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nated in tliis group ; the recent varieties and 

 improvements of cliaracter have gone beyond all 

 calculation, and we may safely arrive at the con- 

 clusion that roses of every imaginable color, 

 except blue and black, will be in cultivation at 

 no distant period ; and then it will be nothing re- 

 markable to see white roses edged with crimson, 

 and crimson edged with white. Even now, I 

 confess that to give a faint description, is a task 

 of considerable difficulty. It is a vast garland, 

 every link of which shines out in harmonious 

 variet}^ ; but from this wreath I will cull only 

 those of merit ; and which will be always worthy 

 of culture for some good quality. Africaine, or 

 Belle Africaine^ is one of the very darkest ; if 

 seen as soon as open, it approaches nearer hhxk 

 than any other, but soon fades to dark crimson. 

 The flower is very double and compact. Aurora 

 is a bright pink, of the hundred-leaved style ; it 

 grows and blooms freely. Araourin has an agree- 

 able rosy blush color in its imbricated and per- 

 fectly double flower. Baron de Stael blooms 

 perfectly, and always gives satisfoction, with its 

 pale cherry-colored flowers, which are large and 

 perfectly formed. Belle Amahile, dark shaded red, 

 always large and attractive, with bold full petals, 

 and contrasts well with the shaded pink flowers 



