20 INTRODUCTION. 
where others fail. A large proportion of the 
following are grown by nearly all leading 
florists throughout the country: Z¢eas: Bride, 
Bon Siléne, Catherine Mermet, Mme. Cusin, 
Mme. Hoste, Mme. de Watteville, Niphetos, 
Papa Gontier, Perle des Jardins, Sunset. 
Hybrid Teas: Duchess of Albany, La France, 
Meteor, Souvenir de Wooton. Aybrid China: 
MagnaCharta. Mybrid Remontunt: American 
Beauty, Anne de Diesbach, Baroness Roths- 
child, General Jacqueminot, Mabel Morrison, 
Mme. Gabriel Luizet, Mrs. John Laing, Paul 
Neyron, Ulrich Brunner. 
When well grown under glass, few roses 
equal Souvenir de la Malmaison for its deli- 
cate refined beauty, and the delicious attar-of- 
rose fragrance exhaled by its flesh-colored pet- 
als—a fragrance observable in a less degree in 
Caroline de Sansal and some other varieties. 
Maréchal Niel, in like manner, has no equal in 
its splendid yellow full-blown flower, and its 
highly Tea-scented perfume; but itis unfortu- 
nately limited to a single lode of gold during 
the season. With regard to odors, great vari- 
ety exists among the different kinds—some 
recalling a luscious fruit in their particular 
fragrance, others exhaling a spicy aroma, and 
others still comparable to nothing else but 
the pure uncloying odor of the Rose itself. 
