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of color (being near a scarlet) and its seeding 

 qualities. General Soyer^ rosy purple, fully double, 

 medium size. Gigantea is an old, strong-growing 

 sort, producing very large and fully double flowers, 

 blooming perfectly, and quite hardy. Gros Charles 

 is a magnificent variety, with large perfectly imbri- 

 cated flowers of a shaded rose color; the plant also 

 grows free and strong. Hortensia, a very distinct 

 old variety, perfect in form, full size, a strong 

 grower, blooms profusely, of a blush pink color. 

 Indica is the common variety, and generally known 

 as the Daily Bose, from its frequency in blooming, 

 and not from its blooming every day, as some sup- 

 pose ; it is the type of the family. When we say 

 large, we mean larger than this rose (Daily), and 

 when small, we mean smaller than this. The flower 

 is of a dark blush or rose color, and about three 

 inches in diameter. It grows very strong, fre- 

 quently making shoots five feet long in one season 

 in rich sandy soil : it is one of the best for forcing, 

 and thousands of it are sold in the Philadelphia 

 market at from six to fifty cents per plant. Plants 

 two feet high are grown from small cuttings forced, 

 and sold within twelve months. Such has been, 

 the rapidity of rose culture about this city, that 

 twenty-five years ago there were not one thousand 

 rose plants in its vicinity ; and now there are, at 



