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10. Labedoyere ; flowers deep purplish red, large and full ; form, cupped. Ha- 



bit branching ; growth, moderate. Uncertain, but sometimes superb. 

 Raised by M. Foulard. 



11. Roblin ; flowers rosy red, of medium size, full ; growth, dwarf. 



12. Roch Plantier; flowers carmine, the claw of the petals white, large, and 



full. Quite second-rate. 



ROSA SPIItfOSISSIIVXA. 



Group XXX.— THE PERPETUAL SCOTCH. 



These are Scotch Roses, hybridized, probably, with the Damask Perpetual, and 

 blooming in the autumn. There are but three varieties belonging to the Group ; 

 and the Stanwell is, perhaps, the only one worthy of the attention of the Amateur. 

 It is among the first to unfold its delicate blossoms, flowering in May, and 

 throughout the summer and autumn, till arrested by frost. It is deliriously 

 sweet : some say it has the fragrance of the Attar of Roses ; but it appears to 

 me more closely to resemble the Provence Rose in this particular. 



1. Estelle; flowers rose, small and double. 



2. Scotch ; flowers pale rosy blush, large and double ; form, expanded ; growth, 



moderate. 



3. Stanwell ; flowers rosy blush, their centre often pink, large, and double ; 



form, cupped. Habit, branching ; growth, moderate. Raised at Stan- 

 well 5 hence its name. 



ROSA CBNTIFOLIA. 



Group XXXI.— THE PERPETUAL MOSS. 



Here we have a group containing five Moss Roses blooming in the autumn. 

 The flowers are not oppressed with moss, although they have sufficient to denote 

 their origin. I think it likely that No. 3, which is the handsomest of all, 

 was raised from the Crimson Perpetual. Three new varieties have been added 

 during the past year ; and there is no doubt of this becoming eventually one of the 

 most interesting groups. They require the same treatment as the Moss. 



1. General Drouot; flowers purplish crimson, of medium size, double. 



Growth, vigorous. Raised at Angers. Introduced in 1847. 



2. Perpetual White ; flowers white, of medium size, double ; form, expanded, 



bloomino- in large trusses, very mossy, but produced sparingly in the 

 autumn. 

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