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welcome as it is, even though tired by its long 

 journey from the south of France when on a 

 February day one buys it in the London street, 

 is far more delightful in the garden, as it never 

 ceases blooming till the frosts ; and I find it a 

 much stronger and more solid Rose in the open 

 than under glass. Coquette de Lyon one of the 

 parents it is said of Kaiserin Augusta Victoria 

 sent me from France four or five years ago, and 

 for which I search English catalogues in vain, 

 ought to be in every collection. It is very 

 dwarf, carrying its heads of neat, full, medium- 

 sized flowers, which are white with a bright 

 sulphur centre, on sturdy upright stems ; and, 

 as it is always in bloom and lasts well in water, 

 it is invaluable for cutting. Peace, one of the 

 newer Roses, is another that should be largely 

 cultivated for its creamy-white flowers, borne 

 singly on strong erect stems ; and, as becomes 

 a sport from the invaluable G. Nabonnand, it 

 flowers freely and late into the Autumn. 



Among the endless variety of peach, pink, 

 and red Tea Roses, three which, strange to say, 

 are apparently little known in England, are 



