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them has attracted the same attention as the 
old sort. 
The most valuable type of roses since Gen- 
eral Jacqueminot is the Hybrid Tea. The 
original of this new race is La France, 
introduced, in 1869, by Guillot, of Lyons. 
This was raised from the seed of a Tea rose, 
but is entirely distinct from all tea-scented 
kinds. In color it is a soft, silvery rose, 
delicately tinged with a faint shade of lilac; 
in its fragrance, a most delightful combi- 
nation of the Provenge and Tea perfumes. 
It blooms perpetually, the end of each shoot 
always carrying a flower-bud, and these 
shoots constantly pushing forth. In these 
three qualities, so essential to a perfect rose, 
it has scarcely any equal, and solely by its 
intrinsic merits has now gained a popularity 
shared by few or none others of its sister- 
hood. Duchess of Connaught and Vis- 
countess Falmouth, raised by Bennett, of 
England, are varieties of the same type, 
which most nearly approach La France, both 
in appearance and fragrance. Next to them 
comes Madame Alexandre Bernaix, raised by 
Guillot. Michael Saunders, Duke of Con- 
naught, and Nancy Lee, all varieties of Ben- 
nett’s, are very beautiful; but the two last 
