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hardy, and in all respects very desirable. Miss GLEGG 

 resembles her French sister, but is scarcely so graceful or 

 elegant. JOAN OF ARC is a pure white rose, growing very 

 vigorously. MADAME MASSOT, sometimes sold by Ameri- 

 can nursery-men under the name of MADEMOISELLE HEN- 

 EIETTE, bears large clusters of small flowers of a waxy 

 white, faintly tinged with flesh-color. It is one of the 

 hardiest of the group. CAROLINE MARNIESSE somewhat 

 resembles it, but is not equal in beauty. 



All of the above have very distinctly the Noisette 

 characteristics, as inherited from their parent, the Musk 

 Rose. Those which follow have been hybridized to such a 

 degree with the Tea Rose, that its traits predominate ; and 

 though, in some of them, the cluster-blooming habit of the 

 Musk is not lost, the flowers bear, in size, shape, color, and 

 fragrance, a marked resemblance to the Tea. CHROMA- 

 TELLA, or the CLOTH OF GOLD, is, when in perfection, 

 the most beautiful of all the yellow roses ; but it is shy of 

 bloom, and difficult of culture. SOLFATEKRE is also a fine 

 yellow rose, much more easily managed than the last. 

 The same may be said of AUGUSTA, a seedling raised from 

 it in this country. ISABELLA GRAY was also raised in 

 America, and is a seedling from the Cloth of Gold, which 



