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Neyron, and La Reine. The Noisette ranks next to the 
Tea family in the estimation of a Southern grower, for 
what would a Mississippi or a Louisiana home be if no 
Marechal Niel or Cloth of Gold cast its shadow or per- 
fume upon its porchand threshold. These varieties may 
truly be said to be the Roses of the South. They give 
both beauty, fragrance and shade to the Southern cottage 
or mansion, and as long as the Mississippi flows, so long 
will the Narechal Niel, the Chromatelle, the Lamarque, 
the Glorie de Dijon, and the William Allen Richardson 
be found embracing the pilasters of the Southern man- 
sion, or clinging to the fence rails of our cottage homes. 
In the Bourbon family Malmaison will ever be Queen; a 
more beautiful Rose for the Southern garden cannot be 
found. The Moss Rose, the Bengal, the Hybrid Tea, the — 
Hybrid China, the Damask, the Province, and the Poly- 
anthus, all have a representative in every collection of 
Roses South of the Ohio. We are by no means pledged 
to classes among Roses than among other things. We 
admire them all, but cultivate more extensively and love 
more sincerely those best suited to our climate and soil. 
CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROSE. 
THE FAMILIES OF THE ROSE IN GENERAL CULTIVATION. 
In a work so limited as this it is impossible to go min- 
utely into the classification of the Rose. Whole volumes 
have been written upon this subject, and a number of 
books are devoted exclusively to Roses. Those who wish 
further information on this poiut must secure one of 
those works. We have therefore determined to give a 
few in each class with particular attention to their adap- 
tability to the climate of the Southern States. 
