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Hibbert, whose name will always be associated in 

 the memory of many with rose culture. This 

 association of ideas, connected with a particular 

 subject, often flashes on the mind with the vivid- 

 ness of a sunbeam. The first perfect specimen I 

 ever saw of this rose, Avas in the possession of that 

 cultivator ; and althongh it is now over twenty- 

 four years ago, the spot, the company, the remarks, 

 the very words, all occur to me the most forcibly 

 whenever this rose is introduced ; " thus thought 

 follows thought, according to the order in which 

 objects and events are related to each other." The 

 perpetuity of bloom, and the hardy nature of the 

 Bourbon Eose, fills up a chasm that had long been 

 deplored by amateurs and cultivators in northern 

 latitudes. They are decidedly more robust, and 

 withstand a greater degree of cold than either the 

 jSToisette, Tea, or Bengal roses. It is now our im- 

 pression that, in a few years, these, with the " Ee- 

 montante" family, will be the only roses cultivated 

 in all the States north of Virginia ; and there is no 

 reason why, in time, there should not be among 

 them specimens exhibiting all the distinctive varie- 

 ties disseminated among other groups; such as 

 mossy, striped, spotted, mottled, not excepting a 

 yellow color in its brightest shade. The constant 

 improvement on this division of the rose is exceed- 



