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to be an extravagant anticipation ; but persever- 

 ance in gardening will yet achieve wonders. The 

 Double (the old variety) was the first double 

 Macartney Kose raised from seed : it is mentioned 

 here to caution anyone from planting it, as it is 

 totally worthless, its flowers constantly dropping 

 off without opening. Maria Leonida is now an 

 established favourite : its fine bell-shaped flowers 

 of the purest white, sometimes slightly tinged 

 with pink towards their centre, and its bright red 

 anthers peeping from among its central petals, 

 give it an elegant and pleasing character. Eosa 

 Hardii, or Kosa berberifolia Hardii, is a most 

 interesting rose, raised from seed by Monsieur 

 Hardy, of the Luxembourg Gardens, from Eosa 

 involucrata, a variety of Eosa bracteata, fertilised 

 with that unique rose, Eosa berberifolia, or the 

 Single Yellow Persian Eose. This ciuious hybrid, 

 like its Persian parent, has single yellow flowers 

 with a dark eye (much like Cistus formosus), 

 and evergreen foliage ; it is not quite hardy. It 

 will probably be the parent of an entirely new 

 group; and what can be imagined more interesting 

 in roses than varieties with double yellow flowers 

 and everoTeen leaves ! 



Culture. 



Macartney Eoses sometimes suffer when exposed 

 to severe frost in the open borders of the flower- 



