FEBRUARY. 



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your readers as may be desirous to possess a few of the very best 

 Roses, in making a selection at a trifling expense. With this view 

 I subjoin a hst of fifty of the finest Roses in cultivation, comprising 

 individuals of each family, free bloomers, constant, and (" O word of 

 fear !") distinct. 



The taste of the present day inclines strongly to the autumnal- 

 blooming Roses, and with good reason, for they are " beautiful ex- 

 ceedingly." But let us not too hastily discard their more evanescent 

 sisters ; for though the period of their splendour is brief, it is to our 

 Summer Roses we must look for that profusion of bloom which, in 

 mid- summer, makes our gardens one blaze of beauty. 



The following list comprises an equal number of each division : 



PROVENCE AXD THEIR HYBRIDS. 

 Blush ] 

 Celina > Moss. 

 Crist a ta J 

 Madame rAl)hey. 

 Princesse Clementine. 

 Rose Devisne. 



Boule de Nanteuil. 

 D'Aguesseau. 

 Kean. 

 Sanchette. 



HYBRID CHINA. 



Blairii, No. 2. 



Che'ne'dolle. 



Brennus. 



Double- margined Hip. 



HYBRID BOURBON. 



Charles Duval. 

 Coupe d'He'be'. 

 Paul Perras. 

 Paul Ricaut. 



Madame Audot. 

 Madame Legras. 



DAMASK. 



La Villa de Bruxelles. 

 Madame Zoutmann. 



AUSTRIAN BRIER. 



Persian Yellow. 



CLIMBING. 



Crimson Boursault. 

 PY'iicite Perpe'tue. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL. 



Baronne Prevost. 

 Duchess of Sutherland. 

 Geant des Batailles. 

 Jacques Lafitte. 

 La Reine. 

 JNIadame Aimee. 

 Madame Laftay. 

 Mrs. Elliott. 

 Robin Hood. 

 William Jesse. 



BOURBON. 



Acidalie. 



Bouquet de Flore. 



Dupetit Thouars. 



George Cuvier. 



Henri Lecoq. 



Menoux. 



Souchet. 



Souvenir de la Malmaison. 



CHINA. 



Clara Sylvain. 

 Cramoisie supe'rieure. 



TEA-SCENTED CHINA. 



Devoniensis. 

 Eugene Desgaches. 



NOISETTE. 



Cloth of Gold. 



Lamarque. 



Solfaterre. 



The above are really first-rate Roses, and are perfectly hardy, 

 with the exception of the five last enumerated. These, if planted 

 against a south or west wall, will do well without further protection. 

 I have said they are all free-blooming varieties : perhaps Cloth of 

 Gold should be excepted. For some time I could do nothing with 

 this Rose ; but four years ago I budded it on one of the lower shoots 



