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for ball bouquets for the young ladies — Pure slate, Schismaker, another 

 curiosity, useful in large collections to diversify eternal rose colours, but 

 it is not equal in shape to any of the former— r-Carmine, Brennus — 

 Yellow, Persian, Harrisonii, both too small, except where shown in a 

 collection — Moss: White Bath and Crested are very beautiful, 

 Wassenaer is a fine light crimson, Mosseuses is the largest of all 

 Mosses, blush, and is fine. The two first are delicate but the best, and 

 the two last are the most robust. Crested, when expanded, shows its 

 family more plainly than any other Moss Rose. Madame Audot, 

 Felicite Parmentier, La Seduisante, are highly beautiful flesh Roses, 

 but they have not this, their first year, been large enough to cope in size 

 with the large and noble Roses above, and therefore amateurs must use 

 their own mind in buying them. Felicite won several times at the 

 National Show in 1858. The Persian Yellow and Harrisonii bloom 

 well, and abundantly on both stocks. These, the Moss Roses and 

 Damask, must live extra well, and be kept well watered. 



I will now speak secondly of autumnal Roses for show purposes. 

 Moss Roses, Ory, rose coloured — Damask, Mogador, Rose du Roi, 

 both crimson ; they require the highest cultivation — Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 Salmon pink, M. Regnier, William Griffiths, Auguste Mie, all good on 

 both stocks — Rose coloured, good here only on Manetti, La Ville de St. 

 Denis, Comte de Nanteuil, two magnificent and perfect show flowers ; 

 M. de Manoel, Jacques Lafitte, Duchess of Sutherland, Elegante 

 JNouvelle, medium sized, but perfect in shape, Louise Peyronney. 

 Good here on both stocks, Cambaceres, Angleterre, Rougemont, 

 Baronne Prevost. Good on Briers, M. Domage, Lselia, Prince Imperial, 

 Adelaide Fontaine. Lselia and Peyronney are best, when cut before 

 ripe, and shown as incurved Roses ; the colours and class of petal are 

 the same as Auguste Mie's. The whole of the above are most noble 

 Roses. The two first and Adelaide Fontaine are grand Roses, perfect 

 in shape. Crimson and its shades on a Brier : Raglan is in all respects 

 the best ; Sir John Franklin. Good on both stocks, Geant des Batailles 

 (best on Manetti), Triomphe de TExposition, Jules Margottin, Prince 

 Leon, this Rose is not strong enough in habit on either stock, but it is 

 thoroughly first class. -Good here on Manetti only, Laffay, Norfolk, Paul 

 Dupuy, this last Rose also wants freedom of growth. Good on a Brier 

 here, Triomphe de Paris. Red or shades of red, good on both stocks : 

 Gloire de France, Bachmeteff — on a Brier: Pius IX. — on Manetti only, 

 Lion des Combats, a fine dark colour, much like Beaux Arts ; its shape 

 is not so good as that of many others, but you must have it for its size 

 and colour. White outer petals and blush or flesh centres, Madame 

 Vidot is the most perfect, Duchesse d'Orleans, Paul's Victoria : these 

 bloom beautifully on Manetti. On a Brier, Madame Rivers, uncertain, 

 but lovely ; Madame Phelip, hardy and lovely. On both stocks, Caro- 

 line de Sansal, Madame Knorr, both are excellent and fine : Victoria 

 blooms freely and finely here on Manetti. Scarlet, on a Brier, Monsieur 

 Ravel. On Manetti, General Jacqueminot : Eveque de Nimes is a 

 first-class medium-sized micropetalous scarlet Rose ; I have two plants 

 on a Brier, but cannot speak at present with certainty of its habit ; it 

 appears to be of the habit of Rebecca, which latter Rose is not free 



