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Caroline de Sansaks, with outer petals of a pale flesh-colour, deepening to- 

 wards the centre, is a very lovely Rose, and still among the best of our light- 

 coloured varieties. 



Coinfe de Nanteuil^ from its abundance, depth, and arrangement of petal, is 

 quite one of our best show Roses, although its complexion — bright rose on 

 the tree— " rt?^^ z'^," as the French term it — does not pass through the 

 ordeal of exhibition so triumphantly as its grand and graceful form. 



Diichesse de Cambaccres, of robust habit (if her Grace will pardon the expres- 

 sion), profuse and continuous in bloom ; makes an admirable Pillar Rose. 

 So do the two other Graces, namely : — 



Duchess of Norfolk* with her bright deep crimson flowers, her large and glossy 

 leaves, and 



Duchess of Sidherland, introduced by Monsieur Laffay in 1839, but still fresh, 

 fair, and fragrant ; and though surpassed as a model flower, a beautiful ad- 

 dition to the Rose-garden. 



Eugene Appert is very effective for the purpose under consideration, being con- 

 spicuous for the intensity of its glowing crimson hues, and its dark-green 

 lustrous leaves. 



General Jacqiieminot, for so many summers the Rose of our gardens, is still a 

 glory and grace, its petals, soft and smooth as velvet, glowing with vivid 

 crimson, and its growth being free and healthful. I well remember the time 

 when we welcomed this conquering hero, in his brilliant uniform, as being 

 invincible ; but development in Roses is no theory, as in certain schools of 

 theology, but a sure reality, and the General must now pale his ineffectual 

 fire in the presence of such Roses as Charles Lefebvre. As a Pillar Rose, 

 notwithstanding, he is not surpassed. 



Gloire de Boiirdeaux is a Tea-Noisette, or rather it is classified among the Teas, 

 and is a Noisette. It has been known latterly in the catalogues as Belle de 

 Bourdeaux — Bacchus, as I suppose, having expostulated with Flora, and con- 

 vinced her that the real glory of Bourdeaux is its wine — its Lafitte, Latour, 



* This Rose grows wonderfully on the Manetti, and I received some years 

 ago from Messrs Wood of Maresfield two specimens, which had made, in their 

 first summer, shoots 15 feet long from the *' bud." 



