January  5,  1899. 
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,«  orv.  r.^  Ui‘,  ifffii  f,t'AA'Xu/rt  in  if, /At  uf/An\  vl/„,  i 
</i  n  U‘A'-h/’,o,i,  aUA.  '.  ‘<1,1  )»  it  on;/  {/ri-nt  1 
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a-,’-,,  '  '/  fl'At  Alii  ti,/',  ,',"•1  <ili<U'.l  f hcw, '//fj'lUinn*,  f 
lAA  r  Ji'f.',  if  1/1,1':  v/'-a'/.cr  i*  •  z  }A,iiiirii/'A  Ihn/'n/fi  tho  winh'.i.  | 
'n  't.oio,  /  rt'/yJ/!  OiIwH/*  uj/  dv/off  j/lonts?.  I'/V',n  if  oil 
■>;-;//  yv/J  »iy/'/i')  >/<?  ^'ii.'/;,  */■•)  )'///<'r  on')  /■//voriil  uyon  will 
.1,  I'nt.'f  *f/ni,f/,  rf,ii  (/'rn'/oiiy  [/f'/'ln'/-.  o  f/'/';'!  (/lo'it,  oyoin 
'5  ///'.j'  y.  ■iiiii,i  i  'I  oin  i*  '  t [/<•/. iolly  tin:  i.hiai  y/ith  ilwiiil  'I  '-ow, 
'  f’ArnA,:.i,  fc'.'J  l''/lyonU/oy, 
l/'/t.  y>n<7(  w*:  i/rthi'  A,  I'/aa',,  j/r'/wn  In  wton'lof'!  '/f  liolf  R)o,n'loril 
ij'  n.'//';  '!if1.'  *'/  '/)/)•(  1«  t/nf'/rl iinoU',  o«  Umy  or*i 
t'Ai  t  /f/A>'/>,  o;.'!  1)0 V'-  n'/  <;y<*i  ot,  Ui<;  l/H#'!  f.o)'';  |/lo':«i  nf  loot, 
//'///'/(«,  0;#  i.hAvm  ;,»'/){/<-  l'//iof  iH  l/of'ly  'riou/li,  l/nt,  lt«  noliirol 
ifimt’Ar.iAi  ot  »;/,l<'7*  Ik  loy|  nii'ioi  ';nll,iifi-  on  o  Itoon 
«t/yk,  si/,/;  *),'••  iA,oi>  >,t  nl mil  in  fully  o/.fnAi  <1  In  llm  r/ifinn  ,in'l 
1.1,1.  i.f.iv  i  ••  'fOiU',  ')if/'7<!nt„  Win'l  IN  Um  rJiiof  (inoiny  of 
■■//  (/r'//vn,  oo'l  w'-t,  .(";o;/'l  Uni  '7illof  In  Uio  <:ok<!  oI  »lwoif«, 
'«(A'„Ni)y  /'/.'/<  ; ' "/n/|/Ooi"l  )/y  tinvcio  lionl.,  A  llU.ln  l/ni>'l(<  ii,  »f,row, 
o/  >Ahi.'  •  yl'*  )i't«/  'oo  l;'i  l•t((ll'<'n  onion;/  l,)iii  l/inn'  IioN,  fiiit,  iihIcwn  wo 
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,,  A'4j  A  niif/i.t  rho'At'i  //III  oln'/  r/ooli  it.  down  l<»  llio  loolo,  wln'in  it, 
.*  '/f  /,'/  M,/ vl/y  ,  0"  n;/  Uio  I'Aitn  ot  om  nuUvn  lliliu  tun  )i<ul<'c,l,ly  liiudy. 
H'-M*  o')  )  nil'l)n;/f,  i-lionl')  n<  ■/<  i  Ini  (/liinl,'"l  wH.li  nny  Inil,  viiili'llon 
yo.jj  isi,;/  t//  Uioil  7(1  liinl  7/ (ill Uior,  II' (iotilln;/  in  iin|i(!(',I.  iiml 
y  III  II.  /'/;  I  i,n  r/uocly  |(i(il(i('l.  wll.lioiil,  nini',li  liilioni  iiiid 
,  o(,':  if  H  viiid  ly  nol,  Nnlliilili)  to  llio  iih|iic,I,  In  iiBcd,  ollMir 
r,¥,IAil,«.  lit  I,).'  '/(.Il/  will  lll»'(  lot  IO'(  liK  Imnciil,, 
'•(/w  >li'/(.  lo  K  fc.'i/ii'l  i(>(aon  I'll  |iio(o(il,lon  ii|ion  wiillti  wlUi  ii, 
(|()/.  a'/oUi  iiv|i'(l  It  Will  ii|i|i(iiii  Ht.iiin;/n  l.o  Boinn,  liiil  I  iini  Inlly 
I  Oh'iini  i.i)  tt.ot.  I(i)|^lil.  HiinaliliKi  In  <ii|iiiilly  no  liiiiininl  In  nniili  ii 
(lonition  hi'  t),(;  (ililil  )i('.i'.t,  fioiil,  lloW  nlliili  Wii  c  k  jiiii  liiiicd  II  ((iW 
//(.(>,  ot  idi‘((|i  lioi'.l,  Il  (jn|i  I.  iilni>iH|ili(iiu,  iiinl  litl;ji|it,  hiiiihlilnn  diiy 
)(»/  (1.1/  '  At,  i.lj/lit,  liiii  Hoik,  wood  )m  (loynn  to  oiivmiil  dcpiiidri,  liiil. 
Il/  ini''  dll'/  It  111  I liii  (id^  (lid y  III  liii  lio/.ii|i  ii^oln  I  wo  oi  l.lniiii  lioiiiii 
litlin  'I  tiih  hill mull,  tidi /.In)/  iind  I liii wlnt{  doho  liu  nioiit  liiiini  lliiui 
)f  ii'/i.n  i.oldi  i  wiiillii  i  uint  ni  |iMliini  i  d,  iiiid  Ilni  llohn  wood  nol.  niili 
|ii.|.uil  to  NO  ninny  nnd  Hiiddnn  i  lnin(iiih,  I  would  |ii<ildi  |,n  Inin^;  a 
mill  m  iioini.  ni.ll)n|/  inniliiNl.  Ilm  wiill  iili  nilddiiy,  nnd  no  |iiiiiIv 
i.onnliiiiiil  lliii  illiilh  lit  liil;ilil  hiiiihlijiiu,  /\  I.  Iliii  hiinid  llnin  llilh 
•oiiild  till  II  III  l|i  ii|iiilmil  ni|ilil  liohl,  nnd  nili'lil  Im  lull,  nn  iil|J,lil, 
nnd  diiy,no  lon|/  iin  onu  did  nol  niind  llin  nnnl;/lil  llnnnn,  'I'lidid  nin 
fi.  .  oioid  dlNii|.|iolnl ln|i  iilinNini  In  llouii  i  nllniu  I  linn  In  lono  llidlonj/, 
|iiov  IliN  III  oiii  Idiiildi  ollinliinii  dniln|i  ulnini, 
In  iilinonl  nil  linilnm  tin  II  In  lliii  lnn|i  lodn  ol  llin  |iid\  lonn  nnniniiii''n 
/no. 'Ill  lliiil  yldlil  lliiil  idoiloiin  ill.ijilny  ol  lilii.'hoin  nni  I  y  In  I  liii  nnnnnii, 
■iiid  I  llilid  d'l.  iimv  liny  llilii  In  llin  iniii  wllliiiiil  I'^m  |i||nii  nnionu  llin 
Inmlnidi  ym  li.|  Idii,  I  nlliidn  In  mull  nn  I  .iiniiiH|nn,  l\liiionlinl  Nlid, 
illiiililn^i  loiiiiitol  I  )n\ oniniiitlii,  Nlj.ln  Ion,  nnd  I'niln  dun  111111111111,  wliUn 
nnd  yi.llow  Mnid  ninnn,  tllolli  ol  Ijnld  (II  yon  nnii  nnvn  Ilm  wiiodl, 
l.iiinn  I  ii.nin iiy.,  Mndniim  I'ln/n  nn  \  nidini  ('I'nnI,  nnd  ilollnInMn, 
.\nion|i  Ilm  Inndni  dnnil  01  liiihlii  /iiiiwnin  iiin  rniinil,  I 'ninni  lnl, 
I  l|no|  III  1 1  n,  Uoiii  I  i.hhi.  dn  Nndnlllni',  roiiiliitinii  iln  I'niilnhn,  .lotin|i|ilim 
Mlildn,  i'll  lliiiidini,  I  iiU'iii  Inn  riiltmnii,  Mndniim  W  Ulnlin,  Alniiii 
l''iiilndo  lUiii  .liiiiinh  \\  lluini,  llnlnii  iln  I'lntii/oil,  I'lhiiionn  Uniim,  and 
Mliltlny  illMiiid 
III  Ilm  Uiiiii.  |inidi.ii  wn  nllll  Ihimi  iiiiiiiv  viiv  bliin\  \  lm|iti  nnd 
Imii  Inn,  niid  llinnn  nioiin  iiinl.n  .i  lnl/  III  d|..|ilin  .  Unnm  I  h  In  Id  Uw  nnl 
lliliiinnin  hliiipU  iinnilil  nllli  liniiln.i  l.ind  l'ini..niinn  linii  linnnniNn 
I I  mil  ml  ol  in  I  ml  I  nnd  nlnionl  1  mind  1 1  nil ,  n  lilln  Innniiln  Uinnn  nnd  n  low 
iiiinn  Innn  linin  nnd  Ini/m  ln.i  1  Inn  nni  1  Ind  ImldU  njnni  i.linnn  (imn  I  10 
'I  linil  In  li'n|illi  Uiil  nnd  niinn/md  ninnnn  idnimd  nn\  llnwinn  m 
lnlln|ii',  Ol  dill'll  Itiioi.idi.,  llimin  t>inilnn  .iiii  \  nn  Hlnm  \  nnd  limllni'., 
IM  I  on  11  I  |im  II  non  In  llnd  lilidn  do  nol  idlnoti  Ilm  Uil.n  linMlna 
iiinili  I'll  Niion  Ol  null  nimli  .i\ldll\  nnollimii  MonI  nl  ilm  linmo-nn 
III .  I  nlini  mil  I \  In  llmi.oioion,  Inil  o.ilm.in  |'.i  nidi  I'liulon  Iiti/\n  (inNui'n  nl 
ili.ii|i  ol limion. 
I  .n  ilm  Inn  liml  Ulnlnlnnm  ni  imnmi  no  lm\n  InnI  i\innd  ii|<|Ki'h  nl 
llio  li\lnl.l  'moil  llilni  lii'iilnh,  nidoli,  nllli  n  Ion  I'lniwn  v>|  Ninon 
m  l<\,  loll  n  '  n  iilion  \  nllul  \l|i\n.i  I'vion.t'on  Im  •  l\'ni\  (\vn\  \>'il 
lioj'ii,  nlillo  idlidin  loMondilo-i  ilm  “'Onioh  Uiohm  in  mv'wili,  nml  Im  1 
nlrniA'-,  y.io  black  V^errics.  Gyrr)n(x;ar;-a  has  yellow  heps  of  curious 
font.  ;  {.ivxiarf.a  Pas  very  srnail  jiea-shafied  heps  of  a  red  colour,  and 
',/,i!i.fiiTA  supplies  very  large  scarlet  fruits-  Rose-apples  is  a  newer 
variety  with  large  deep  crimson  and  almost  rnarrjon  coloured  berries. 
A.  i'if'f.h,  fJchfiyJd. 
TIIK  “ROHARIAN.S’  YEAR  BOOK.” 
'l  uy.  active  veteran  and  indefati^/able  worker  in  the  floricultural 
d//mairi — Bev.  ff.  U.  O’f/rnhrairi — has  had  sent  to  us  the  twentieth 
iNNne  of  his  wekx/me  annual,  with  its  neat  emblematical  cover,  the 
“  ll/e'.arians’  Year  I'ax/k.”  We  do  not  know  that  we  could  say  anythinc; 
betfTtr  and  truer  of  It  than  that  it  will  rank  worthily  with  its  several 
f/red(f7:iMiorN.  It  Is  like,  yet  unlike,  them  all — like  them  in  garb  and 
y///;d  feeling;  unlike  them,  of  course,  in  the  matter.  Not  that  itjis 
inou-,  (ileasantly  readable  than  its  pre/leccssors,  hut  equally  interesting, 
while  n//t  li’SN  Nuhstantial.  _ 
Mr.  B,  llarkness  has  the  “pride  of  place’’  in  the  present  issue, 
and  the  photo/rafdi  of  this  still  youthful  but  professionally  exf/erienced 
and  Nm77!NNful  rrmarian  is  excellent.  The  history  of  the  rise  and 
((fogress  of  the  I'.rothers  llarkness  is  succinctly  narrated  by  the  editor, 
and  their  remarkable  aehievemonts  in  the  arena  recorded.  A  well 
deserved  tribute  is  paid  to  the  uriassumirig  manner  of  Mr.  llarkness  in 
these  W((r(ls,  “He  never  boasts  of  what  lie  has  done,  and  he  never 
falls  Into  the  y/ievous  error  of  attributing  his  ill-success  at  any  time 
U(  any  but  tbe  riglit  cause  the  sui/orioril.y  of  tlio  Roses  staged  against 
bim,”  If  this  were  tbe  rule  at  all  cxliibitions  the  ineotiugs  wouM  be 
the  more  pleasant,  and  especially  perhaps  to  those  taken  by  surprise 
an'l  dlsafjpoliiled  liy  the  verdietH,  In  tliis  matter,  however,  imiirove- 
mcnl.  IN  general,  and  the  great  lailk  of  exhibitors  display  the  truest 
manlmed  in  Is'iiring  their  temporary  misfortuncH  bravely. 
'I'lic  Rev.  A.  l'’oHter  Melllar  (a/ntriimtcH  some  “  Recollections  of  Roses 
and  Rose  showing,.’’  In  the  “good  old  days” — i.c,,  wlieii  there  was  no 
one  Iroiii  Holeliester  against  bim — it  seems  this  then  lucky  grower  and 
cxlilliitor  could  buy  a  jioiiy  and  trap  or  a  (iiiernsoy  cow  with  his  prize 
money.  He  does  not  say  ho,  but  it  is  not  (iiniciilt  to  infer  that  he  could 
win  almost  anytliliig  I m  wanted  if  tliero  were  no  (hints,  RiudsolLs,  or 
I'embei Ions.  Rut  we  must  pauso  and  guard  against  a  rap  on  the 
1'.  micldcM  liy  Niiyiii/':  that  I  he  owner  of  the  “  Rose”  cow  has  turned  the 
talili'N  against  all  tlioiie  celelirities,  and  iniist  tliorefore  have  been  nut 
"  lucky  "  onl  y,  liiitagood  grower,  and  as  a  matter  of  fact  liis  niaguiticont 
'rims  iiavc  all'ordcil  eoiiebmive  eviileiie.e  on  Hint  point.  Mr.  b'oster 
Mi'llliu  tells  iiH  I. hat.  llion/;ii  lie  only  boul.  Mr.  liituisell  once,  he  was 
Ineky  ('imiigli  to  seore  another  win  against  his  Roso.s,  because  the  man 
acnt.  willi  tlii'in  li'om  Hitclion,  iiiHlead  of  leaving  them  alone  for 
awlille,  liddli'd  about  with  ilm  blooms  for  two  hours  in  the  tent  and 
s|io|ll.  Iliem  prior  to  tim  jnd/’ing,  so  that  oiir  autlior,  taking  a  leason 
liom  IMi.  Reinliei ton,  kopt  Ills  hlooins  in  tIm  dark,  and  won  by  waiting. 
It  appeai'M  lhat  Iln'  Rast  Anglian  anmtenr  was  not  invariably  right 
in  Ills  lai't.h's,  for  Im  oneo  “slnpiilly"  congratulated  a  then  unknown 
genth'inan  who  was  staging  against  him  on  tim  bt'anty  of  his  “moss” 
urn  II  Ilm  Romos  wero  not  worth  roooumtion),  nnd  reoeival  an  icy 
“ 'I  himk  yon.”  Tin'  gentleman  was  Mr.  Rindsoll.  Again,  we  are 
lohl  ol  im  ini'ldent  ol  tim  ehimet's  of  a  friendly  oompetitiw,  the  IJov. 
II,  II,  IterneiN,  bi  ing  pn'jinlieed  in  this  way.  “  When,  as  has  liap^viUHl 
oneo  01  twiei',  a  heavy  tlumderstorm  Ihreatened  the  day  Ih'Ioiu  a 
show,  my  little  man  r'limi'  daneing.  up  to  say,  ‘It’s  blowing:  right 
a\Miy  Irom  ns,  sir,  and  going  right  over  to  Mr,  Berners*’.”  'I'o  this 
I  Im  miiNli'i' ot  the  little  man  naively  adds,  "1  am  afraid  Ids  unlmly 
i' hs'  w  an  rat In'i' langhi'vl  at  than  n'hnked.”  Tlu' author  ooneUidos  liis 
papei  by  ealline,  attention  to  iiniivhinal  blooms  of  suiH'rlativo  nuril, 
and  e\piesses  the  liope  that  growers  of  sneh  blooms  in  future  will 
have  lliem  handed  down  to  pt'sleritv  by  tlio  photographer’s  art.  The 
'lllllenlly,  pel  haps,  would  he  to  eateli  all  of  them  witli  tiro  oan.enx  at 
tim  moment  ol  mavimmu  beauty. 
Ml,  '■'haeklolou  diMsmises  on  “  Roses  for  Snhurlvan  tiardons,”  and 
puts  tn  a  plea  h'r  slaniiaid.s,  as  "  they  srH'm  to  lift  the  luvses  up  into 
a  lieei  almosplieit',”  \  ery  good  lists  of  varieties  an'  given  for  garvlrms 
on  llie  eoiillnes  of  iH'pnh'us  eentn»s,  the  antlvor  putting  in  a  wv'ni  tvir 
Hybrid  Teas,  Ramoleis,  and  dajsinese  Rvvses  of  the  Rugwsa  tyjv,  t'f 
the  In'*!  named  we  can  sav  iliat  they  suervt''l  K'tter  than  any  v»then!i 
tn  paikH  luul  aniens  in  the  snw'ky  and  murky  East  Kiul  of  l.ondoi', 
Tlie  eiliti'i  neats  the  Rwse  aiul  the  National  Rv'se  Svviety  ovw 
llltei'n  pajji  N,  m  whk  h  aio  ms'ixUsl  the  main  facts  and  incidents  of  th« 
past  R'''a'  Vv'tn,  Mr.  \.  I'n't'i's  “  tN'inments  v'U  New  Kv^scs "  ap;HMr 
as  tall  as  they  an*  lull  an  able,  intcivsting,  and  useful  ivntribntk'iw 
Mr.  Mlnal  Rrun't'  has  a  cv'ecise  chapter  on  "(.'lind'ing  luvses;”  and  Mr. 
IMwanl  Alawlei,  in  his  own  evv't'Ueet  way.  dixals  with  the  “Weather 
v't  the  I'.isl  Kvvso  \  sv'aitr'iuig  nseRd  hints  as  ho  g\vs  along.  The 
issue  Is  c.xssl  all  thn'n.'h.and  is  pnhhaln\i  as  nse.al  h\  Messi-s.  l''e;n'\>ee 
I  tiiwl  N.'iis,  I'Kl  I'mIU'i  ,  1  v'luiv'ti 
