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way to give their descriptions in groups thus : — 

 For fine crimson roses we may take Eoula de 

 Nanteuil, D'Aguesseau, Gloire de Colmar, Grand- 

 issima, Kean, Latour d'Auvergne, Ohl, Schon- 

 brunn, Triomphe de Jaussens; these are large, 

 very double, and finely-shaped crimson roses, of 

 slightly different shades. Kean approaclies to 

 scarlet, and is really very beautiful. 



A group of fine rose-coloured varieties may be 

 formed with Letitia, Duchess of Buccleuch, Napo- 

 leon, Prince Eegent, Due de Valmy, Pharericus, 

 and others : these and other summer roses are 

 more valued in Scotland, where they bloom late 

 in the summer, and endure a longer time in bloom 

 than in England ; and as they are not therefore 

 adapted for general culture, it will not be judi- 

 cious, in the present advanced state of rose culture, 

 to burden these pages with a long list of varieties 

 which are nearly obsolete. Autumnal roses have 

 entirely superseded the greater portion of the 

 summer roses in English gardens, with the excep- 

 tion of a few select varieties of the 3IuS3 Rose. 



Variegated Eoses form an interesting section 

 of this family. To that very old semi-double 

 striped rose, growing almost wild in some gardens, 

 and figured in 'Les Roses, par Redoute,' under 

 the name of Rosa gallica versicolor, and known 

 in this country as Rosa mundi,* we owe all our 



* How this name came to be att;iched, I am at a loss to con- 

 jecture. Kedoute says, ' Les Anglais I'ont appelee Kosemonde, 

 du nom de la belle ct spirituello maitresse de Henri II.' 



