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same time, afford a tempting harborage foi mice, which 

 would destroy the plants, unless buried out of their reach. 

 Thus treated, the tenderest Tea roses will bear the win- 

 ter with impunity in the coldest parts of New England. 



Though China roses are not equal in beauty to some 

 of their hybrid offspring to be hereafter described, they 

 surpass all other roses for pot-culture in the window of the 

 parlor or drawing-room. They are more easily managed 

 than Tea roses, and, though less fragrant, are not less 

 abundant in bloom. No roses are of easier culture in the 

 greenhouse. The varieties of this group are the Bengal 

 roses of the French, and are those familiarly known 

 among us as Monthly roses. They were introduced into 

 England from the East about the beginning of the last 

 century. 



CABMIN D'YEBLES, or CAEMIN SUPEEBE, has bright 

 carmine flowers. CEAMOISIE SUPEEIETTBE has double 

 crimson flowers, and, like the former, is excellent for pot- 

 culture. EUGENE BEAUHAENAIS is large, very double, 

 and of a bright amaranth-color, approaching crimson. 

 FABVIEE is of crimson scarlet, very vivid and striking. 

 PEESJDENT D'OLBEQUE is of a cherry-red. 



All of the above belong to the Semperflorens species, 

 and are of deep colors. The following are varieties of 



