Of rcal/i/ dark Hybrid Perpetuals there has bceu k)n<r a want, and in "Triomphe 

 de Paris" we have a variety many shades darker than any of its predecessors, its 

 colour being as near an approach to the crimson Boursault as possible, it has also 

 tlie shallow cup form to perfection. 



The new white Damask Perpetual ''Celina Dubos," with very pale blush centre, 

 thounh believed to be a sport from ''Hose du Koi," is very constant, and is the 

 nearest approach to pure white amongst the Perpetuals, the raising a Hybrid Per- 

 petual of that colour (?) having yet to be accomplished. The two brightest II. P.'s 

 that may be depended on are "Mrs. Rivers," a beautifully shaped and scented Rose, 

 — a counterpart in colour and shape to Alba "Le Seduisant;" the other, "Rosine 

 Margottin," is also well formed, but the petals are not so deep as the former, and 

 may be described as "Duchesse de Montpensier" much improved. 



The new white Damask Perpetual, although supposed to be a sport from " Rose 

 du Roi," has proved quite constant, and is a very great acquisition. 



To the Bourbons we have several additions, the best of which is undoubtedly 

 "Vorace," a rich beautifully formed crimson, shaded with purple. "Prince Albert" 

 (^Paurs), a bright deep cherry colour, is good ; as is " Souvenir de 1' Arc^uebuse," 

 and the peculiar crimson, shaded with purple, of "Reveil" is novel, besides which, 

 "Louis Odier," a bright I'ose colour, of strong habit and good shape, is a useful 

 variety. 



In Tea Roses the greatest recent novelty is "Gloire de Dijon," and certainly the 

 colour, an ochreous yellow, the size, as large as "Jaune Desprez," and the Tea 

 scent, make it a great acquisition. "Madame Willermouz/' in the way of, but 

 hardly so stout as " Devoniensis," has a nankeen centre, is a nice rose, and 

 " Canary," the name of which well conveys the colour, is very pure, but it is rather 

 delicate, and not very double. 



In this list I have purposely confined myself to those wliieh have earned the 

 characters here given of them in an exposed situation and a cold stiff soil. There 

 are, I am aware, several which I might, perhaps, have included with safety, but I 

 would much rather delay those here omitted, that I may include them with equal 

 confidence in a list that I ti-ust I shall be spared to prepare. 



THE BIG TREE OF CALIFORNIA. — SEQUOIA GIGANTEA OF 

 TORREY. (WELLINGTONIA GIGANTEA OF LINDLEY.) 



BY P. BARRY, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. 



I THINK the readers of the Horticulturist should have further particulars respecting 

 this wonderful tree, not only the "Monarch of the Californian forest" as it has been 

 styled, but the Monarch of the vegetable kingdom. Only think of trees ninety feet 

 in circumference and /our hundred and Ji/fi/ feet from the roots to the extremities 

 branches'! Imagine a hollow tree that a man can enter on horseback and 

 through for a space of two hundred feet, as if he were in the Thames Tunnel. 



