42 BRIEF KEMARKS. 



dark crimson marks. Gloriosa, rich orange. Imperialis, purple, witii 

 wiiite stripes. Incomparable, wliite, witli scarlet marks. L'Unique, 

 dark red, with maroon stripes. Maid of Orleans, French white, with 

 scarlet streaks. Minerva, rose, with crimson mark. Tricolor grandi- 

 flora, scarlet, white, and crimson. Island Queen, orange, white, 

 scarlet, and purple. Carneus variegata, flesh colour, with purple 

 marks. Liudleyana, splendid orange. Formosa, saffron, marbled with 

 white. 



The following bloom latest, continuing from June to November: — 

 Formosissima, crimson-scarlet, with white stripes. Queen Victoria, 

 superb rich scarlet. Gaudanensis, yellow and red. Roseus major, fine 

 rose. Rising Sun, dwarf, scarlet. Prince of Wales, scarlet. Robin 

 Hood, fine pink. Vitellinus, scarlet, with white streaks. Speciosissima, 

 splendid scarlet-crimson, Splendens, superb orange-scarlet. Flori- 

 bunda, rose, white, pink, and otiier sliades in variety, all beautiful. 



The entire are fine things for pot culture too. Tliey require a free 

 drainage, plenty of pot room, a rich loam and peat compost, and water 

 in proportion to size and vigour of plant. They are very ornamental 

 for a greenhouse, or to plunge in vacancies in beds, &c. 



BRIEF REMARKS. 



New Roses. — In the last and preceding numbers we have given 

 more than usual descriptive lists of the finest Roses, in consequence 

 of its being the planting season, and to enable our readers to make a 

 satisfactory selection. We shall not insert more till next season. The 

 following notes on the characters of the best New Roses, were made 

 at the principal Rose nurseries and floral exhibitions, during the 

 last blooming season : — -Provence : Adrienne de Cardoville, rosy- 

 crimson, large, full, and of good form. Moss: Princess Royal 

 (Portemer), flesh-colour, of medium size, full, and of fine form ; Lanei 

 rosy-purple, large and full. French : Perle des Panaches, white, with 

 clear red stripes, very pretty ; CEillet Flamand, white, with broader 

 rose and lilac stripes, and more striking, but less double, than the pre- 

 ceding ; Je me maintiendrai, rose, large and double, distinct and 

 good ; Ohl, crimson, very large and full, fine. Hybrid Provence : 

 Hebe, flesh-colour, large and full ; Comtesse de Segur, flesli-colour, 

 clear, and of fine form, but not so full as the former. Hijbrid China : 

 Juno, pale rose, very large, a little coarse ; L'Attrayante, flesh-colour, 

 large and full, good ; Anna de Rivoli, clear pink, of beautiful effect on 

 the tree, but not very double ; Fritz Dukerr, deep crimson, in the way 

 of Fulgens ; General Lamoriciere, lilac, of good form, distinct ; 

 General Jacqueminot, purplish crimson, large and full, very good. 

 Hybrid Bourbon : Paul Ricaut, vivid crimson, striking and fine. 

 These are all summer Roses. Among auturanals — Dainash Perpetual : 

 Julie de Krudner, pink, a free bloomer, and good ; Pourpre Royale, a 

 fine Rose, but of an objectionable colour ; Duchesse de Praslin, pink, 

 pale edges, possessing the characteristics of the Alba Rose. Hybrid 

 Perpetual : Louise Bourdillion, pink, distinct and pretty ; Reine des 

 Fleurs, rosy-pink, rather dull, but said to be fine in the autumn; 



