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THEEE aROUPS OF GOOD EOSES. 



fOST people who set about planting that most essential 

 element of a garden, a rose-bed, would like to secure 

 for it the best roses of the prevailing tints of colour, and 

 accordingly their first proceeding is to send for a cata- 

 logue from one of tlie leading nurserymen, and plunge 

 into the intricacies of the descriptions of the four or five hundred 

 roses specified. The result is not always satisfactory. Let us, 

 therefore, the present time being very opportune for sending out 

 orders, try and make a few selections of groups likely to suit in- 

 quirers. 



GrEOUP No. 1. — Anna Alexieff, fresh rosy pink, very free 

 flowering, elegant foliage. General Jacqueminot^ rich scarlet crimson, 

 also very free flowering, too well known to need recommendation. 

 Emotion (a Bourbon perpetual), white, with a pink centre, also free 

 flowering. Charles Lefehvre, dark velvet scarlet, shaded with black 

 towards the bottom of the petals ; this is in all respects the best 

 rose grown. Princess Mary of Camhridge, a most excellent globular 

 pink blush, very diflerent to Anna Alexiefl* in form and colour. 

 John Hopper, intensely bright light crimson centre, graduating 

 towards the outside petals to a lilac pink. This group will do any- 

 where with ordinary attention and cultivation. 



Geotjp No. 2. — Alfred Colomh, true crimson, with every good 

 quality, form particularly lovely. Souvenir de la Malmaison (Bourhon, 

 but always in bloom), externally white, flesh-coloured centre ; this 

 is the finest light rose known. Iladame 3Ioreau, a lustrous dark 

 crimson, with petals curiously folded, velvety and eff"ective. Gloire 

 de Dijon, yellow buff* and pink, everywhere cultivated, or at least it 

 ought to be. Madame Victor Verdier, cerise crimson, with the 

 faintest tint of violet, a noble rose. Oomtesse de Ohahrilland, light 

 pink, one of the most perfect of roses, if highly manured and pro- 

 perly attended to. N.B. This group consists of magnificent large 

 roses, which require only to be seen to be highly admired, and like 

 most other good things, they demand good cultivation, which means 

 good siij^loam, strong manure, and careful planting, and that surely 

 is not asking for much. 



Geoup No. 3. — Dtcchesse de Morny, true rose colour, the finest 

 and most stately of its colour. Frincc. Camille de JRohan, maroon 

 and scarlet, very fine in all respects. Marguerite de St. Amand, light 

 pink, centre a little more intense, probably the finest light rose after 

 Souvenir de la Malmaison. Maurice Bernardin, scarlet, with a faint 

 tinge of violet ; lovely colour. William Griffiths, glossy pink, an 

 old rose, but not likely to be excelled, but N.B., order this specially 

 on a dwarf briar. Pierre Nottincj, dark crimson, deeply shaded with 

 violet, a noble globular flower. This group also requires high cul- 

 tivation. '' 



These three groups are sure to please most people, and arranged 

 in three separate beds will aff*ord a feast of flowers. 



YlATOE. 



