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appropriately introduce him to one more tiny 

 belle, Miss Ernestine de Barente, Hybrid Per- 

 petual Rose, a darling little maid, with bright 

 pink cheek and quite "the mould of form." The 

 Miniature China (Rosa Lawrenceana or Fairy 

 Rose) is more adapted for pot cultivation.* 



A few varieties from the Hybrid Provence sec- 

 tion are valuable in the general collection, having 

 those lighter tints, which are still infrequent, being 

 of a healthful habit, and growing well either as 

 dwarfs or standards. Blanchefleur is a very pretty 

 Rose, of the color commonly termed French 

 white — /. e., English white with a slight suffusion 

 of pink ; Comte Plater and Comtesse de Segur 

 are of a soft buff or cream color, the latter a well- 

 shaped Rose ; Princesse Clementine is a rara avis 

 in terris, but not a bit like unto a black swan, 

 being one of our best white Roses ; and Rose 

 Devigne is large and beautiful and blushing. 

 These Roses, having long and vigorous shoots, 

 should not be severely cut, or they will resent the 

 insult by "running to wood" — excessive lignifi- 

 cation, as I once heard it termed by a magnilo- 



* Twenty years ago these fascinating little fairies were numerous. 

 We had, among Hybrid Perpetuals, Clementine Duval, pale rose ; 

 Coquette de Montmorency, cherry and violet ; Pauline Buonaparte, 

 white; Pompone de St. Radegonde, carmine; and many other?. 



