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be used for the same purpose as the 

 two just mentioned, where a diver- 

 sity is required ; but it is a second- 

 rate bedding rose ; the colour is not 

 satisfactory, though bright, and it has 

 a coarseness of habit which will annoy 

 a fastidious eye. Lastly, among these 

 little Chinas, we have Mrs. Bosanquet, 

 a delicate, pale flesh, the flowers in 

 clusters, very double, and of the 

 highest quality in every sense. These 

 are all the bedders in the whole of 

 this list, but there are plenty more of 

 the same dwarf, neat growth, and 

 profusely flowering habit. The Noi- 

 settes offer some beauties, and for 

 colour Fellenberg is unequalled. It 

 is of dwarf habit, a vigorous but not 

 robust grower, very hardy, always in 

 bloom, and the blooms a cheerful 

 cherry crimson, with that minute 

 dash of blue in it which makes it 

 somewhat of an approach to Magenta. 

 A true bedder is Fellenberg, and 

 splendid in a mass. In the same sec- 

 tion we have Ophirie, a trifle more 

 vigorous than the last, habit race- 

 mose, foliage exquisitely beautiful, 

 blossoms nankeen copper, very dis- 

 tinct, and a splendid contrast to 

 the crimsons in a bed. Among all 

 the beautiful Noisettes there are but 

 three others fit for the purpose now 

 before us — namely, Miss Glegg, 

 Aimee Vibert, and Caroline Mar- 

 niesse ; the first two are nearly alike, 

 robust growers, bright shining foliage, 

 and abundance of white flowers in 

 clusters ; the last is a free grower 

 and an abundant bloomer, but the 

 tint of pink in the buds and centre of 

 the flowers very much detracts from 

 its merit as a bedder. Perhaps Vi- 

 comtesse d'Avesne might answer as a 

 bedder for the sake of mauve-coloured 

 roses, but its ugly upright habit, and 

 its ragged appearance when a few 

 faded blooms are allowed to hang, 

 prevent me recommending it as I have 

 the others. Among the Teas, Gloire 

 de Dijon is unrivalled for a pillar, a 

 standard, or a bed; but it grows 

 strong, and is nothing if not big ; 

 and here then we have material for 

 centre of a large bed, where the 

 colour, yellow salmon, would tell 

 grandly with circles of crimson round 

 it. Many other Teas ask for notice, 



but I am disposed to pass them all 

 over, for the experiences of the win- 

 ters 1859-60 and 1860-61 have left 

 an impression on my mind that Teas 

 are for rose growers, not for people 

 who want a heap of flowers, and are 

 not prepared to incur much trouble 

 respecting them. If an exception is 

 to be made in this case, it must be for 

 Safranot, apricot in bud, and delicate 

 buff when open ; but though a tre- 

 mendous bloomer, it is less continuous 

 than the last, and must not be insisted 

 on as unexceptionably desirable for 

 beds. 



Among the hybrid perpetuals 

 there are true bedders, and the best 

 is General Jacqueminot, a camellia in 

 form, ruby velvet in colour and tex- 

 ture, as hardy as an oak, leaves with 

 the delicacy of silk and the substance 

 of parchment, and as prolific of bloom 

 as the " daisy that never dies." It is 

 a grand rose for a bed, and in habit 

 intermediate between Cramoisie and 

 the taller growers, such as Gloire des- 

 Dijon. Next we have Geant des 

 Batailles, considerably less vivid than 

 the Genera], but as continuous in 

 bloom, and always claiming admira- 

 tion. I have gathered flowers from 

 these two on the 15th of March and 

 the 31st of December, in the same 

 year, and seen blooms on them every 

 day in the whole intermediate period. 

 In ordinary seasons they begin early 

 in June, and make an end of their 

 bloom by the middle of November. 

 After these we have William Jesse, 

 crimson tinged with lilac ; Madame 

 Vidot, flesh ; Anna Alexieff, rose j 

 Lion des Combats, Prince Leon, 

 Comte d'Eu, and Gloire de Boso- 

 menes, and even with these few, we 

 are getting a little away from the 

 mark, and there are only three that 

 can be recommended for universal 

 use as bedders, viz, Anna Alexieff, a 

 first-class rose, which is most unwill- 

 ing to go out of bloom ; Madame 

 Vidot, also most beautiful and full of 

 stuff, always in bloom ; and Gloire de 

 Rosomenes, very poor flower, but the 

 colour vivid carmine, admirable for 

 this purpose. Among the Bourbons, 

 Souvenir de Malmaison, flesh ; Bou- 

 quet de Flore, rich rose ; Acidalie, 

 white, are all I should place in such 



