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gottin's Souvenir de Comfe Cavour, presently to be described, is of the same 

 make and colour, and, all points considered, the best of the two, and there- 

 fore we include this in the list of the rejected. Robert Fortune, a very 

 pretty flower, lilac-rose, and sweet-scented, but loose, thin, and has a con- 

 fused centre. Madame Caillat, satiny- rose, nicely cupped, medium size, 

 not very full. Turenne, bright lilac rose, deformed and flimsy. Souvenir 

 de M. Rousseau, Itike, shading to lilac, lar^e, full, good, but inferior to many 

 old varieties. Madame JErnest D)-eol, lilac rose, medium size, good, but no 

 advance on better known varieties. jEinile Dulac, crimson, thin, worth- 

 less. Jolin Cranstofi, crimson moss, of no value. Reinedes Tlolettes, &nc dark 

 colour, but too thin and loose now that we have such dark roses as Yulcain 

 and others like it to choose from. Celine Trouvais, glossy rose, large and full, 

 but no advance. Peter Lawson, scarcely so good as Triomphe de Caen. 



IS'ew Eoses Accepted. — We are now almost afraid that we have 

 accepted too many, yet it is hard to condijmn, or even treat coldly, varieties 

 that pi'oduce really beautiful flowers, even when thej^ are not greatly 

 diff'erent, or at all superior to other kiuds. But of this we are certain, 

 that we have entered under this head none but first-class varieties, and 

 among them are many of the most beautiful ever yet seen. We shall 

 make two classes only, beginning with 



Light Colours. — Midam? Clemence J'oir/neaux, large rich rose, very 

 fine, but not particularly distinct. Jean Goujon, clear red, double to the 

 centre, and exquisitfly formed. This ia worth grouping with such roses 

 as Jules Margottin, Madame Knorr, Madams Vidot, and Prince Leon, to 

 make a clump of the five most perfect roses known. Professor Kocli, rosy 

 cerise, shaded with crimson, cupped, globular, very beautiful. Dwohess 

 d'AIencon, pure rose, immense shell-like petals, very large, exquisitely 

 beautiful. Madame Enmin, a fine liourbou, like Souvenir dela Malmaison, 

 but perhaps in no respect superior to that fine old rose. Reynold's Hole, 

 pure rose, exquisitely formed, quite a gem. Madame Standish, clear pale 

 pink, now well known as one of the be-t light roses. Marfjuerite Api^ert, 

 colour of Souvenir de la Malmaison, flat, iaibricated, likely to be a first- 

 rate rose, and certainly as good as Madame Emaiu. Madame Heyle, 

 lilac-rose, cupped, medium size, fine. Ladi/ JEmihj Peel, blush, edged 

 ■with purple, medium size, good form, a vigorous grower. Louise Darins, 

 pure white, rather small, nicely formed, good, but we are afraid it is but 

 a small advance on Dr. Henon. Gloire de Bordeaux, silvery white, under 

 side of petals rose colour, large, full, substantial. This is a good tea rose, 

 and is a seedling from Gloire de Dijon. 



Dakk Coluuus. — Praire de Terre Noire, velvety purple, large, full, 

 substantial, a valuable acquisition, named after ^fr. Praire, of Terrenoire. 

 Poupre d' Orleans, velvety purple, shading off to pucy-crimson, cupped, 

 full, medium size. Madame G. JFood, purplish- red, not very difi'erent to 

 the last, but larger, petals large and thick, the reverse of the petals 

 whitish, a fine rose. Alphonse Damaizin, in the way of Eugene Appert, 

 lively scarlety-crimson, a very striking rose, and first-rate in character. 

 Souvenir de Comfe Carowr (Margottin), deep purplish-crimson, shading to 

 nearly black, very full and large, and in many points like Lord Clyde, a 

 good rose. Maurice Bernardin, deep lake (not vermilion, as described 

 in the catalogues) , large, full, imbricated, a lovely rose, and indispensable. 

 Beauty of Waltham, rosy-crimson, a ehade paler than we have been ea- 

 customed to see it, perhaps owing to its having been too much shaded 



