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I saw in one collection, considered the finest in Europe (as to ex- 

 tent and number of the old varieties), upwards of one hundred Louis 

 XVI. in bloom. There were in three beds fifty-five, all grown to- 

 gether, as follows : in two beds, twenty feathered ones in each, and 

 in the other fifteen flamed ones ; the remainder were scattered in 

 other beds in fours and sixes together in a row. It has been gene- 

 rally asserted that there no Louis breeders and never were, it having 

 bloomed originally in a broken state. This is false ; I saw four 

 blooming in one collection, and five in another. They originally 

 belonged to the late Mr. Schneevoogt, a descendant of the celebrated 

 Voerhelm, and were, at his death a few years ago, sold with the Louis 

 above-mentioned. The scarcest variety is David. I saw it very fine. 

 The whole number of blooms I saw did not exceed twelve. In 

 looking through the various collections, the following were what I 

 considered as likely to suit my own neighbourhood, or in fact any 

 other. The petals of nearly all, when I arrived home, were in such 

 a state that I could not in many instances say whether they were 

 Roses or Byblomens, or feathered or flamed. 



Black Tabbart, flamed byblomen. 



Bacchus, flamed rose. 



Cerise Incomparable, feathered rose. 



Eveque d'Amboise. flamed byblomen. 



La Victorieuse, byblomen. 



Bailluwinne or Cupido, byblomen. 



L' Admirable. 



Professor, fine feathered byblomen. 



Incomparable, fine ditto. 



Reine de Mauritania, byblomen. 



Rose Superieure. 



Bailluw Van de Merwede, byblomen. 



Princess Wilhelmina, flamed rose. 



Violet Imperial. 



Bienfait Incomparable, fine feathered 



byblomen. 

 Incomparable Daphne, fine ditto. 

 Prince William IV., flamed rose. 

 Rosy Monty. 



Grand Roi de France, flamed rose. 

 La Dtlicatosse, flamed byblomen. 

 Rose Precieuse. 



Reine de Sicile, fine feathered rose., 

 Mademoiselle Angloise. 

 Comte de VergenneB, feathered rose. 

 Cerise Manon, rose, fine 



Mausolee, bizarre. 

 Reine du Bresil, bizarre. 

 Due de Bordeaux, fine flamed byblomen. 

 Cerise a Belle Forme, flamed rose. 

 Triomphe du Monde, flamed byblomen. 

 Prince de Tulipes, byblomen. 

 Reine de Tulipes. 

 Belle Chinoise, flamed byblomen. 

 Europeenne. 

 Olympia. 



Triomphe Tricolor. 

 Brulante Eclatante, flamed rose. 

 Chevalier, bizarre. 

 Ambassador d'Hollande. 

 Violet Brun, flamed byblomen. 

 Prince Elie. ditto. 

 Grotius, fine feathered byblomen. 

 La Belle Narine, ditto, stained bottom. 

 Camuse de Craix, line flamed rose. 

 Sans Egal, flamed rose. 

 Lilard Violet, feathered byblomen. 

 Emperor ' Charles, feathered bizarre* 



stained bottom. 

 Nectar, byblomen. 

 Reine du Monde, fine feathered byblo- 



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