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whose places have not been filled by any of 
the usurping Remontants; and there are 
others, of the Provence and Damask families, 
nearly as fineas those named. In all our im- 
provements, we have not yet bettered the 
quality of the old white summer roses of 
thirty and forty years ago. The demand is 
now altogether for those varieties which 
bloom more than once, and, in achieving 
freedom of bloom, we have lost in fragrance, 
have lost in hardiness; therefore, to leave 
out and cast aside these favorites of a gen- 
eration that is passing away is surely a seri- 
ous mistake. Others beside the old white 
summer roses should be retained. There is 
the Centifolia, or cabbage-rose, so unfortu- 
nately named, which is yet a model for form 
and fragrance; there is the common Sweet- 
brier, with its bright orange-red heps—not 
a flower for florists truly, but how attractive 
to the artist, how full of inspiration to the 
poet, how grateful to all who are pleased by 
fragrance! For bright yellow shades, we yet 
look to the old Austrian roses, so called, 
Harrison’s and Persian Yellow. Then what 
is more charming than the moss-roses? what 
bouquet more beautiful than loose branches 
of the Gracilis, the Common and Crested 
moss-roses? 
