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THE FLORIST. 



but it keeps remarkably well, continuing fresh and plump for a long 

 period. Some pronounce it a shy bearer ; we do not, and consider it 

 a valuable late variety ; but we see no reason why it should super- 

 sede the Wests' St. Peter's, which, though not so fine a berry, beats 

 it in flavour, and equals it in keeping properties. S. 



FLORAL MISREPRESENTATIONS. 



In the Floricultw^al Cabinet for March 1851, there appeared a plate 

 of a new Rose named Narcisse de Salvandy, the markings of which 

 were so unique, " crimson bordered with white," that I was induced 

 to order plants of it (which, however, I did not get till the autumn 

 of 1852), of course expecting that the blossoms, when they made 

 their appearance, would prove the representation to be faith tul. 



In an article on new Roses (No. 3) in the Florist of April last 

 year, I found a verbal description of this Rose quite at variance with 



HARBISONS. 



the above-mentioned plate. Mentioning this to a friend (telling him 

 at the same time that it was one of M. Van Houtte's nouveaut^s), he 



