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To the Chinas no very desirable additions have been made lately 

 that I am aware of; but to the tea-scented we have a few which may 

 be said to be valuable. Madame Willermorz is a large line variety, 

 very distinct and beautiful, being white with a nankeen or pale buff 

 centre; its form is of a deep cup, the petals stout, and for one of this 

 family it appears quite hardy. Souvenir d'un Ami is one of the largest, 

 much of the same shape, size, and quality ; its colour is a clear pale 

 flesh, and may be termed of robust habit. Madame de Sombreuil is 

 a fine large blush with a yellowish tint, of the right form; but of its 

 constitution I will not this season venture an opinion. 



Having brought the list of perpetuals to a close, I proceed with 

 such of the more recently introduced summer varieties as may yet be 

 considered desirable to cultivate, although the perpetuals are fast 

 superseding them. 



A curious addition has been made to the Provence section in 

 Narcisse de Salvandy (Van Houtte), being a bright crimson with a 

 white margin; it is not very double, nor can its peculiar marking be 

 always relied on, but as a picturesque Rose in a group it is unique ; 

 the new Striped Provence, white with pink stripes, has, however, the 

 character of constancy, which makes it very desirable. 



To that charming tribe the Mosses, we have recently added 

 Nuits de Young, a rich velvety deep crimson, not very large or dou- 

 ble, but the colour makes it attractive ; and Jenny Lind, crimson, the 

 buds of which are so thoroughly mossed as to obtain for it the flat- 

 tering title of the Queen of the Mosses. 



Added to the Hybrid Bourbons we have a fine flower in Paul 

 Ricaut, vivid crimson, of good shape; one of the best adapted for 

 exhibiting singly. 



In Hybrid Chinas the most recent introductions are the four 

 French Generals, Allard, Changarnier, Lamoriciere, and Jacqueminot; 

 the first is reddish rose-colour, of good shape, and a good pillar Rose ; 

 the second, a fine large deep crimson ; the third, a bright pink, well 

 formed ; and the last, a dark red and a model in shape ; the first and 

 third frequently giving autumnal blooms, particularly if some of the 

 longest snoots are reduced to half their length during the summer. 



In drawing my attempt to give your readers some idea of the 

 more recent novelties to a conclusion, some indulgence for its imper- 

 fections may be claimed from the unpremeditated manner in which 

 it was commenced, consequent on none of the many more worthy 

 chroniclers having proffered to portray the newly-presented beau- 

 ties to the court of this Queen of Flowers. Should another season 

 prove equally barren of a more capable but not more zealous cham- 

 pion for Floras prize, I hope to be enabled to give your readers a 

 more perfect resume, and sufficiently early to enable them to make 

 such selections as their several tastes may dictate, with a more certain 

 prospect of their not being disappointed by the too frequent reply of 

 «' our stock of the best novelties is quite exhausted." 



Western Rose Nursery, Ealing. ■ C. G. Wilkinson. 



