OLD AND NEW ROSES. 205 
The Charles Lawson, Coupe d’Hébé, Paul 
Ricaut, and some others of the old summer 
kinds are also very useful as pillar roses; 
they have nearly everything that makes a 
rose valuable save the property of blossoming 
more thanonce. It must also be remembered 
that the old roses were not alone such as 
bloomed in June only. Agrippina, Edward 
Desfosses, Hermosa, Souvenir de la Malmai- 
son, Aimée Vibert, Lamarque, Solfaterre, 
Bon Siléne, Bougére, Devoniensis, Flaves- 
cens, Madame de Vatry, Niphetos, Odorata, 
Safrano, Triomphe de Luxembourg are mem- 
bers of the Bengal, Bourbon, Noisette, and 
Tea families, introduced more than forty 
years ago, and in none of these groups has 
any great advance been made. Certainly, 
many beautiful and distinct varieties have 
since been introduced, but the improvement 
in quality of these classes has been slight as 
compared to the advance made by the intro- 
duction of new groups. 
Roses of the present, as compared with 
those of the past, are superior by reason of 
the introduction of groups that are hardy, 
or nearly so, and that blossom at intervals 
and continuously through the summer and 
autumn. We remember the great interest 
awakened by the varieties sent out by Laffay, 
