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Koses  were  consequently  placed  in  both  years  at  a  great 
disadvantage  as  compared  with  those  which  come  into  bloom 
earlier  in  the  summer.  Fortunately,  however,  for  our 
present  purpose,  the  number  of  early  and  late  seasons  were 
almost  equally  divided  in  the  eight  years  covei’ed  by  this 
analysis. 
It  will  be  noticed  that  Bessie  Brown  still  maintains  the 
lead  it  secured  last  year  over  Mrs.  John  Laing — which 
variety  had  previously  held  the  premier  position  in  the  table 
of  Hybrid  Perpetuals  and  Hybrid  Teas  for  ten  consecutive 
years.  This  is,  I  think,  to  be  regretted,  for  Mrs.  John  Laing 
is  not  only  a  grand  exhibition  Rose,  but  also  an  equally 
dependable  variety  for  ordinary  garden  cultivation.  Bessie 
Brown,  on  the  other  hand,  although  unsurpassed  for  exhibi¬ 
tion  purposes,  is  so  excessively  modest  that  she  is  almost 
invariably  to  be  seen  with  her  head  bent,  instead  of  holding 
it  erect,  as  any  well-conducted  “  garden  ”  Rose  should  do. 
The  positions  of  the  leading  four  varieties  remain  as  in  the 
previous  analysis.  In  fact,  with  the  exception  of  Marquise 
Litta  and  Gustave  Piganeau,  both  of  which  have  risen  two 
places,  there  are  no  changes  worth  mentioning  in  the  first 
twelve  sorts. 
Of  the  established  kinds.  Marquise  Litta  has  never  before 
in  the  last  eight  years  been  as  frequently  shown  as  it  was 
this  year,  and  in  the  same  period  La  France,  Madame 
Gabriel  Luizet,  White  Lady,  and  Prince  Arthur  only  once 
before.  On  the  other  hand,  A.  K.  Williams,  Captain  Hay¬ 
ward,  Earl  of  Dufferin,  and  Etienne  Levet  have  in  no 
previous  year  been  as  indifferently  represented,  while  the 
records  for  Her  Majesty,  Alarie  Baumann,  Alfred  Colomb 
and  Dupuy  Jamain  are  almost  equally  poor.  The  above 
results  were,  no  doubt,  principally  brought  about  by  the 
backward  season  favouring  the  early  to  the  disadvantage 
of  the  late  flowering  kinds.  Judging  by  the  last  two  exhibi¬ 
tions  of  the  Society  the  best  Roses  for  an  exhibitor  to  grow 
in  a  backward  district  for  the  early  shows  would  be  the 
following : — Caroline  Testout,  Marquise  Litta,  Mrs.  W.  J. 
Grant.  Kaiserin  Augusta  Victoria,  La  France,  Madame 
Gabriel  Luizet,  White  Lady,  Helen  Keller  and  Prince 
Arthur. 
The  gradual  decline  of  the  crimson  H.P.'s  in  our  exhibi¬ 
tion  stands  in  recent  years  is  much  to  be  deplored,  as  most 
of  them  are  not  only  splendid  examples  in  themselves,  but 
also  serve  to  brighten  up  and  enhance  the  beauty  of  their 
less  florid  neighbours.  We  have  only  to  compare  the 
analysis  issued  five  years  ago  with  the  present  one  in  order 
to  see  how  marked  this  decline  has  been,  even  during  that 
short  period.  In  fact,  only  Captain  Hayward,  Horace 
Vernet,  Prince  Arthur,  General  Jacqueminot,  Comte  de 
Raimbaud,  and  Xavier  Olibo  now  occupy  as  good  positions 
as  they  did  in  1898,  whereas  Ulrich  Brunner  has  lost  two 
places,  A.  K.  Williams  seven  places,  Marie  Baumann  eight 
places,  Alfred  Colomb  eight  places,  Charles  Lefebyre  ten 
places,  Earl  of  -imfferin  eleven  places.  Dupuy  Jamain  four 
places,  Etienne  Levet  twelve  places,  Fisher  Holmes  twelve 
places,  Duke  of  Wellington  eight  places,  and  so  on 
throughout  the  list. 
At  exhibitions  there  may  be  some  reason  for  this  revolt 
against  the  H.P.’s,  but  it  becomes  altogether  unmeaning 
when  applied  to  our  gardens.  They  may  not  be,  as  a  rule, 
such  good  bedding  Roses  as  the  Hybrid  Teas,  but  they  are 
altogether  indispensable  for  other  purposes.  For  instance, 
in  my  own  garden  I  should  have  had  no  Roses  worth  looking 
at  during  the  p-reater  part  of  the  present  wet  autumn,  but 
for  these  grand  crimson  and  dark  crimson  Hybrid  Per¬ 
petuals.  Then,  again,  how  few  Hybrid  Teas  can  compare 
in  fragrance  with  Ulrich  Brunner,  A.  K.  Williams,  Marie 
Baumann,  Alfred  Colomb.  Charles  Lefebvre,  Earl  of 
Dufferin.  General  Jacqueminot,  Dr.  Andry.  E.  Y.  Teas, 
Louis  Van  Houtte,  or  Maurice  Bernardin  ? 
The  Advance  of  the  Hybrid  Teas. 
On  the  other  hand,  the  advance  of  the  Hybrid  Teas  has 
•been  equally  pronounced  during  the  same  five  years.  For 
•example,  in  the  1898  analysis  there  were  only  nine  Hybrid 
Teas  on  the  list  ;  now  there  are  exactly  double  that  number, 
besides  which  the  following  varieties  with  places  in  this 
year’s  analysis :  Bessie  Bi’own,  Mildred  Grant,  Killarney, 
Countess  of  Caledon,  Souvenir  du  President  Carnot, 
Madame  Cadeau-Ramey,  Exquisite,  Papa  Lambert,  Gladys 
Harkness,  Mamie  and  Robert  Scott,  are  not  to  be  found  at 
all  in  the  list  for  1898.  There  are  many  charming  pink, 
rose,  and  creamy  white  varieties  ainong  these  new  H.T.’s, 
but,  alas !  no  crimson,  with  the  single  exception  of 
Exquisite,  wliich  only  finds  a  place  at  No.  60. 
No  fewer  than  eleven  new  Roses — varieties  sent  out 
during  the  last  five  years — will  be  found  in  the  table.  The 
only  1898  variety  is  Killarney  (No.  30),  which  occupies  about 
the  same  position  as  in  the  previous  analysis.  Would  that 
we  had  many  more  such  Roses — Roses  which  are  good  for 
exhibition,  and,  at  the  same  time,  even  more  indispensable 
in  the  garden.  Five  new  sorts  arc  placed  to  the  credit  of 
1899.  Bessie  Brown,  which,  as  before  stated,  for  the  second 
time  in  succession  heads  the  list  of  Hybrid  Perpetuals  and 
Hybrid  Teas. 
Next  comes  Ulster  (No.  22),  which  has  risen  three  places. 
Then  lower  down  we  reach  the  handsome  Exquisite 
(No.  60),  which  makes  its  appearance  for  the  first  time  in 
the  table.  Then  Mrs.  Cocker,  also  at  No.  60,  which  has 
fallen  fourteen  places,  and  lastly  Papa  Lambert  (No.  65), 
which  has  not  improved  upon  its  last  year’s  position.  (Jf 
the  varieties  distributed  in  1900,  Frau  Karl  Druschki, 
although  new  to  the  analysis,  takes  up  a  position  at  No.  17. 
This  is  in  itself  a  remarkable  performance  for  any  new  Rose, 
and  only  shows  what  a  general  favourite  with  exhibitors 
this  beautiful  pure  white  H.P.  has  already  become.  A^ears 
ago  we  had  to  be  content  with  Madame  Lacharme,  which 
came  out  as  a  white  H.P.  in  1873,  and  since  then  we  have 
welcomed  in  turn  Mabel  Morrison  (1878),  Violette  Bouyer 
(1881),  Merveille  de  Lyon  (1882),  White  Baroness  (1888), 
Margaret  Dickson  (1891),  and  Marchioness  of  Londonderry 
(1893),  but  none  nearly  as  warmly  as  we  now  welcome  this 
sterling  acquisition — Frau  Karl  Druschki. 
In  the  first  place  it  is  pure  white,  which  none  of  its  pre¬ 
decessors  can  lay  claim  to  be,  added  to  which  it  has  a  good, 
vigorous  habit,  and  is  moreover  one  of  the  freest  flowering, 
if  not  the  most  continuous  flowering,  of  all  the  Hybrid  Per¬ 
petuals.  The  raiser  of  this  remarkable  Rose — and  all 
honour  be  to  him — is  Peter  Lambert,  of  Trier,  in  Germany. 
Gladys  Harkness,  the  other  variety  of  the  same  year,  will 
be  found  at  No.  66.  The  remaining  new  kinds  are  Mildred 
Grant,  Mamie,  and  Robert  Scott,  which  were  sent  out  the 
year  before  last.  Mildred  Grant,  ivory  white  in  colour,  is 
one  of  the  largest  exhibition  Roses,  if  not  the  largest,  in 
cultivation.  Its  popularity  with  exhibitors  is  already 
assured.  It  has  performed  the  same  feat'  as  Frau  Karl 
Druschki  in  rising  at  once  to  No.  17  on  the  list.  At  present 
it  has  shown  itself  but  a  moderate  grower. 
Mamie  and  Robert  Scott,  on  their  first  appearance,  take 
up  places  at  the  end  of  the  list.  Of  the  above  new  varieties 
Frau  Karl  Druschki  and  Papa  Lambert  came  to  us  from 
Germany,  while  the  remaining  nine  are  of  British  origin, 
no  fewer  than  seven  of  them  having  been  sent  out  by  one 
firm  alone — Messrs.  A.  Dickson  and  Sons,  of  Newtownards, 
in  Ireland. 
Taas  and  Noisettes.  (Table  ou  next  page.) 
If  we  next  direct  our  attention  to  the  table  of  Teas  and 
Noisettes  we  shall  at  once  see  what  a  disastrous  year  the 
past  one  has  been  for  the  Roses  in  this  charming  section.  In 
fact,  the  season  appears  to  have  especially  favoured  only 
three  varieties  on  the  list,  viz.,  Medea,  Cleopatra,  and  Anna 
Olivier.  As  regards  Medea,  it  was  to  be  seen  in  nearly 
every  stand.  In  previous  years  its  records  have  varied  from 
14  to  27,  but  at  the  last  exhibition  it  was  staged  no  fewer 
than  forty-seven  times,  or  rather  more  frequently  than  any 
other  Rose  in  the  show  ;  while  Cleopatra  (No.  18)  and  Anna 
Olivier  (No.  22)  have  never  before  been  as  largely  shown. 
Nearly  all  the  other  Teas  were  more  or  less  indifferently 
renresented.  Maman  Cochet  still  stands  at  the  head  of  the 
table,  but  has  never  before  been  as  sparsely  exhibited,  and 
the  same  may  be  said  of  White  Maman  Cochet,  while  such 
old  and  tried  favourites  as  Catherine  Mermet,  The  Bride, 
Comtesse  de  Nadaillac,  Bridesmaid,  Madame  de  Watteville 
and  Marechal  Niel  have  at  no  previous  exhibition  appeared 
in  as  few  stands,  even  if  we  go  back  for  fouideen,  and  in 
some  cases  even  seventeen  years. 
There  are  four  Teas  on  the  list  which  were  sent  out 
during  the  last  six  years,  and  consequently  inay  be  regarded 
as  new  varieties.  That  grand  lemon-white  sport  from 
Maman  Cochet,  White  Maman  Cochet,  is  the  sole  represen¬ 
tative  of  1897.  It  was  placed  second  on  the  list  last  year, 
but  now  stands  at  No.  3.  There  can  be  little  doubt,  how¬ 
ever.  that  in  the  next  analysis  it  will  be  found  to  have 
regained  its  former  position.  Mrs.  Edward  Mawley,  which 
was  distributed  in  1899,  still  remains  at  No.  3,  and  appears 
to  be  as  great  a  favourite  as  ever. 
We  now  come  to  two  new  yellow,  or  rather  orange 
coloured  T.’s  and  N.’s,  both  of  which  came  out  in  1902.  The  first 
of  these.  Souvenir  de  Pierre  Netting,  secures  a  place  on  its 
first  appearance  at  No.  28,  while  the  other.  Lady  Roberts, 
