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spite of their rather tender habits form a 
valuable group, being the most free flowering 
of them all; had they but fragrance they 
would be unrivalled; but, alas! they are de- 
void of scent, and therefore cannot rank as 
high as the others. Fine feathers alone do 
not constitute fine birds, and surely fragrance 
is to the rose what song isto the bird. The 
shoots are of moderate growth, stout, upright, 
nearly smooth, of a reddish green, with an 
occasional reddish thorn; the foliage is very 
large, of a deep lustrous green, very attrac- 
tive. The flowers are large, well built up; 
generally shades of rose and pink prevail. It 
is the best adapted for forcing in winter of 
all the families. 
The leading varieties grown are André 
Dunand, Captain Christy, Charles Verdier, 
Countess of Oxford, Etienne Levet, Hippolyte 
Jamain, Julius Finger, Mme. Geo. Schwartz, 
Mme. Dévert, Mme. Eugéne Chambeyran, 
Mme. Louis Donadine, Mme. Maxime de la 
Rocheterie, Mlle. Eugénie Verdier, Marie 
Cointet, Marie Finger, Mrs. Baker, Oxonian 
(somewhat fragrant), President Thiers, Pride 
of Waltham, Rosy Morn, Souvenir du Prési- 
dent Porcher. 
JuLES MARGOTTIN TypE.—In 1853 Jules 
Margottin, of Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris, 
