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tinge of violet in its large symmetrical flowers, which makes it specially 

 charming. 



Lord Raglan is somewhat uncertain, but in his happiest mood superb, super- 

 lative. A sunbeam in a goblet of Burgundy may give you some idea of his 

 mingled hues — crimson, purple, and glowing red ; but all words of mine are 

 powerless. So let him go, and we will drink the Burgundy in honour of those 

 most winsome dames — ■ 



Madame Boll, whose foliage alone, with the dew on it, is worth a getting up at 

 sunrise to see, but having flowers to correspond of an immense size, exquisite 

 form, and of a clear bright rose-colour. 



Madame Boutin, one of our most certain and charming Roses, of a light cherry 

 crimson, or cerise hue, and of perfect shape ; well described in a French 

 catalogue as " hien falte, beau rouge, cerise vify 



Madame Clemence Joigneaux. — Were I asked to point out a Rose-tree which I 

 considered a specimen of healthful habit and good constitution, I know of 

 none which I should prefer before M. C. J., with its long, strong, sapful 

 shoots, its broad, clear, shining leaves, and its grand, cupped, carmine 



• flowers. 



Marechal Vaillant well merits his baton for distinguished conduct in the garden ; 

 and, in his bright crimson uniform, is never absent from his post, nor ever 

 fails to distinguish himself when the wars of the Roses are fought in the 

 tented field. 



Orifiamme de St Louis, somewhat loose and tattered in its folds (petals), as ancient 

 standards are, but of a brilliant, dazzling (eblouissant) scarlet, sufl'used with a 

 peculiar blue violet tint. In complexion, at all events, a son worthy of his sire, 

 being ^' issioe de la Rose, General Jacqueminot/' 



Souvenir de la Reine d' Angleterre, one of the largest Roses in cultivation, and, 

 though seldom supplying the symmetrical blooms which are required for the 

 keen eye of a censor, a beautiful and effective Pillar Rose. The colour of its 

 flower is a soft rosy pink. 



Triomphe de V Exposition is another Rose to be admired in our gardens as a tree 

 rather than scrutinised at our shows as a flower. It bears an abundance of 

 bright crimson and charming Roses, of good shape, but of medium size. 



There are, doubtless, several other Hybrid Perpetual Roses which 

 may be grown as successful specimens of the Pillar Rose, but I 

 have only enumerated those which I have proved. Charles Lefebvre, 

 Prangois Lacharme, and Madame Rivers, for example, have been 

 commended by some rosarians for the purpose, but they have not 

 succeeded with me in that special department, though, of course, I 

 grow them abundantly, and shall presently speak their praise. Again, 

 I have not included among the single specimens certain varieties, as 

 beautiful perhaps as any which are there, but more appropriate to 

 form centre-pieces of beds, to be placed at the back of beds, or on 

 either side of walks with other Roses j because, only blooming once, 

 they are wont to look conspicuously dreary, in solitude and separation, 

 when their summer flowers have fallen. No Rose-trees can be more 

 admirably adapted for the pyramidal form, owing to tlieir luxuriant 

 growth and bloom, than — 



