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Madame Ili^ipolyte Jamain (Jamain, 1871). — Of good 

 smooth growth and foliage, not very liable to mildew, 

 but rain will injure the blooms. A coarse Rose, gener- 

 ally rough and irregular if grown strong, but occasion- 

 ally of even globular shape in hot dry weather, and 

 then valuable for exhibition as it is very large, full, and 

 lasting. A free bloomer in the season, but not much 

 of an autumnal. It should be noticed that there is a 

 good Tea Rose of exactly the same name as this, besides 

 Hippolyte Jamain H.P. 



Madame Isaac Percire (Margottin, 1880). — Apparent- 

 ly a perpetual Hybrid Bourbon and the founder of a 

 new race. Of extra strong stout growth with fine 

 foliage, not liable to mildew. The blooms are very 

 large and sweet, sometimes of good form but weak in 

 the centre. It makes a fine show as a garden Rose, 

 being very free-flowering, and capital in autumn. 

 Thoroughly hardy and makes a fine standard, but does 

 equally well as a bush. A seed parent of Mrs. Paul, and 

 of Madame Pierre Liabaud which is identical with 

 the type except in colour, and also, I hope, of others to 

 come which will perpetuate the good qualities of the 

 Bourbon family, in autumnal flowering and sweetness. 



Madame Lacharme (Lacharme, 1872). — Of fair growth 

 and foliage, with characteristic habit. The shoots 

 themselves require to be severely thinned, and then 

 they must be looked over from top to bottom several 

 times during the growing season, as it is such a free 

 bloomer that every wood bud will break and try to form 

 a flower bud before the top one has begun to swell. 

 Very liable to mildew, and absolutely spoilt by any 

 rain even at quite an early stage. Even a heavy dew 

 will sometimes soil the blooms. These are of a pure 

 white, and for years this was the best H.P. of its 



