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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
October  25,  19(m). 
as  yet  very  slighily  in  advance  of  the  variety  from  which  it  sported 
in  1885 — Catherine  Mermet.  That  comparatively  new  Tea,  Maman 
Cochet,  rises  from  the  fifth  to  the  third  place  in  the  list  since  last  year. 
Other  sorts  which  were  favoured  by  the  season  were  Comtesse  de 
Nadaillac,  Madame  Hoste,  Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  Souvenir  d’Elise 
Vardon,  Medea,  and  Cleopatra.  On  the  other  hand,  among  the 
varieties  which  were  but  very  sparsely  represented,  as  compare!  with 
their  usual  form,  may  be  mentioned  MadameCusin,  Marie  Van  Houtte, 
Hon.  Edith  Gifford,  and  Marechal  Niel. 
There  are  only  three  new  varieties  on  the  table  of  Teas  and 
Noisettes — varieties  which  are  six  or  fewer  years  old,  but  all  three 
may  be  regarded  as  of  unusual  merit.  The  first  we  come  to  is  Muriel 
Grahame,  a  cream  coloured  sport  from  Citherine  Mermet,  wh  ch  was 
sent  out  in  1896.  This  refined  and  charming  Rose  has  risen  two 
places  in  the  list  since  last  year,  and  now  stands  at  No.  17.  The 
next,  White  Maman  Cochet,  was  distributed  in  1897,  and  on  its  first 
appearance  tn  the  analysis  secures  a  place  at  No.  23.  In  regard  to 
this  very  promising  new  Tea,  it  may  be  mentioned  as  rather  a  curious 
coincidence  that  whereas  Maman  Cochet  presented  us  with  this  fine 
white  sport  only  four  years  after  it  was  itself  sent  out,  we  had  to  wait 
sixteen  years  for  The  Bride,  the  first  white  sport  from  Catherine 
Mermet.  ft  is  also  rather  remarkable  that  both  of  these  white  sporis 
should  have  come  to  us  from  America.  The  third  new  Tea,  and  the 
most  recent  of  the  set,  is  Mrs.  Eiward  Mawley,  which  although  onlv 
sent  out  last  year,  already  takes  up  its  position  at  No.  23,  having  been 
staged  this  year  in  the  same  number  of  stands  as  White  Maman  Cochet. 
If  we  enquire  what  progress  has  taken  place  in  recent  years  in  this 
section  we  have  only  to  compare  the  table  of  five  years  ago  with  the 
present  one  in  order  to  see  that  a  very  satisfactory  advance  has  been 
made.  It  must,  however,  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  list  is  only  half 
the  length  of  that  representing  the  Hybrid  Perpetuals  and  Hybrid 
Teas,  and  that  for  some  reason  the  upward  movement  of  the  newer 
introductions  is  here  more  gradual  than  in  the  other  table.  The  gains 
since  1895  have  been  as  follows,  that  is  to  say,  none  of  the  varieties 
named  are  to  be  found  in  the  analysis  for  that  year: — Bridesmai ', 
Medea,  Muriel  Grahame,  Mrs.  Edward  Mawley,  White  Maman  Coche  , 
and  Golden  Gate.  On  the  other  hand  the  following  d'eas  which 
appeared  in  the  earlier  analysis  fail  to  find  a  footing  in  the  present 
one— viz.,  Corinna,  Davoniensis,  Souvenir  de  Paul  Neyron,  La  Boule 
d’Or,  Comtesse  de  Panisse,  and  Jules  Finger. 
Another  year  I  shall  hope  to  be  able  to  give  a  brief  list  from  an 
exhibitor’s  point  of  view  of  that  interesting  and  popular  section,  the 
“garden”  or  decorative  Roses — varieties  the  flowers  of  which  are 
either  not  sufficiently  large  or  well  foimed  to  entitle  them  to  be  staged 
in  the  classes  for  the  so-called  exhibition  Roses.  The  “  garden  ”  Roses 
exhibited  three  or  more  times  at  the  Crystal  Palace  this  year,  and 
arranged  according  to  the  number  of  times  they  were  set  up  in  prize 
stands,  were  the  following  : — Gustave  Retiis,  Marquise  de  Salisburv, 
Rosa  Macrantha,  Madame  Pernet  Ducher,  Ros  i  Moschata  alba,  W.  A. 
Richardson,  Brenda,  Camoens,  Madame  0.  Guinoisseau,  Reine  Olga  de 
Wiirtemburg,  Anne  of  Geierstein,  Bardou  Job,  Laurette  Messimy, 
Meg  Merrilies,  Rugosaalba,  Bennett’s  Seedling,  Claire  Jacquier,  Crested 
Moss,  Lady  Penzance,  LTdeal,  Ma  Capucine,  Madame  Anna  Maria  de 
Mohtravel,  Madame  Falcot,  Mignonette,  Paul’s  Carmine  Pillar,  Paul’s 
Single  White,  Perle  d’Or,  Rosa  Andersoni,  and  Rosa  multiflora 
grandiflora. 
I  have  again  to  thank  those  good  friends  who  year  after  year  on 
a  busy  show  day  assist  me  in  taking  down  the  names  of  the  Roses  in 
the  prize  stands  and  so  render  these  analyses  possible. 
The  Newer  Rcaes  Audit. 
This  appendix  to  the  analysis  has  been  introduced  in  order  that 
the  varieties  of  recent  introduction  which  it  is  impossible  to  place 
accurately  in  the  tables  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  of  them  to  appear  at  all  in  the  usual  tables.  Each  of  the 
following  voters  was  requested  to  place  the  twelve  H.P.’s  and  H.T.’s 
in  the  list  in  their  order  of  merit  as  exhibition  Roses,  and  to  deal  in 
the  same  way  with  the  Teas  and  Noisettes.  In  calculating  the 
number  of  votes  it  should  be  understood  that  a  first  place  vote  in  the 
case  of  the  former  list  is  counted  as  twelve  votes,  a  second  as  eleven 
votes,  and  so  on.  But  in  the  case  of  the  Teas  a  first  place  vote  is  only 
reckoned  as  six  votes,  a  second  as  five  votes,  &c.,  as  there  are  only  six 
candidates  in  this  list  as  compared  with  twelve  in  the  other  one: — 
Amateurs. — Mr.  J.  Bateman,  Mr.  W.  Boyes,  Rev.  H.  B.  Biron, 
Rev.  F.  R.  Burnside,  Rev.  A.  Foster- Mel  liar,  Mr.  0.  J,  Grahame, 
Mr.  Conway  Jones,  Mr.  H.  V.  Machin,  Mr.  0.  G.  Orpen,  Rev.  J.  H. 
Pemberton,  and  Mr.  A.  Slaughfir. 
Nurserymen. — Messrs.  G.  Burch,  J.  Burrell,  C.  E.  Cant,  Frank 
Oant,  A.  Dickson,  R.  Harkness,  W.  J.  Jefferies,  J.  R.  Mattock, 
H  Merryweather,  jun.,  A.  Piper,  A.  E.  Prince,  W.  D.  Prior,  and 
A.  Turner. 
Hybrid  Perpetuals  and  Hybrid  Teas. 
Posi¬ 
tion 
Total 
,  Votes 
by 
Votes 
by 
in 
Votes. 
Ama- 
N  ursery 
Audit.. 
teurs. 
1 
Bessie  Brown  (1899)  (h.t.)  . 
286 
120 
166 
2 
Ulster  (1899)  . 
225 
100 
125 
3 
Tom  Wood  (1896)  . 
182 
64 
118 
4 
Mrs.  Cocker  (1899) . 
169 
88 
81 
5 
Killarney  (1898)  (h.t.)  . 
157 
59 
98 
6 
Madame  Cadeau  Ramey  (1896)  (h.t.) 
156 
58 
98 
7 
Countess  of  Caledon  (lb97)  (h.t.)  ... 
152 
63 
89 
8 
Laurence  Allen  (1896)  . 
106 
38 
68 
8 
Mrs.  Frank  Cant  (1897) . 
100 
45 
55 
10 
Mrs.  F.  W.  Sanford  (.1898) . 
86 
47 
39 
11 
Rev.  A.  Cheales  (1896)  . 
58 
18 
40 
12 
Shandon  (1899)  (h.t.) . . . 
49 
18 
31 
1 
White  Maman  Cochet  (1897) . 
132  59 
73 
2 
Muriel  Grahame  (1896)  . 
127  55 
72 
3 
Mrs.  E.  Mawley  (1899)  . 
118  53 
65 
4 
Sylph  (1895) . 
53  26 
27 
5 
Mrs.  Pierpont  Morgan  1896)  . 
44  19 
25 
6 
Empress  Alexandra  of  Russia  (1897) 
32  13 
19 
Roses  for  General  Cultivation. 
I  Set  much  value  on  these  lists,  which  have  been  drawn  up  with 
great  care,  and,  as  far  as  possible,  brought  up  to  date.  They  are 
intended  to  give  the  cream  of  the  R-  ses  now  in  cultivation  in  the 
different  sections  to  wh’ch  they  belong,  and  never  before  in  the 
history  of  the  Rose  has  there  been  such  a  wealth  of  beautiful 
varieties  to  select  from.  In  making  their  selections  your  readers 
should  bear  in  mind  that  all  the  established  sorts  named  in  each 
list  have  been  placed  in  what  I  regard  as  their  order  of  merit  icr 
the  purposes  for  which  these  lists  have  been  compiled.  So  that, 
however  limited  their  requirements  may  be,  they  may  readily  choose 
the  best  varieties.  Those  marked  with  an  asterisk  are  either  quite 
new  or  of  comparatively  recent  introduction.  I  should  like  to  draw 
particular  attention  to  the  delightful  vari.  ties  mentioned  under  the 
headings  of  “  Hybrid  Teas,”  “  Teas  and  Noisettes,”  and  “  Chinas”  in 
the  list  of  “  Garden  ”  or  Decorative  Roses,  many  of  them  as  yet  but 
little  known. 
Exhibition  Roses  —  Hybrid  Perpetuals.  —  Light  coloured 
varieties :  Mrs.  John  Laing,  Mrs.  R.  G.  Sharman  Crawford.  *'Mrs. 
Cocker,  Madame  Gabriel  Luizeq  Marie  Finger,  Merveille  do  Lyon, 
and  Killarney.  Medium  redsi  Ulrich  Brunner,  Diipuy  Jamain, 
Suzanne  M.  Rodocanacbi,  Helen  Keller,  Tom  Wood,  Comtesse 
d’Oxford,  Heinrich  Schultheis.  Reds :  Fisher  Holmes,  General 
Jacqueminot,  Marie  Baumann,  A.  K.  Williams,  Alfred  Colomb, 
Ferdinand  de  Lesseps,  Captain  Hayward,  Dr.  Andry,  Duke  of 
Edinburgh,  and  Victor  Hugo.  Dark  varieties:  Prince  Arthur, 
Charles  Lefebvre,  Duke  of  Wellington,  and  Prince  Camille  de  Rohan. 
Hybrid  Teas. — La  France,  Caroline  Testout,  Viscountess  Folkestone, 
Marquise  Litta,  Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant,  Captain  Christy,  Kfiserin  Augusta 
Victoria,  and  ’“'Bessie  Brown.  Teas  and  Noisettes. — Marie  Van 
Houtte,  Souvenir  de  S.  A.  Prince,  Maman  Cochet,  ^^White  Maman 
Cochet,  *Mrs.  E.  Mawley,  Caroline  Kuster,  Souvenir  d’un  Ami, 
Madame  Hoste,  Hon.  Eiith  Gifford,  Innocente  Pirola,  Anna  Ollivier, 
and  Rubens. 
Garden  or  Decorative  Roses. — Summer  Flowering. — Provence: 
— Common  or  Cabbage.  Moss:  Common  or  Old  and  Blanche  Moreau. 
Damask ;  Rosa  Mundi.  Austrian  Brier  :  Austrian  Copper,  Austrian 
Yellow,  and  Harrisoni.  Hybrid  Sweet  Briers:  Janet’s  Pride,  Lady 
Penzance,  Jeannie  Deans,  and  FLra  Mclvor.  Climbing  Roses: 
Turner’s  Crimson  Rambler,  Bennett’s  Seedling,  Felicite  Perpetue, 
Claire  Jacquier,  Paul’s  Carmine  Pillar,  The  Garland,  Rosa  multiflora 
grandiflora.  Autumn  Flowering. — Hybrid  Teas  :  Gustave  Regis, 
Madame  Abel  Chatenay,  Antoine  Ri voire,  Madame  Jules  Grolez, 
*Gruss  an  Teplitz,  Papa  Gontier,  ’“’Grand  Due  de  Luxembourg, 
Augustine  Guinoisseau,  Grace  Darling,  Bardou  Job.  Bourbon : 
Souvenir  de  la  Malmaison.  China :  Old  Blush  or  Common  Monthly, 
Laurette  Messimy,  Madame  Eugene  Resal,  Queen  Mab.  Teas  and 
Noisettes :  L’Ideal,  Madame  Lambard,  G.  Nabonnand,  Beaute 
Inconstante,  ^'Souvenir  de  Catherine  Guillot.  Perpetual  Scotch : 
Stanwell  Perpetual.  Polyantha  :  Madame  Anna  Maria  de  Montravel, 
Gloire  des  Polyantha,  Perle  d’Or,  and  Cecile  Brunner.  Japanese  : 
Alba,  Madame  G.  Bruant,  and  Blanc  Double  de  Coubert.  Climbing  : 
Gloire  de  Dijon,  W.  A.  Richardson,  Longworth  Rambler,  Madam  i 
A.  Carriere,  Reve  d’Or,  Reine  Olga  de  Wurtemburg,  Madame  Pierre 
Cochet,  Bouquet  d’Or,  Alister  Stella  Gray,  Monsieur  Desir,  Aimee 
Vibert,  and  ’^  Wichuriana  (trailing). — E.  M.,  Berkhamsted. 
