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Countess of Ellesmere, creamy "white, delicately striped; Countess of 

 Orkney, wliite, striped carmine ; De la Reine, snow white, mottled and 

 white rose ; Jubilee, blush white, rosy pink stripes ; Teutonia, rosy pink, 

 shaded and striped white ; sometimes pure white. 



Rose and Scarlet. — Amalia Melzi, shaded rose, centre petals edged with 

 white ; Archiducea Giovanni, scarlet, rose centre, striped white ; Com- 

 mander-in-Chief, deep rose ; Drysdali, red, with carnation stripe ; Hen- 

 dersoni, shaded rose, imbricated ; Marchioness of Exeter, clear rose ; 

 Mariette Massanii, deep rose, light centre ; Saccio (also known as Halfida, 

 Saccio nova, Alphedi, Rosea nova, and Augustina superba), pale rose, 

 exquisite shape ; Storyi, rosy pink. 



Carmine and Crimson. — Bennyi di Boul, crimson striped and tipped; 

 Chandleri, crimson red, mottled white ; Colletti, deep red, white blotches ; 

 Corallina, crimson red ; Maria Morren, carmine, veined and shaded ; Ma- 

 thotiana, crimson, extra large and handsome j Optima, rosy crimson, shaded 

 white ; truly magnificent. 



Any of the above may be had at from 2s. 6^. to 3.s. &d. each, and, as 

 they are all of first-rate quality, a mistake cannot be made if only one, 

 and any one, be selected from each class. Those which follow range from 

 5s. to 15s. each. 



The Best of the La.st "Few Years. — Souvenir d'Emilie Defresnes, 

 vivid carmine, with stripes of blush ; Pearl, imbricated, snowy white ; 

 Punicea (1861, Milne), large, rich crimson, bright, substantial ; Amcena 

 (1861, Milne), double carnation striped; Augusta Delfosse, velvety 

 carmine, hexagonal; Bella di Pontcdcra, brilliant rose, striped white; 

 Cup of Beauty (1860), pure white, delicately streaked with pink; 

 Princess Frederick William (1860), carnation striped ; Queen of Beauties 

 (1862), imbricated, petals shell-like, delicate blush; Etoile Polaire (1862, 

 Henderson), carmine scarlet, white stripes ; Countess of Derby (1862), 

 white, striped with deep rose, extra fine substance ; Leopold I. (1862), 

 rose, veined with crimson. 



ROSE GOSSIP— jN'o. II. 



Stmmetsy of form is undoubtedly 

 the first element of perfection in a 

 rose, for, without it, a variety must 

 be considered only second-rate, what- 

 ever other good c[ualities it may pos- 

 sess. Yet how few, even amongst 

 established favourites, will bear criti- 

 cal examination on this point, in 

 which novelties in particular are apt 

 to fail ; 80 that to secure real advances 

 in this primary qualification it is de- 

 sirable that no ilower should obtain 

 recognition at the exhibitions, or a 

 position in the lists, unless perfectly 

 double and symmetrical. 



One of the chief features that 

 determines the formation of a rose is 

 its centre. This ought to be high 

 and full, whatever the style of flower 



in other respects ; yet I do not 

 knon^ one any characteristic of per- 

 fect beauty more ignored in nine out 

 of ten varieties that come out year 

 after year. Looseness and flimsiness 

 appear to be the rule, and not the 

 exception. It is to be hoped that, as 

 our English growers appear to have 

 taken up the enterprise of raising 

 seedlings in earnest, that they will 

 not be betrayed into following the 

 example of their continental brethren, 

 by circulating new kinds of inferior 

 merit. 



Descriptions of " form," also, ap- 

 pear to be as lax and unsatisfactory 

 as those of " colour," upon which 

 I have previously animadverted. 

 •' Capped," for example, is a term 



