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Belle Lyonnaise, a daughter of Gloire de Dijon, smaller, paler, 

 and less bountiful than her mother, but a very pretty Rose — 

 referred to, p, 139. 



Caroline de Sansales, with outer petals of a pale flesh-color, deep- 

 ening towards the centre, is a very lovely Rose, and still among 

 the best of our light-colored varieties. 



Cheshunt Hybrid, Climbing Victor Verdier, and Madame Berard, 

 also included among the Climbing Roses. 



Edojiard Morreji is very effective for the purpose under considera- 

 tion, being of robust growth, and liberally producing its large, 

 symmetrical, rose-carmines flowers. 



General Jacque77iinot, for so many summers the Rose of our gar- 

 dens, is still a glory and grace, its petals, soft and smooth as 

 velvet, glowing with vi\dd crimson, and its growth being free 

 and healthful. I well remember the time when we welcomed 

 this conquering hero, in his brilliant uniform, as being invinci- 

 ble; but development in Roses is no theory, as in certain 

 schools of theology, but a sure reality, and the General must 

 now pale his ineffectual fire in the presence of such Roses as 

 Alfred Colomb, Charles Lefebvre, and Marie Beauman. As a 

 Pillar Rose, notwithstanding, he is not surpassed. 



Gloire de Bourdcatix is a Tea-Noisette, or rather it is classified 

 among the Teas, and is a Noisette. It has been known latterly 

 in the catalogues as Belle de Bourdeaux — Bacchus, as I sup- 

 pose, having expostulated with Flora, and convinced her that 

 the real glory of Bourdeaux is its wine — its Lafitte, Latour, and 

 La Rose, of another description. Its numerous flowers are 

 interesting — individually, from the striking contrast between 

 the colors on either side of the petals, these being of a bright 

 rosy lilac without, and within of a pale silvery flesh-color; and 

 en masse, effective and showy." It "grows like a willow," to 

 use a gardener's phrase, much resembling in habit 

 Gloire de Dijon, described among the Climbers, but excellent in 

 every phase. Like Phyllis, "it never fails to please;" unlike 

 Phyllis, it is never "coy." 



