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ON BEDDING AUTUMNAL ROSES. No. III. 



As I professed in my first letter, o^iven in the March Number of the 

 Florist, I shall, in ray present list of autumnal Roses adapted for 

 bedding, adhere to those varieties which present most contrasting 

 colours, combining brilliancy with compactness of growth, hardiness, 

 and facility of cultivation. In this I wish principally to consult the 

 interests of those who, from limited space or means, are unable to 

 cultivate more than a few beds of flowering plants; otherwise I might 

 add to ray list raany varieties not sufficiently brilliant to be preferred 

 before others, but yet exceedingly lovely, and well adapted for bed- 

 ding in every other respect, and worthy of the attention of those who 

 have the raeans to cultivate Roses to any extent. 



Damask Perpetuals. 



1. Celina Dubois. This is a very desirable Rose; compact, very 

 sweet ; colour blush white. 



2. Crimson Perpetual. An old favourite; surpassed in some points 

 by Mogador, but very beautiful; very hardy, but a little shy in flower- 

 ing sometimes ; colour rich crimson. 



3. Mogador. The best Rose in this group for bedding, having a 

 great many points of excellence ; more double than the preceding, 

 more constant in flowering, and if possible more sweet ; it, however, 

 will not thrive well in poor soils ; colour the richest crimson. 



HYBRID Perpetuals. 



4. Augustine Mouchelet. A great favourite of mine, although by 

 no means new; well adapted by habit for beds, free in flowering, 

 exceedingly double, large, and, in my view% the sweetest in perfume 

 of all Roses ; colour very deep crimson, the outer petals sometimes 

 lighter than the centre. 



5. Comte Odart. A very fine Rose; full, and of very good shape; 

 but being a new Rose has had perhaps hardly sufficient trial as to 

 growth ; colour very fine deep crimson. 



6. Due d' Aumdle. A Rose of very compact growth ; hardy and 

 robust; flowers rather small, but very double and very sweet, alto- 

 gether an exceedingly good Rose ; colour violet crimson. 



7. Geant des Batailles. The best of all Roses for all purposes of 

 bedding ; this Rose is so well known and appreciated that eulogy is 

 superfluous ; it is admirable in habit, colour, and the easiest to cul- 

 tivate and to work, but deficient in perfume ; colour brilliant scarlet 

 crimson fading to purple. 



8. Madame Aimee. A very pretty Rose ; free flowering and double, 

 but rather small ; corapact in habit, and rather dwarf, but one of the 

 best light perpetuals for bedding ; very sweet ; colour beautiful blush. 



9. Madame Guillot. A very fine free-blooming Rose of high 

 qualifications for bedding ; a little apt, like the Geant des Batailles, to 

 be mildewed in the autumn if much wet prevail; very double, mode- 

 rate in size ; colour very rich dark cherry. 



10. Madame Rivers. A new Rose, which, if it answers to its ap- 



