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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
October  8,  1896. 
referred  to  in  my  last  analysis  is  still  happily  maintained.  In  1892 
there  were  only  four  sorts  in  the  table  which  were  less  than  six 
years  old.  In  1893  there  ware  six,  in  1894  eight,  in  1895  nine,  and 
this  year  there  [are  [twelve.  The  varieties  sent  out  in  1891  were 
Marchioness  of  DufEerin,  which,  favoured  by  the  warm  dry  season, 
has  risen  from  No.  54  to  No.  39.  Margaret  Dickson,  on  the 
contrary,  descends  from  No.  33  to  No.  40,  but  then  it  must  be 
remembered  how^trying  to  a  cool  season  Rose  the  last  two  summers 
must  have  been.  Kaiser  in  Augusta  Victoria,  of  the  same  year  but 
of  foreign  origin,  on  its  first  appearance  takes  a  place  at  No.  65. 
This  fine  Hybrid  Tea  is  certain,  however,  to  rise  rapidly  when 
more  largely  grown.  Mrs.  Paul,  the  only  Bourbon  in  the  table,  on 
the  other  hand,  falls  from  No.  63  to  No.  74.  Dnke  of  Fife,  the 
only  1892  H.P.  which  secures  a  place  on  the  list,  has  risen  since 
last  year  from  No.  46  to  No.  40.  The  rapid  advances  made  by 
Marchioness  of  Londonderry  and  Captain  Hayward,  both  dis¬ 
tributed  in  1893,  are  remarkable,  the  former  rising  from  No.  54  to 
No.  8,  and  the  latter  from  No.  75  to  No.  30.  The  rise,  too,  of  Mrs. 
R.  G.  Sharman-Crawford,  in  by  no  means  a  favourable  season  for 
that  variety,  from  No.  54  to  No.  14,  is  equally  striking  when  it  is 
considered  that  this  Rose  was  only  distributed  in  1894.  Marchioness 
of  Downshire  of  the  same  year,  on  the  other  hand,  only  comes  in 
at  No.  51,  while  Clio  finds  a  place  at  No.  74.  The  varieties  of  still 
more  recent  introduction  are  those  of  1895 — viz ,  Helen  Keller, 
which  will  be  found  at  No.  51,  and  Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant  at  No.  63, 
The  latter  is,  in  my  opinion,  the  best  Rose  the  raisers  have  yet  sent 
out.  By  the  raisers  I  mean,  of  course,  Messrs.  A.  Dickson  &  Sons 
of  Newtownards,  Ireland,  whose  record  as  regards  these  new  Roses 
is  truly  surprising — no  fewer  than  seven  out  of  the  twelve  varieties 
above  mentioned  having  been  sent  out  by  that  firm. 
Leaving  the  Hybrid  Perpetuals,  and  turning  our  attention  to 
the  table  of  Teas  and  Noisettes,  we  still  find  Catherine  Mermet 
heading  the  list,  and  still  followed  at  a  short  distance  by  its  white 
sport.  The  Bride.  Both  varieties  were  unusually  well  repre¬ 
sented  this  year.  The  same  may  be  also  said  of  Ernest  Metz, 
Madame  Cusin,  and  Princess  of  Wales.  There  were,  however,  a 
large  number  of  other  sorts  which  were  but  very  sparsely  shown, 
among  which  may  be  especially  mentioned  Souvenir  d’Elise  Vardon, 
Souvenir  d’un  Anai,  Marechal  Niel,  Jean  Ducher,  and  Madame 
Bravy. 
As  compared  with  the  H.P.’s  and  H.T.’s  the  advances  made  in 
this  division  are  very  slow.  In  fact  there  are  only  two  Teas  on 
the  list  which  are  less  than  six  years  old,  and  both  were  introduced 
in  the  same  year — 1893.  One  of  these  varieties,  Maman  Cochet, 
is,  however,  an  undoubted  acquisition,  only  six  other  Teas  having 
been  as  frequently  staged  at  the  Crjstai  Palace  show.  Last  year 
it  only  stood  at  No.  27  on  the  list,  but  now  rises  to  No.  5.  Brides¬ 
maid,  a  bright  pink  sport  from  Catherine  Mermet,  comes  to  us 
from  America,  and  will  be  found  at  No.  28. 
Before  closing  these  remarks  it  is  once  more  my  pleasing  duty 
to  thank  those  kind  friends  who  each  year  assist  me  in  taking 
down  the  names  of  the  Roses  in  the  prize  stands  at  the  Crystal 
Palace,  for  without  their  timely  aid  it  would  be  impossible  for  me 
to  continue  these  analyses. 
The  Newek  Roses  Audit. 
I,  have  again  the  pleasure  of  submitting  in  tabular  form  the 
votes  of  our  leading  roiarians  upon  all  the  exhibition  Rotes  sent 
out  since  1890,  which  were  staged  in  three  or  more  prize  stands 
at  either  of  the  two  last  Crystal  Palace  shows.  The  voters  were 
requested  to  put  a  mark  against  the  six  varieties  they  considered 
best  among  the  fifteen  H  P.’s  and  H.T.’s  on  the  circular  sent  them, 
and  a  similar  mark  against  the  best  two  of  the  four  Teas.  Returns 
were  kindly  sent  in  by  the  following  amateurs  and  nurserymen  : — 
Amateurs. — Mr.  W.  Boyes,  Dr.  S.  P.  Budd,  Rev.  F.  R,  Burn- 
eide,  Rev.  A,  Foster-Melliar,  Mr.  C.  J.  Grahame,  Mr.  R.  H, 
Langton,  Mr.  E,  B.  Lindsell,  Mr.  H.  Y.  Machin,  Mr.  0.  G.  Orpen, 
Rev.  J.  H.  Pemberton,  Mr.  A.  Slaughter,  and  Mr.  A.  Tate. 
Nurserymen. — Messrs.  G.  Burch,  J.  Burrell,  C.  E.  Cant, 
F.  Cant,  W.  F.  Cooling,  A.  Dickson,  R.  Harkness,  W.  J.  Jefferies, 
H.  Merry  weather,  G.  Mount,  G.  Paul,  W,  Paul,  A.  Piper, 
A.  Prince,  W.  D.  Prior,  and  A.  Turner. 
Hybrid  Pebpetuals  and  Hybrid  Teas. 
Position  in 
Audit. 
• 
Total  No.  of 
Votes. 
Votes  by 
Amateurs. 
Votes  by  i 
Nurserymen.  | 
1 
Mrs.  R.  G.  Sharman-Crawford . 
26 
10 
16 
2 
Kaiserin  Augusta  Victoria  (H.T.)  . 
25 
10 
15 
3 
Captain  Hayward  . 
21 
7 
14 
4 
Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant  (H  T) . 
20 
8 
12 
5 
Marchioness  of  Londonderry  . 
13 
8 
5 
6 
Helen  Keller  . 
11 
4 
7 
6 
Margaret  Dickson  . 
11 
3 
8 
8 
Duke  of  Fife  . 
9 
6 
3 
9 
Marquise  Litta  . 
8 
4 
4 
10 
Clio  . 
5 
0 
5 
11 
Marchioness  of  Dufferin  . 
4 
2 
2 
12 
Charles  Gater . 
3 
1 
2 
13 
Marchioness  of  Downshire  . . 
2 
1 
1 
13 
Spenser . 
2 
0 
2 
15 
La  Fraicheur  (H.T.)  . 
0 
0 
0 
Teas. 
1 
Maman  Cochet  . 
28 
12 
2 
Bridesmaid  . 
17 
7 
3 
Medea  . 
10 
4 
4 
Corinna . 
1 
1 
There  will  again  be  found  a  very  satisfactory  agreement 
between  the  votes  of  the  amateurs  and  the  nurserymen  if  it  be 
borne  in  mind  that  there  were  twelve  of  the  former  voting  to 
sixteen  of  the  latter,  and  that  one  amateur  voted  only  in  the  Tea 
and  Noisette  division. 
Roses  for  General  Cultivation. 
I  endeavour  to  keep  the  following  select  lists  as  far  as  possible 
up  to  date,  but  of  course  the  changes  in  them  from  year  to  year 
must  necessarily  be  but  slight,  as  the  number  of  choice  varieties, 
which  are  of  good  growth  and  constitution,  and  consequently 
suitable  for  ordinary  garden  cultivation,  is  lomewhat  limited.  In 
order  to  suit  the  convenience  of  those  amateurs  requiring  only 
a  small  number  of  plants  I  have  placed  all  the  established  sorts 
named  in  each  set  in  what  I  regard  as  their  order  of  merit, 
considering  the  purpose  for  which  they  are  intended.  The  varieties 
marked  by  an  asterisk  are  either  quite  new,  or  comparatively  new 
Roses,  and  are  arranged  alphabetically  : — 
Hybrid  Perpetuals.— Coloured  Varieties. — Mrs.  John 
Laing,  Madame  Gabriel  Luizet,  Marie  Finger,  Merveille  de  Lyon, 
Baroness  Rothschild,  ^Marchioness  of  Londonderry  and  '-'Mrs.  R.  G. 
Sharman-Crawford.  Medium  Reds.  —  Ulrich  Brunner,  Dupuy 
Jamain,  Comtesse  d’Oxford,  Suzanne  Marie  Rodocanachi,  Camille 
Bernardin,  Heinrich  Schultheis,  Alphonse  Soupert,  and  *Helen 
Keller.  Reds. — Fisher  Holmes,  General  Jacqueminot,  Marie 
Baumann,  Alfred  Colomb,  Maurice  Bernardin,  Dr.  Andry,  Duke  of 
Edinburgh,  Earl  of  Pembroke,  Victor  Hugo,  and  *^Captain  Hay¬ 
ward.  Dark  Varieties. — Prince  Arthur,  Charles  Lefebvre,  Duke 
of  Wellington,  Prince  Camille  de  Rohan,  Earl  of  Dufferin,  Louis 
Van  Houtte,  and  Duke  of  Connaught. 
Hybrid  Teas. — La  France,  Yiicountesi  Folkestone,  Captain 
Christy,  Caroline  Testout,  Grace  Darling,  ’^'Kaiserin  Augusta 
Victoria,  “Marquise  Litta,  “Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant,  and  “White  Lady. 
Teas  and  Noisettes. — Marie  Van  Houtte,  Madame  Lambard, 
Hon.  Edith  Gifford.  Caroline  Kuster,  Souvenir  de  S.  A.  Prince, 
Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  Innocente  Pirola,  Anna  Olivier,  Madame  Hoste, 
The  Bride,  Rubens,  Francisca  Ki  tiger,  Jules  Finger,  “Corinna,  and 
“Maman  Cochet. 
Bourbons. — Souvenir  de  la  Malmaison,  and  Mrs.  Paul. 
Garden  Roses. — Summer  Flowering. — Provence. — Common 
or  Cabbage.  Moss. — Common  or  Old.  Damask. — Rota  Mundi. 
