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under false colours, even at the time, and by and bye one may get a 

 sharp blow, which would have been avoided if strict truth had been 

 adhered to ; and, while upon the subject of Roses, I may take the 

 opportunity of answering the questions of several correspondents as to 

 the best Roses — as in every list of the kind that I may give I do not 

 pledge myself that they will please everybody, but they are what have 

 pleased me. I take now the Hybrid Perpetual class : — 



Alexandrine Bachmeteff, bright red, a free blooming and good growing rose, 



inclined to show the eye. 

 Alice Leroy, a very bright pink, full, and prettily shaped rose, with me delicate 



in growth, and therefore better as a dwarf than a standard. 

 Baronne Prevost, an old and fine rose, true rose colour, but eclipsed by Colonel 



de Rougemont, in the same style. 

 Duchess of Norfolk, rich lively crimson, a very bright flower. 

 Colonel de Rougemont, an improved Baronne Prevost. 

 Cardinal Patrizzi, a bright crimson approaching scarlet, excellent. 

 Comte de Nanteuil, rose, a cupped Coupe d'Hebe style of flower, excellent habit. 

 Duke of Cambridge, brilliant red, large-sized flower. 

 Eveque de Nimes, brilliant crimson, a beautiful rosette style of flower, but I fear 



the habit of the plant is not good. 

 Geaut des Batailles, still an indispensable rose, though faulty in its dying off 



slaty, and with me inclined to die out. 

 General Bedeau, bright red; a very beautiful rose. 



„ Brea, bright pink, with a good deal of the habit of the Bourbons in it. 

 ,, Jacqueminot, you may rind fault with it if you like, but you must have it. 

 „ Simpson, a very beautifully shaped carmine-coloured rose. 

 J ules Margottiu, large, bright crimson, a free grower, and most abundant bloomer. 

 Lord Palmerston, bright carmiue; as jaunty as his namesake, but of his habit I 



know nothing. 

 Lord Raglan, a well-shaped crimson rose, but I do not think it deserves to be 



called vivid, as there is a dulness about it, as far as my experience goes. 

 Eugene Appert, I shall be disappointed if this rose do not eclipse Geaut and 



others of the same stock. 

 Louise Peyronney, a splendid bright rose, shy in flowering, but grand in the 



Madame Knorr, bright rose, the guard petals lighter than the centre, giving it 

 sometimes the appearance of Blairii No. 2. 

 „ Laffay, a fine old rose. 



„ Massou, crimson rose, a large and striking flower. 

 „ Rivers, in some catalogues marked as a pillar rose, with me very delicate, 



but a pretty flesh-coloured rose. 

 „ Vidot, a very beautifully shaped flesh-coloured rose. 

 Mathurin Regnier, an improved William Griffiths. 

 Paul Dupuy, a charming rose, rather delicate in growth. 

 Prince Leon, a lovely flower, too well known to need a word in its favour. 

 Souvenir de la Reine d'Angleterre, a vigorous growing, large, but somewhat 



coarse rose. 

 Triomphe de Paris, dark crimson ; a fine free-growing variety. 



l'Exposition, brilliant crimson, flower cupped, habit of plant excellent 

 ',' des Beaux Arts, a bright crimson and warm-looking flower. 

 Victor Trouillard, a very dark well-filled crimson flower. 

 William Griffiths, a good old and indispensable flower. 

 Arthur de Sansal, deep purplish crimson, a well-shaped rose. 

 Prince de la Moskowa, the darkest Hybrid Perpetual grown, very striking. 

 Emperor Napoleon, nearly scarlet, and very beautiful. 



I do not think that any of these 36 Roses would disappoint a grower, 

 most of them I have in growth, and all but two or three I have seen in 

 various places, and I think they can be with confidence recommended. 

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