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good and reliable cool season Rose, of strong hardy 
constitution, which will grow almost anywhere, and 
well repay good treatment. 
Earl of Dufferin (A. Dickson & Sons, 1887).—Of 
long but pliable growth, which, in the case of 
dwarfs, must be staked, or the heavy bloom will 
bend the shoot right down to the ground. The 
foliage is rather weak, and the buds even when they 
begin to open do not look promising or attractive. 
Nevertheless under favourable circumstances they 
slowly grow into large highly-coloured blooms of 
semi-globular shape, sweet-scented, lasting, and 
sometimes very fine. It is quite a late Rose, not 
very free-flowering, nor of much use as an autumnal. 
Its principal fault is roughness of outline, which 
makes it look ragged, and I have never had a decent 
bloom of it. A Rose for exhibitors, but not for 
garden culture in this country. 
Etienne Levet (Levet, 1871).—Of robust and 
smooth but very uncertain growth; long, strong, 
and stout in rich soil where it has a good hold, but 
otherwise quite short and stumpy. The foliage is 
very fine, and the blooms come early and well, with 
large very smooth shell-like petals; there is, or 
should be, a good point, but the general shape is 
flat, the centre weak, and the form not lasting. 
Must be cut young for exhibition and tied up at 
once, for it is of no use in hot weather. Not much 
injured by mildew or rain, but not good as a free 
bloomer or autumnal, and of no use in hot climates. 
It is of large size, and its grand petals and smooth, 
even outline make it an effective show Rose in a 
cool season; but, though it does well on the manetti, 
for general cultivation or on weak soils it is not one 
