XIV. 
PERMANENT COLORS—TOO-MUCH-ALIKE ROSES. 
HOW TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SIMILAR 
VARIETIES. 
MONG the many desirable qualities 
which we should look for in our 
best roses, permanency of color is 
| not the least important. I have 
reference more particularly to the Remontant 
or Hybrid Perpetual varieties; but my re- 
marks will also apply to the other classes, 
though perhaps in less degree. It has no 
doubt often been noticed how differently the 
various varieties of roses will impress us in 
different seasons; that is, a kind which ex- 
cites our highest admiration one year may 
more or less disappoint us the next. This 
arises from various causes, but chief among 
them is the variation in color produced by 
different conditions of sunlight, heat, mois- 
ture, etc. To know whatare the most perma- 
nent colors among the innumerable varieties 
found in the catalogues becomes, therefore, 
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