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formed. MADAME DAMAIZIN is salmon, and very free in 

 bloom. MAnAiura WILLIAM is of a bright yellow, large, 

 and very double. NIPHETOS is of a pale lemon, turning 

 to snow-wtiite. * SAFRANO is one of the most distinct and 

 remarkable roses in the group. It is of a buff and apricot 

 hue, altogether peculiar. Its buds are beautifully formed ; 

 as are also its half-opened flowers, though they are not 

 very double. It is a very profuse bloomer, easy of culture, 

 free of growth, and hardy as compared with most other 

 Tea roses. 



" With attention, some very beautiful roses of this fami- 

 ly may be originated from seed ; but the plants must be 

 trained against a south wall, in a warm, dry soil, or grown 

 in pots, under glass. A warm greenhouse or the orchard- 

 house will be most proper for them, so that they bloom in 

 May, as their hips are a long time ripening. 



" For yellow roses, Vicomtesse Decazes may be planted 

 with and fertilized by Canary, which abounds in pollen : 

 some fine roses, almost to a certainty, must be raised from 

 seed produced by such a union. For the sake of curi- 

 osity, a few flowers of the latter might be fertilized with 

 the Double Yellow Brier, or Rosa Harrisonii. The Old 

 Yellow Tea Rose bears seed abundantly ; but it has been 

 found from repeated experiments that a good or even a 

 mediocre rose is seldom or never produced from it : but, 



