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parallel of latitude east or west of this point. Probably 
nowhere in the world is Rose growing carried on more 
extensively for the production of buds in Winter than 
in the neighborhood of New York, and in a proportionate 
ratio in the other great cities of the North. In conse- 
quence of the great prices realized for Rose buds in Win- 
ter, and the fabulous reports of profits therefrom, specu- 
lative enterprise of capitalists in these large cities has 
been aroused, and New York now boasts of upwards of 
half a dozen of these enterprising individuals who count 
their income by the hundred thousand, engaged in the 
business of Rose growing. Tea Roses with but few ex- 
ceptions are chiefly grown for this purpose. In Hybrid 
Perpetuals, General Jacqueminot claims most attention 
for its forcing qualities, and La France among Hybrid 
Teas. The Noisettes, such as Marechal Niel, are also 
forced into bloom by Christmas, at which season they 
bring a good price, as no yellow Rose that we know of 
North or South is more popular than the Marechal, and 
no bloom more chaste; it is suitable for either the recep- 
tion parlor, the bridal altar, or the bier. It has a charm 
for all, and like the beauty of Tennessee and Kentucky 
maidenhood, will forever hold us enthralled. In Eng- 
land, Germany and France, the Hybrid Perpetuals are 
better known and more extensively cultivated than in 
this country, and the beauty and fragrance of an English 
or Dutch Rose garden in June is something never to be 
forgotten. It must have been from the inspiration of 
one of these gardens that the Rose was dubbed the 
‘“‘daughter of June,’’ and most appropriately too in the 
climate named. The Hybrid Perpetuals are deliciously 
fragrant, and the prevailing colors are rich deep red and 
velvety crimson; of course there are lots of whites and 
pinks, but not in the proportion of aforesaid colors. If 
