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Madame Laffay has large, double, exquisitely 

 formed flowers of a ricli rosy-crimson color, with 

 the delightful fragrance of the Cabbage Eose, 

 Madame LamoncQre, bright waxy-pink, cupped 

 flower, a very beautiful new variety. Madame 

 Pejjin, delicate pink color, very double ; the backs 

 of the petals are blush, which when opening gives 

 it a very distinctive character. Marechal Soidt is 

 another charming variety, of a bright rosy-purple 

 color, very double, imbricated and fragrant. 

 Melanie Cornu^ deep crimson, fully double, a free 

 bloomer in the early part of the season. Po.id 

 Dupuy^ cupped form, crimson color, shaded with 

 purple, large flower, quite new and quite passable. 

 Pius the Ninth, bright crimson, fully imbri- 

 cated ; a very abundant bloomer ; quite fragi'ant. 

 Prince of Wales, rosy lilac, in large clusters, 

 growing freely, a good bloomer. Princesse 

 Helene, a beautiful deep rosy-red globular flower, 

 possessing an agreeable fragrance, and blooms 

 freely. Prince Albert, rich crimson, perfect cup 

 form, inclining to globular ; very fragrant. Queen 

 Victoria (Paul's), or, as some have called it, "White 

 La Reine." There is in rose-growers, as well as 

 others, a little charlatanism : any one that applied 

 " white" to this flower, wore peculiar glasses ; yet 

 Paul, or any other, "they say," could apply the 



