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sentient, as I sometimes think they are, this one 

 would have their special regard and honor. Mr. 

 D'Ombrain has not only been, as it were, the 

 consul for French Roses in England, making 

 known the merits of the new-comers, and so insur- 

 ing for them a kindly welcome — and the faithful 

 friend of French Rosarians also, in soliciting help 

 for those who, residing near Paris, suffered severely 

 during the siege ; but more recently at home he 

 has established a fresh claim upon the gratitude 

 of all Rosarians, by suggesting and organizing a 

 National Rose Society, and by reviving the Na- 

 tional Rose Show. 



None of the Tea-Roses (although most of 

 them may with care be grown out of doors in a 

 congenial site and with protection from frost) can 

 be strictly included as hardy Roses for the general 

 garden, except Belle Lyonnaise, Cheshunt Hybrid, 

 Gloire de Bordeaux, Gloire de Dijon, and Madame 

 Berard; and of the Noisettes, Celine Forestier, 

 Jaune Desprez, Lamarque, Marechel Niel (wall), 

 Reve d'Or, Solfaterre, and Triomphe de Rennes. 



And now, my reader, as when eating our 

 strawberries in early youth, boys by their moth- 

 ers', girls by their fathers' sides, we reserved the 

 largest to the last ; or as when, in later years, we 

 loved something more dearly even than straw- 



