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form a most delicate group of soft colom-s : they 

 also make admirable standards, as the branches of 

 most of tlie varieties are inclined to be spreading, 

 diffuse, and, of course, graceful : the pruning 

 recommended for the French Kose may be applied 

 to all of this family. 



The most free seed-bearing rose of this family 

 is the Globe Hip, the flowers of which should not 

 be fertilised if pure white roses are desired. Some 

 few years since I raised a pleotiful crop of seed- 

 lings from this rose, fertilised with the Tuscany : 

 nearly all my plants produced semi-double blush 

 and rose-coloured flowers. 



It will, I feel assured, repay the amateur if he 

 will plant Comte Plater, or Emerance, against a 

 south wall, and fertilise their flowers with the 

 pollen of Rose Harrisonii, or the Persian Yellow : 

 if seed can be obtained, some novel yellow roses 

 must be originated. 



THl-: HYBRID CHINA ROSE. 



(rOSA INDTCA HYimiDA.) 



Bos lev Hyhmde de Ben gale. 



The superior varieties of this fine division give 

 a combination of all that is or can be beautiful in 

 summer roses ; for, not only are their flowers of 

 the most elegant forms and colours, their foliage 



