used  to  be,  and  we 
have  but  little  intimation  from  any  external  source  as  to  what  they  are 
likely  to  be. 
Hybrid  Perpetuals. 
Captain  Christy  Panache  (Leteliier  fins). — A  sport  from  Captain 
Christy.  The  flowers  large,  full,  and  of  the  same  shape  and  bearing 
as  those  of  that  flower  ;  but  beautifully  striped  with  dark  rose  upon 
light  rose. 
Comtesse  de  Granay  (L4veque). — A  large,  full,  globular-shaped 
flower  of  a  dark  crimson  red  colour,  shaded  with  purple  and  carmine. 
Comtesse  de  Mercy  d' Arengteau  (Ldveque)  — This  is  a  fine  variety  ; 
the  flower  is  large  and  well  shaped,  of  a  velvety  red  colour  shaded  with 
brown,  which  is  relieved  with  a  bright  crimson. 
Eclaireur  (Vigneron). — A  very  sweet-scented  flower  ;  large,  full  and 
cup-shaped,  of  a  bright  red  colour,  and  the  outer  petals  velvety. 
Exposition  de  Provins  (Cochet-Cochet). — A  seedling  from  Triomphe 
de  l’Exposition  ;  a  large,  well  shaped  flower,  of  a  fine  velvety  red  colour, 
with  the  back  of  the  petals  scarlet. 
Frangois  Coppee  (Leddcbaux). — Medium  sized  flower,  well  made  and 
opening  well  ;  brilliant  crimson  colour,  the  reverse  of  the  petals  not  so 
bright. 
Graf  Fritz  Metternich  (Soupert  &  Notting). — A  croBS  between 
Sultan  of  Zanzibar  and  Thomas  Miller.  A  very  sweet  flower,  large  and 
full ;  reddish  brown,  shaded  to  velvety  black,  but  bright  cardinal  red  in 
the  centre. 
Gross  Lerzoq  Karl  Alexander  (Schmidt) — A  cross  between  Prince 
Camille  de  Rohan  and  W.  F.  Bennet.  A  large,  full,  erect  flower,  of  a 
brilliant  purplish  carmine  red  colour. 
Gross  Lerzogin  Sophie  Louise  (Schmidt). — A  cross  between  Baroness 
de  Rothschild  and  Gdndral  Jacqueminot.  A  not  very  full,  large  flower, 
growing  only  one  on  a  stalk  ;  a  salmon  rose  colour,  fading  off  to  a 
shining  satiny  rose  as  it  dies  off.  An  excellent  variety  for  forcing. 
Madame  Verrier  Cachet  (Ch4dane  Guinoisseau).  —  A  very  sweet, 
large,  full,  globular-shaped  flower  ;  a  fresh  rose  colour,  shaded  with 
vermilion,  the  reverse  of  the  petals  slaty. 
Monsieur  Gonin  (Pernet  pere). — A  large,  well-made  flower,  nearly 
fall,  of  a  bright  red  colour,  lightly  shaded  with  carmine.  It  is  very 
sweet  scented. 
Panache  de  Lyon  (Dubreuil)  — A  sport  from  “  Rose  du  Roi,”  but  it 
differs  from  it  in  having  a  very  regular  Btripe  of  dark  crimson  on  a  China 
rose  eround. 
Robert  Lebaudy  (Leveque). — A  large  well  made  flower  of  a  sparkling 
vermilion  red  shaded  with  purple. 
Souvenir  d' Albert  la  Blotais  (Pernet  pere). — A  large  nearly  full 
flower,  well  made,  and  carrying  it  self  well  on  a  firm  straight  footstalk  ; 
the  colour  is  a  bright  red,  and  the  exterior  petals  are  velvety.  It  is  very 
sweet. 
Souvenir  de  Bertrand  Guinoisseau  (Chddane  Guinoisseau).  —  A 
very  sweet  and  floriferous  flower,  large  and  very  full,  of  a  purplish  red 
colour  shaded  with  chrome. 
Venus  (Schmidt). — A  seedling  from  General  Jacqueminot ;  a  sweet 
scented,  large,  full  flower,  well  made,  aud  supported  by  a  firm  footstalk ; 
it  is  of  a  dark  velvety  purple  colour. 
Beside  these  there  are  a  few  as  usual  of  various  other  classes,  such  as 
climbing  Noisette  Belle  VichyBoise,  which  is  a  seedling  of  L4veque’s,  and 
is  described  as  blooming  in  large  clusters  of  white  and  pink  flowers  on 
the  same  cluster,  a  few  Polyanthas,  which  do  not  seem  to  present 
anything  very  remarkable.  There  are  also  two  new  Bourbons,  but  I 
hardly  think  that  they  call  for  any  special  notice,  as  we  have  not  received 
any  remarkable  additions  to  this  class  from  abroad  of  late  years.  Such, 
