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and extensive of all, which we will next consider, so far as 

 its garden Roses are concerned — viz., the Hybrid Perpetual, 

 a family so numerous and so beautiful withal, that two of 

 our most fastidious Rosarians, ejecting from a select list 

 every flower which has not some special excellence, give us 

 the names *of 1 20 varieties as being sans 7'eprocJie, " I have 

 inserted in this list," says Mr Rivers, " Roses only, whether 

 new or old, that are distinct, good, and, above all, free and 

 healthy in their growth ; the flowers are all of full size, 

 fine shape, and perfection in colour ; in short, any variety 

 selected from it even at random will prove good, and well 

 worthy of cultivation." " Roses suitable for Exhibition " 

 is the heading of Mr George Paul's list ; and no exhibitor 

 has proved so oft or so convincingly a knowledge of what 

 to show, and how to show it. But I am anticipating this 

 part of my subject, and, returning to our garden Roses, re- 

 commend the following selection : Anna Alexiefl", Auguste 

 Mie, Baronne Prevost, Caroline de Sansales, Duchesse de 

 Cambaceres, Duchess of Norfolk, Duchess of Sutherland, 

 Eugene Appert, General Jacqueminot, Oriflamme de St 

 Louis, Souvenir de la Reine d'Angleterre, and Triomphe de 

 I'Exposition, which have been already described as Pillar 



Roses (p. 150-153), and are equally praiseworthy upon the 



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