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of a silvery blush. BLANCHEFLEUB is white, with a tinge 

 of flesh-color. CYNTHIA is of a pale rose. THE DUCHESS 

 OF BUCCLEUGH is of a dark rose. OHL is of a deep crim- 



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son and scarlet, and, when grown in perfection, is one of 



the finest roses in existence. LA REINE DES FEANCAIS is 



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also of a bright crimson. PEBLE DES PANACHEES is white, 

 striped with rose ; and (ELLLET PABFAIT is white, striped 

 with light crimson, much like a carnation. D'AGUESSEAU, 

 GLOIBE DE COLMAB, LATOUB D'AUVEBGNE, TBIOMPHE 

 DE JAUSSENS, LETITIA, NAPOLEON, Due DE YALMY, and 

 TEANSON GOUBAULT, are all excellent roses of this family. 



u To grow them fine for exhibition, as single blooms or 

 * show-roses,' the clusters of buds should be thinned early 

 in June, taking at least two-thirds of the incipient flowers 

 from each : manure should also be laid round their stems 

 on the surface, and manure-water given to them plentifully 

 in dry weather. With this description of culture, these 

 roses will much surpass any thing we have yet seen in this 

 country. 



"Although the varieties of this group are summer roses 

 only, their period of flowering may be prolonged by judi- 

 cious pruning ; and for this purpose two trees of each variety 

 should be planted, one to be pruned in October, the other 

 early in May, or just when the buds have burst into leaf: 

 these will give a regular succession of flowers. In pruning, 



