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on the dismissal of Hebe, and in the person of Ganymede, they 

 may have enlarged their goblets ; but it was a fashion of the 

 ancients, including our own grandfathers, to take their wine 

 from egg-cups and extinguishers of glass. Be this as it may. 

 Coupe d'Hebe is undoubtedly one of our most graceful and re- 

 fined Roses, exquisite in form and in color, the latter a silvery 

 blush. Referring to a list of the Roses which I grew in 185 1, 

 I find that, of 434 varieties, 410 have been disannulled to make 

 way for their betters ! Of the two dozen which are in office 

 still, three-fourths are climbing or decorative Roses, and six 

 only of sufficient merit to pass the ordeal of exhibition — namely, 

 Blairii 2, Cloth-of-Gold, Devoniensis, La Reine, Souvenir de 

 Malmaison, and Coupe d'Hebe. 



There was another. 



General yacqueminot, a Hybrid China Rose, in high favor at that 

 time ; and though he cannot compete with his modern namesake, 

 his regimentals being neither so well made nor so brilliant, he 

 is still a very handsome hero, and forms, with his vigorous 

 branches and large purple-crimson flowers, a fine Pillar Rose. 

 So does 



Juno, H. C, a Rose which, like the goddess, may justly complain 

 of neglect, appearing in few gardens, and well deserving a place 

 in all. I must allow that Juno is sometimes " inconstant ;" nor 

 does the sorrowful fact surprise us, foreknowing the provoca- 

 tions of her husband Jupiter ; but she is, generally, all that a 

 good Rose ought to be, and then most divinely fair. We have 

 so few Roses of her pale delicate complexion, that, until we are 

 favored with more perpetuals of the Caroline de Sansales style, 

 Juno is a most valuable Rose, large and full, and, in her best 

 phase, an effective «flower for exhibition. 



Paul Perrasy H. B., is another valuable Rose in this section, of 

 robust growth, and producing plentifully its well-shaped blooms, 

 of a light rose-color. 



Paul Ricatit, H. B., was once the swell of the period the 

 D'Orsay in our beau nionde of Roses ; and though no longer a 



