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those that are named after the Nabonnand family, 

 particularly for winter blooming. Papa Gontier, so 

 bold in growth, so rich in petal, is the most useful 

 of all winter Roses for cut bloom. Its size and 

 brilliant rose-pink colour are remarkable in this 

 climate. I have never seen it in its true character 

 in England. The fields and hedges of Safrano, the 

 first of all winter-blooming Roses, deserve a passing 

 mention, though now, save as a hedge Rose, it is 

 not worth a place. Its abundance of flowers about 

 Christmastide is its chief attraction, and at that season 

 it is still sent in quantity to northern cities. 



Antoine Rivoire is the Rose that has made a mark 

 lately, both in the garden and in the grower's ground. 

 Its beauty and fresh pink and white colouring (white 

 in December), and its fine vigorous stems crowned 

 with bold upright flowers, have at once raised it to 

 high favour. It looks as if it were a cross between 

 Captain Christy and some old Tea like Rubens, and 

 is better than either. Mme. Cadeau Ramey is a 

 very sweet and lovely garden Rose, but has not as 

 yet at all the same vogue, being of the Devoniensis 

 type. 



The China Roses and Hybrid Chinas do not find 

 favour here, they are too fleeting and too thin, and 

 Tea Roses give us more beauty. For instance, Beaute 

 Inconstante, a Tea, has not only even more brilliant 

 orange-scarlet tones than any hybrid China, but 

 it is so free and hardy, as well as solid in petal, 

 that it puts to shame its cousins that are so welcome 

 in northern gardens. 



