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London ; but rather that failures should be attributed to an ill chosen 

 assortment, or other causes. 



Let us now turn to this question, and inquire — 2, What are the kinds 

 best suited for these peculiar circumstances ? It is well knowTi that our 

 present races of garden Roses are of parents drawTi from various climes. 

 The north, south, east and west, have been ransacked to deck ^\^th yet 

 another gem this choicest of Flora's diadems, and though altered greatly 

 from their original appearance by hybridising and cross breeding, each 

 retains much of its peculiar constitution. Were an Englishman sent to 

 Sierra Leone, the probability is that he would encounter loss of energy 

 and shortened duration cf life. Were a Persian to visit England he 

 might also suffer from the variations of climate and diet. But beyond 

 this, even among our owti countrymen, the disadvantages of crowded 

 towns, and the impurities of districts breathing forth malaria, affect not 

 every constitution \\dth the same force. 



Now there is some analogy between the animal and vegetable king- 

 doms, certainly enough to warrant us in borrowing this illustration. 

 And while for want of facts we might make a tolerably shrewd guess 

 at suitability and non- suitability of indi^dduals, we are happy in having, 

 in this instance, facts to lay before our readers, and facts drawn from 

 various sources. 



I shall now offer a list of 100 sorts, which I beheve best suited 

 for tovm gardening, having seen them at various times flourishing around 

 London and the great manufacturing towns in the United Kingdom. 

 Class L— SUMMER ROSES. 

 Group 1.* The Boursault Rose. 

 Amadis ..... crimson shaded with purple 



Group 4. The Damask Rose. 

 La Yille de Bruxelles . . . flowers light vivid rose, large and full 

 Madame Soetmans . . . flowers flesh colour changing to white, 



large and full 

 Madame Hardy . , . . flowers pure white, large and full 



Pulcherie flowers pure white 



Sextus Papinius . . . . flowers rosy crimson, handsome foliage 



Group 7- The 3Ioss Rose. 



Angelique Quetier , . . flowers rosy lilac 



Crimson flowers bright rose, large 



Duchesse d'Abrant^s . . . flowers flesh colour, large and full 



Lanei crimson and purple, large and full 



Latour ..... blush, rose centre 



Princess Alice (Paul's) . . . blush, pink centre, buds well massed 



Group 8. The French Rose. 

 Belle Rosine . . . . large deep pink 



Colonel Coombs 

 Dido . 



Docteur Dielthim 

 Duchess of Buccleugh 

 Je me Maintiendrai . 

 Latour d'Auvergne 

 Napoleon . 

 Perli des Panachus 

 Scipio 



crimson, shaded with purple 

 rose, crimson centre 

 rose, shaded with crimson 

 lively crimson, blush edges 

 rosy pink 

 purplish crimson 

 bright rose, shaded with purple 

 white striped with rose colour 

 deep crimson spotted 



* The groups are those of the " Rose Ciarden." 



