150 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



Roses. SoiLvenir de Dumont cT Ui'ville, bright red, 

 fading to dark crimson, globular form, quite double, 

 blooming freely. Sulhj^ very brilliant crimson, of 

 good form, blooming in clusters, plant of full foli- 

 age and rather free growth, makes a handsome 

 dAvarf standard. Souvenir du 4:th Mai, rosy car- 

 mine with pink shades, a strong grower, blooming 

 in clusters, flowers flat and perfectly double. 

 Vicomte de Gussy, bright carmine, very large 

 flower, fully double, cup form, plant of medium 

 growth. AVhen I was amongst the rose-growers 

 of France, in 1852, this rose was then entirely new; 

 and offered as one surpassing our Henry Clay (of 

 Boll) ; we admit it does, in size and quantity of 

 petals, but not in color, which is the charm of the 

 latter. YioJet de Belgique is one of the most fra- 

 grant of the family, having all the agreeable odor 

 of the Damask Rose ; the flowers are rosy purple, 

 of noble form, large, and double. 



There are several others in this most interest- 

 ing family well deserving notice, and even very 

 desirable, where a full collection is gro^^n; al- 

 thouo-h it must be confessed that there exists, in 

 this tribe, great confusion in regard to name, and 

 there are many instances of the same article pass- 

 ing under different names in different collections. 

 Some of these errors have originated in this 



