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they produce, no garden should he without some. Augustine Margat, 

 hright pale rose ; Armosa, bright pink, always in flower, and suited 

 for training against a wall or trellis ; Emilie Courtier, shaded rosy 

 crimson, globular, large, and double, one of the best of the Bourbons ; 

 Gloire de Rosamenes, velvety carmine, large, cupped, and semi- 

 double; Phoenix, bright rosy purple, large and double; and the 

 Queen of the Bourbons, large, cupped, buff rose, quite distinct in 

 colour from any other Bourbon. China :— These, as is well known, 

 are well suited for growing in pots and small borders ; by cutting 

 them down immediately they have dropped their flowers, a constant 

 succession may be ensured. Among the best we saw were Archduke 

 Charles, large, double, shaded rose, changing to crimson; Assuerus, 

 deep crimson purple ; Belle Isidore, compact, double, crimson, an 

 extraordinary bloomer; Cels multiflora, pale flesh colour; Duchess 

 of Kent, delicate pale blush, shaded and double; Fabvier, bright 

 velvety crimson, semi-double; Infidelites de Lisette, delicate pale 

 straw; Marjolin, very double, deep crimson, sometimes showing a 

 yellowish bottom ; Traversii, pure white, globular, and a free flowerer. 

 Tea-scented : — These are mostly tender, and succeed best on a dry 

 warm border, or grown in pots in a greenhouse or vinery. When 

 budded on half-standard stocks, and planted in pots, they form fine 

 objects if placed in a greenhouse among Camellias, or other hard- 

 wooded plants out of flower ; they are all remarkably fragrant, and 

 have large globular flowers. The following are worthy of notice : — 

 Bardon, pale rose; Bougere, deep rose and buff, large and fine; 

 Clara Sylvain, globular, pure white ; Duchesse de Mecklenbourg, 

 white and yellow, handsome; Hamon, pale buff and rose, changing 

 to deep crimson ; Hardy, bright, double, crimson — later in the season 

 it is said to become quite pale; Mansais, large and double, rose, 

 beautifully shaded with buff and yellow ; and Taglioni, creamy white, 

 with a yellowish centre. 



ARTICLE VII. 



ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE PINK. 



BY J., OF SHEFFIELD. 



As the planting season of this beautiful flower is now at hand, and 

 its progress in the floricultural world seems to be daily increasing, 

 I must again trouble you with a few remarks on its general properties 





