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varieties equal to the above as Christinas roses. 

 These are all varieties with thin petals which, in 

 the warm rose-tide of June, soon fade. L'Etoile 

 du Nord is one of the most desirable. This is a 

 seedling from Greneral Jac<[ueminot, which gives 

 its large globular crimson flowers very freely 

 in November and December ; their fragrance is 

 then delightful. Triomphe des Beaux Arts and 

 Diic Decazes, La Brillante, Madame Gustave 

 Bonnet, Centifolia Eosea, Peter Lawson, Tri- 

 omphe de Caen, are also charming winter roses, 

 to which we may add our old favourite Greneral 

 Jacqueminot, which, under the same manage- 

 ment, will bloom very nicely. In addition to this 

 valuable quality of blooming freely in winter, I had 

 almost forgotten to add that the flowers of these 

 free-blooming and not very double roses, although 

 almost odourless under the bright sun of June, in 

 winter exhale a delicate and agi'eeable perfume. 



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For this idea I am indebted to Professor Owen, 

 who, wishing to ornament a wild part of his 

 ground, full of thorns, grass, and weeds, adopted 

 the following plan, which, I am inclined to think, 

 is quite worthy of record. 



