APPENDIX 
OLD AND NEW ROSES. 
{From the Century Magazine, July, 1883.] 
| T is worthy of note that our fathers 
| and forefathers had in general 
a better nomenclature for their 
La roses than is used in these days. 
Such names as Dame Blanche, La Favorite, 
Rosalie, La Coquette, and those of the various 
mythological characters—as Hebe, Juno, and 
Calypso—were freely used. Now the favorite 
roses are Dukes and Duchesses, Counts and 
Countesses, Lords and Ladies, Generals and 
Senators, till we wonder if there are any 
plebeians left. 
There are many old roses that should 
never be forgotten, though they have been 
pushed aside by new-comers, and are seldom 
to be found on sale at the florist’s. Blanche- 
fleur, Madame Hardy, Madame Zoetman are 
delightfully fragrant, beautiful white roses, 
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