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like many others, has fallen to the ground, and 

 now Madam Hardy is triumphant, being larger, 

 fully as pure, more double, and an abundant 

 bloomer ; the foliage and Avood are also stronger. 

 The French describe it '"grande pleine, blanche, 

 creusde ;" or, in other words, large, very double, 

 pure white, and of a cup or bowl form. La Belle 

 Augusta is a blush, changing to nearly white, fully 

 double, a strong grower, and flowers profusely. 

 Princesse Clementine^ pure white, perfectly double, 

 and has in its composition a portion of the Provins 

 Eose. Reine des Beiges is a pure and perfectly 

 double variety, well deserving its name. There 

 are several other whites inferior to these, and not 

 worth cultivating when better can be obtained. In 

 pruning, they require to be treated in the same 

 method as Gallica Eoses. But budded plants, 

 about two or three feet high, are great beauties ; 

 their beautiful soft white flowers are brought 

 nearer the eye, contrasting agreeably on the foliage 

 of the plant. They are all free growers, and re- 

 quire the knife to keep them thin, and in proper 

 bounds. They may, in all other respects, be treated 

 as hardy roses. 



