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But, secondly, we shall discover, to our gladness, that (again 

 going through our list alphabetically) Damaizin sends us Jules 

 Chretien^ as he sent us, in 1868, Reine Bla7iche ; that Ducher, who 

 raised Gloire de Santhe?iay, and sent us, in 1868, Montplaisir, 

 commends a new Tea Rose, Le Mont Blaiic ; that Gonod, who 

 sent us Mada7ne Fillion and Madame Ckrt^ now announces a 

 Reine des Beautes ; that Guillot fils, the author of Le Rhone and 

 La France, sends us Mademoiselle Eugenie Verdier, with glowing 

 praises of her beauty, together with two Tea-scented varieties, 

 Catherine Mermet 2J\<1 Madajne Llyppolite Jamain ; that Lacharme, 

 to whom every Rosarian should raise his hat for Victor Verdier, 

 Charles Lefebvre (!), Xavier Olibo, and Alfred Colomb, commends 

 his Louis Van Hoidte ; that Leveque, who raised the glorious Due 

 de Rohan and Einilie Hausburg, sends us General Miloradowitsch 

 (and somebody with him, I hope, to teach us how to pronouce his 

 name) ; that Levet, immortalised by Mademoiselle Therese, offers 

 Abbe Giraudier and Paul Neron, H.P.'s, together with Belle 

 Lyonnaise, T. ; that Liabaud, so honourably identified with those 

 beautiful roses Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Elie Morel, and 

 Marquise de Monteitiart, is the proposer of three new candidates 

 for fame, Baron Chaurand, Jeanne Guillot, and Jules Seurre; that 

 the great Margottin sends us a Rose, to which he would never 

 have given the name of Charles Turner if he had not proved its 

 excellence ; that Fernet, who sent us Vainqueur de Goliath and 

 Madame la Baronne de Rothschild, introduces us to Madame 

 Dustour ; that Sansal, who chaperoned that lovely debutante, 

 Marguerite de St Amand, speaks highly of General La?nartiniere ; 

 that Touvais, the raiser of Centifolia Rosea and Julie Touvais, 

 gives a pretty name and a good character to Perle Blanche; that 



