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Rose-house (a precious possession, without which 

 no range of glass is complete), I shall continue 

 to grow it al fjrsco, and forget occasional disap- 

 pointments in that liberal loveliness which must 

 ensue after a merciful winter and a genial spring. 

 La Belle Lyonnaise and Madame Berard, two 

 daughters of Gloire de Dijon, but with distinctive 

 charms, are both attractive Climbing Roses. 



Lamarque, the parent of Cloth-of-Gold, well 

 deserves a place on some sunny wall, growing very 

 rapidly, and being one of the earliest Roses to charm 

 us with its refined and graceful flowers. These 

 are large and full, the outer petals of a soft pure 

 white, the inner of a pale straw-color. Among 

 the new Roses of the year 1870 we have a La- 

 marque with yellow flowers, which, so far as I can 

 judge from a small plant, is likely to be a valuable 

 addition.* 



plants measuring from 18 to 20 feet in length in one season. It is a 

 most abundant early and late bloomer ; in favorable situations it com- 

 mences to flower in May and continues to produce its most beautiful 

 blossoms all through the season, until late in November; and it re- 

 tains its foliage nearly all the year. It is very hardy, having withstood 

 the severe winter of 1860-61. It grows and thrives in almost any soil 

 or situation even in thickly-built parts of the city, amidst the smoke 

 and dust of which it thrives and blooms in great perfection. So highly 

 esteemed is this variety, that there is scarcely a villa residence in this 

 neighborhood [Bath] where one does not find this Rose, and no ama- 

 teur considers his collection perfect without it. Its blooms are of large 

 size, some of them measuring six inches in diameter, and their shape 

 is most perfect. This is, in fact, one of the best light-colored exhibi- 

 tion Roses in cultivation. — A RosR Amateur, Bath." 



* Hope told a flattering tale — my yellow Lamarque turned black 

 and died. 



