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country, unintentionally, I presume ; others have 

 been committed in France, in sending out the 

 article not true to name. It must also be conceded 

 that our English brethren have their full share in 

 these practices ; and with their host of 'synonyraes 

 (to give them no harsher name) completely blind- 

 fold us. Under their " Crimson Globe," we dis- 

 cover our friend "Dr. Eoques;" and under their 

 crimson " Madame Desprez," or " Splendens," we 

 see our "Hennequin." The public have frowned 

 down those practices the past few years. Certain- 

 ly, no reputable establishment ever was guilty of 

 it. The history of Roses is now so generally 

 known, that the mind would be very vitiated to 

 lay hold on any subterfuge when bright honor is 

 so liberally patronized. There are also some re- 

 cent additions, only known by name, w^ith whose 

 color and character we have yet to be acquainted. 

 Among thern, we have not a pure white, nor a 

 striped ; till such are obtained, this finest family of 

 the Eose is incomplete. The Bourbons, generally, 

 make fine standard plants, either on low or high 

 stems ; as they are nearly all of strong growth, and 

 produce a constant succession of bloom the whole 

 season, they require to be highly nourished, either 

 with rich soils, or copioiis waterings with liquid 

 manure. If on standards, the tops of them will 



