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the point of perfection has been attained, and that no better Roses than 



those we now possess can or will be originated. 



The following varieties will, I think, however, be fjund worthy of a 

 place in the Rose garden : — 



Lord Raglan, a seedling from Geant des Batailles, is a full-sized, 

 cupped, and very double Rose, of nearly the same colour as its parent, 

 but varpng with the season ; in July of this year it was brilhant 

 crimson, a little deeper in colour than its parent, in August it gave 

 some blooms of the most dazzling scarlet, and I then thought it the most 

 brilhant and beautiful Rose 1 had ever beheld. The Emperor Napoleon, 

 of the same parentage, is quite as brilliant in colour, but its flowers are 

 small, not double, and not regularly shaped. Madame Place is a most 

 neat, beautifully shaped, and elegant Rose, a httle under hill size, of a 

 bright rosy pink. ^ladame Masson is one of our largest Roses, and, 

 as usual with large flowers, not quite regular in shape ; its colour is a 

 deep rich reddish crimson. It is certainly a fine distinct variety. Baron 

 Laray is a large fine bright pink Rose, go<xl, but not very distinct ; and 

 Duchesse de Cambaceres is a large Rose of this class of colour, 

 remarkable for its vigorous habit and freedom in autumn blooming. 

 Belle Lyonnaise, Madame Lacour Jur}', Madame Thec>dore Martell, 

 and Madame Vidot, are all pale-coloured Roses, of the same class in 

 colour as Madame Rivers. Deuil de WiUermoz is a pretty, very dark 

 crimson Rose, but scarcely large enough or full enough ; and Prince de 

 la Moskowa is also a rich dark Rose, but only semi-double. In this 

 class of colour fine, large, and weh-shaped Roses are much wanted. 



Among new Bourbon Roses there does not seem to be one really 

 worthy of notice ; and among the new Tea-scented Roses but one — 

 viz., Louise de Savoie. This variety has bloomed lately in great per- 

 fection, its large pale yellow flowers having a fine effect. 



A large number of new summer Moss Roses have been introduced, 

 but few of them have, however, shown any distinctness or goodness. 

 Comtesse Doria is of a brilliant crimson, but it is not double enough ; 

 and Baron de Wassenaer is a very large rose-coloured variety, very 

 vigorous in its habit. 



iSome new Perpetual Moss Roses are really pretty. Cehne Briant, 

 Didon, and ^larie de Bourgogne are of the Pour Seasons Rose tribe. 

 They are dwarf ; their flowers, although not large, are well mossed and 

 very fragrant, and they bloom very freely in the autumn. Salet is a 

 new Perpetual Moss, of the most robust and vigorous growth ; its 

 flowers are of a pale rose colour, not large, and not abundantly mossed, 

 but its buds have the true fragrance of the old Moss Rose, and it gives 

 an abundant crop of them in September, recalhng agreeably the 

 memory of the ^loss Rose buds of " merr^- June." Madame Ory is a 

 new Moss Rose of this class, at present rare, but it is likely to prove a 

 good variety : its flowers are large, double, and well shaped, and it 

 Llooms freely in the autumn. It does not differ in colour from the old 

 Moss Rose ; its habit is dwarf, and does not approach in vigour to Salet, 

 which is really a remarkable Rose. 



I have now given the results of my experience with the new Roses 

 of the present year, and trust this hastily -written article maybe of 



