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Cynieclor, brilliant red, striking, but not too double ; Madame Pepin, 

 pale rose, large and full, and of good form; Gloire d' Angers, lively 

 rose, ratlier small ; Comte de Montalivet, violet, very large and showy, 

 but not very double ; Geant des Batailles, brilliant crimson, a real 

 gem ; Duchesse de Galliera, pale rose, full, very good ; General 

 Negrier, similar to the last in colour, but larger; Pius IX., crimson, 

 large, and of good form ; Soleil d'Austerlitz, whicli proves to be quite 

 as good a Rose, though not so brilliant in colour, as Geant des 

 Batailles ; Standard of Marengo, raised by the person who raised 

 Geant des Batailles, and which lie stated would surpass it, a brilliant 

 crimson Rose of the most perfect cupped shape, but not quite so full 

 of petals as the Geant; Madame Guillot, deep pink, very double, and 

 beautifully shaped ; Dr. Arnal, a good Rose, like Madame Laifay in 

 colour ; Ciiateaubriand, of a bright glossy pink, scarcely double enough, 

 still a very pretty Rose ; General JMorangiez, a most profuse bloomer, 

 deep rose, tinted with lilac ; L'Inflexible, very full, cupped, and finely 

 shaped, colour — peach-blossom ; Madame Trudeaux, liglit brilliant 

 crimson, a beautiful variety; Henry IV., bright pink, a very vigorous 

 grower; Commandant Fournier, very brilliant, like Cymedor in not 

 being very double, a bright liglit crimson ; Bouton de Flore, blush, 

 blooming in ver}^ large clusters; La Gigantesque, very large semi- 

 double, a brilliant crimson; Jeanne d'Arc, a pale blush, and pretty 

 variety ; Pauline Bonaparte, white. Bourbon : Ciiarlemagne, silvery- 

 blush, large and full; Menoux and Marquis de Moyria, brilliant 

 crimson Roses ; Leveson Gower, a new rose-coloured variety, with 

 flowers as large as Souvenir de la Malmaison, does Jiot appear to open 

 freely, at least in the summer months. Noisette : Caroline Marniesse, 

 creamy-white, like Felicite Perpetuelle. Tea-scented: Vicomtesse de 

 Cazes, buff and yellow, variable. — liosa. 



Planting Roses. — Those who grow upon a large scale may do 

 anything, but the person whose means are limited must make tlie best 

 of the advantages he has, and, as such, adopt those varieties which give 

 iiim the longest period of bloom. It will, however, be necessary to 

 order the Rose dealer to send as many different colours as he can, and 

 to mark them with their colours, because, on planting, an eye must be 

 kept to tlie necessary contrast to produce the best effect. There will 

 be no difficulty in procuring red, pink, lilac, light rose, white, straw- 

 colour, and yellow of various shades ; and in planting you must 

 endeavour so to group those that they shall form a varied mass of 

 colour, not to have two reds together, nor two whites, nor two of any 

 shade ; and if among climbers you are rather embarrassed for particular 

 colours, have duplicates. There would be no evil in having every 

 other or alternate Rose in a row white, and the other alternate ones 

 any other colour ; indeed, Roses would look extremely well if there 

 were none but red and white ; but it is absolutely necessary for good 

 effect to have alternate dark and light, whatever be the colour. But 

 with tlie great variety that may be introduced the arrangement can be 

 made perfect, for the lights and darks may be varied so as to form rich 

 contrasts in tiiemselves, so far as crimsons and purples and yellows and 

 whites are contrasts to each otiier. 



