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method of dealing with it. It appears to flower upon the terminal 

 shoots, and npou them with tolerable freedom, for I have seen a 

 large bed at Mr. John Frasei^'s (who has the true variety) generally 

 in flower. "Whether it will, like Gloii'O de Dijon, produce blooming 

 laterals, when the leaders are stopped back, it is premature to assert. 

 It appears to he equally good on the briar as on the manetti (young 

 plants of this kind have done extremely well in my hands), and I 

 am informed that cuttings sti'ike readily under a hand glass. Taking 

 these cousideratious into account, all in all, it must be admitted to 

 be one of the most promising acquisitions of its class that has been 

 imported into this country during recent years. There is another 

 novelty, of a somewhat similar class, which deserves a few words of 

 remark^Climbing Devoniensis, This is said to be a sport from the 

 old favourite, of rapid growth ; the foliage is like it iu colour and 

 character, but the flowers, though somewhat resembling, are decidedly 

 inferior, still it is worth trying on a wall. 



Opinions upon novelties should always be given and received 

 cum grano sails, those which follow, however, have been the result of 

 close and frequent examination, corroborated by comparisons and 

 consultations with experienced authorities. The varieties hereafter 

 enumerated may therefore be ventured upon with fair prospect of 

 success. I think it may be asserted that the roses of 1865 were not 

 so good as those of 186G. The best of the former may be taken from 

 among Princess Mary of Cambridge (Paul and Son), not a first-rate 

 rose, but desirable on account of its being light in colour ; light roses 

 of high pretensions are scarce. Charles Margottin, a peculiar rose 

 in the wood, bright in colour, double but flattish ; may be described 

 as a brighter edition of Colonel Cambriels. Charles "Wood, good 

 scarlet. Dr. Andry, fine. Duke of AVellington, small, but fine in 

 colour. King's Acre, an improved General Washington. Madame 

 Amelia Halphen, good. Madame Elise Yilmorin, large, promising. 

 Madame Moreau, one of the best. Madame Eoussett, worth specu- 

 latiug in. Marguerite de St. Amand, light rose, large and full, well 

 shaped ; an acquisition. Rushton Radclifte, I have not seen this, 

 but it is spoken of highh^ Semiramis, light, and therefore not to be 

 passed by. Souvenir de Wm. "Wood, a beautiful rose, as dark as 

 Prince Camille de Rohan, but more purplish in the tint. This is an 

 excellently formed, large, double rose; but it has the defect of weak 

 footstalks, which do not sufficiently support the weight of the flower. 

 Xavier Olibo, another grand dark rose, very globular, but possibly 

 in some climates hard to open. Mareschal JN'iel has already been 

 spoken of. Madame Charles Verdier, which has been mentioned as 

 promising in previous papers, has with me turned out a failure — it 

 is simply a huge poppy. 



Amongst the finest varieties of 1866 stand the following : — Alfred 

 Colomb, very bright red, much after the style of Victor Verdier, and 

 consequently a first-rate rose; Comte Alphonse de Serenge, fair ; 

 Exposition de Brie, bright scarlet, certainly one of the finest, and, if 

 it does not go oft' during the process of cultivation, it will prove 

 truly excellent ; Jean Cherpin, a fine dark colour, but I am not 

 certain of its doubleness ; Josephine Beauharnais, a fine light rose — 



