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THE FLORIST. 



THE LADIES' PAGE. 



It is not unreasonable to surmise that the elegantly written paper 

 on the Rose given in the Florist of last month has imbued with a 

 desire for further information those among its readers who may not 

 have had an opportunity of making themselves acquainted with the 

 most desirable varieties of the many hundreds now cultivated ; and 

 therefore it is thought that a list of the best that were in bloom at 

 the time of our visit to a nursery where Roses are grown by the acre 

 may be useful. This selection, however, will not be restricted to 

 new Roses, many of those that are now termed old sorts being quite 

 equal in merit to the newer and more expensive ones. Their divi- 

 sion into classes, although more arbitrary than characteristic, is to a 

 certain extent useful, and is always followed in nurserymen's cata- 

 logues, from which source also the colours of the different kinds in 

 the following list have been copied ; but we ought to state, that in 

 the matter of colour, no two catalogues correspond. 



Moss Roses. 

 ♦Comtesse de Murinais, white. 

 ♦Eclatante, bright rose. 

 *Laneii, shaded carmine. 

 ♦Princess Royal, salmon-blush. 



Unique de Provence, white. 



Alice Leroy, rosy lilac. 



Luxembourg, deep red, purple tinge. 



Celina, deep carmine. 



Provence Roses. 



* Crested, rose, curious crested buds. 

 Royal, blush. 



* Striped Unique, white, striped with 



pink. 



Hybrid Provence Roses. 

 Aspasie, delicate blush. 

 ♦Blanchfleur, white, with blush centre. 

 Emerance, pale lemon. 



Gallica Roses. 



Cynthia, lilac blush. 



* Grandissima, bright crimson. 

 Bizarre Marbre, mottled crimson. 

 Kean, lilac crimson. 



CEillet parfait, striped rose. 

 *Ohl, velvety cnmson. 

 ♦Shakspeare, shaded deep crimson. 

 *Triomphe de Janssens, bright crim- 

 son. 



Letitia, mottled or veined crimson. 

 ♦Boula de Nanteuil, crimson pur^ile. 



La Cailaisienne, delicate rose. 



Nelly, pale salmon. 



Damask Roses. 

 Chateaubriand, bright red. 



•Madame Zoutman, creamy white. 

 La Ville de Bruxelles, bright rose. 



Alba Roses. 



*Madame Audot, creamy Avhite, blush 

 centre. 

 Sophie de Marsilly, flesh, pink centre. 

 Princesse de Lamballe, white. 



Austrian Roses. 



Harrisonii, bright yellow. 

 ♦Persian, deep yellow. 



Hybrid China Roses. 



Gloire de Couline, shaded crimson. 

 ♦General Jacqueminot, purplish crim- 

 son. 



Brennus, crimson. 

 ♦Chenedolle, vivid crimson. 



Lady Stuart, silvery blush. 



Madame Rameau, velvety crimson. 

 ♦Marjolin, dark violet crimson. 

 ♦Madeline, white, edged with car- 

 mine. 



Fulgens, fiery crimson. 

 ♦Stadtholder, lilac blush. 

 ♦Comtesse de Lacepede, white, with 

 blush centre. 



Beauty of Billard, bright scarlet. 



Hybrid Bourbon Roses. 



♦Coupe d'He'be, bright pink. 

 ♦Great Western, deep crimson. 

 ♦Paul Ricaut, deep carmine. 



Charles Duval, bright rose. 



Henri Barbet, deep pink. 



Las Casas, bright red. 



