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race, the so-called petals having changed into leaves, 

 and become indistinguishable from the rest of the 

 plant. 



A sort of ill-defined division has lately arisen owing 

 to some sorts being called " garden Roses." This term 

 was originally applied, when H.P.s and Teas came into 

 fashion, to the Damask, French, H.B., and H.C. Roses 

 remaining in old-fashioned gardens. Later, it came to 

 be used for all Roses which were not up to exhibition 

 standard, and raisers of new varieties that were not up 

 to the mark introduced them as " good garden Roses." 

 The N.R.S. has now classes for the exhibition of garden 

 Roses, and issues a definition of what may be shown 

 under this head ; but for general use, without drawing 

 any hard and fast line around them as a class, the name 

 is useful as representing the hardy, strong-growing, free- 

 flowering sorts, which do not require much care, but are 

 defective as florists' flowers. 



