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rich, deep, moist loam, sucli as most herbaceous plants thrive iu. In 

 almost every well-kept garden the common soil is good enough for it. 

 It is a noble subject when in flower, and is so much a favourite that 

 the Dutch growers have raised hundreds of varieties. The best of 

 these are, King of Holland, llaximum, Slageztvard, Double yellow, 

 and Double red. There are two charming varieties with variegated 

 leaves ; one is gold variegated, the other is silver striped. These 

 make splendid clumps or beds. The best of the smaller kinds is _F. 

 meleagris, of which there are several varieties. It is a most beautiful 

 plant. This is well worth growing in pots, but it is quite hardy, and 

 will do well in the border. The varieties of imperialis grow four 

 feet high, meleagris grows only one foot, S. H. 



THE IS'EW EOSES EOE 1867. 



BY W. D. PRIOR. 



liHE annual French invasion of these shores is now taking 

 place ; not in the dire and hostile form of bearded 

 Turco, or fierce Zouave, armed with the formidable 

 " Chassepot " rifle, but under the more pleasing and in- 

 sidious guise of charming roses, if their highly coloured 

 descriptions are to be believed, as beautiful as new ; the only terms 

 for their exchange being a respectable contribution from the pockets 

 of " Jean Bool." One of the leading Grallic raisers already states that 

 there are some eighty or more varieties placed upon the market. Of 

 course it is impossible that all these can be novelties or improve- 

 ments upon what we already possess ; nor, indeed, shall we see all 

 of them here. Every season, from one cause or other, there are 

 several which do not reach this country, and to take up a French 

 list of any extent, twenty or thirty names during the last two or 

 three years will be found which we have never even heard of. Ex- 

 periment, however, is the only test of merit, and we must conse- 

 quently put up with the trouble and expense of trying numerous kinds 

 in order to be able to select comparatively few additions to the nota- 

 bilities of our rosaries. 



If we take the lists of such raisers as either of the firms of the 

 Yerdiers, AVe shall probably exhaust the new kinds, that is of superior 

 promise or note, which the enterprise of our nurserymen are likely 

 to import into England. Beginning with the Teas, M. Charles 

 Verdier (the old establishment) gives six as sent out for the season 

 by various raisers. The translations following are as literal as may 

 be, though it is as useless as uninteresting to follow their elabo- 

 rate enumeration of leafage and growth. 



Belle Cuivre (Fernet). — Habit vigorous ; branches upright and 

 strong ; flowers large, nearly full ; colour very lively cojDper. 



Bouton d'Or (Guillot fils). — Habit vigorous, flowers medium; 

 sufliciently full and of good carriage ; of a superb deep yellow ; very 

 striking, reverse of the petals white. Seedling of Tea rose Canary. 



Lucrece (Oger). — Habit moderate ; flowers large, very full; the 



