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Hybrid China: Blairii No. 2, Brennus, Chénédolé, 
Fulgens, Double-margined Hip, and Magna Rosea. 
Hybrid Bourbons: Charles Lawson, Coupe d’Hébé, 
Paul Ricaut, and Paul Perras. Austrian: Harrisonii. 
Ayrshire: Ruga, Bennett’s Seedling. Hybrid Per- 
petual: Abel Carriere, Annie Wood, Baronne 
Prévost, Centifolia Rosea, Charles Lefebvre, Dr. 
Andry, Duc de Rohan, Duc de Wellington, Duke 
of Edinburgh, Fisher Holmes, Géant des Batailles, 
Genéral Jacqueminot, John Hopper, Jules Chretien, 
Jules Margottin, La France, Lord Macaulay, 
Madame Charles Crapelet, Mdlle. Bonnaire, Mar- 
guerite de St. Amand, Marie Beauman, Monsieur 
Etienne Levet, Prince Camille de Rohan, Sénateur 
Vaisse, and Victor Verdier. Bourbon : Sir Joseph 
Paxton. China: Mrs. Bosanquet. Many of the 
Tea-scented Roses bear seed freely, but unless in 
very favourable situations and in warm seasons, the 
seed rarely ripens. To rear seedlings of this class, 
as well as some of the Noisette and China Groups, 
the plants require to be brought under glass to 
mature their seed. 
Forcing.—Few plants are more impatient of a 
high artificial temperature than the Rose, and as 
little assistance can be expected from nature through- 
out the cold sunless months of December, January, 
and February (the time when forcing is most active), 
a considerable amount of care and attention, as well 
as skill, must be exercised. Houses or pits of 
proper construction, with efficient heating appliances, 
must be provided. The best are low span-roof 
houses or pits, with platforms or raised beds on 
