65 GRAFTING ROSES. [April 



expect it in every variety of colour, from pure while to velvet 

 crimson, and with a mixture of spotted, striped, and, may be, 

 a touch of yellow. What we have said on the culture of 

 Perpetual Roses will equally apply here, this tribe having 

 the advantage of rapidity of growth more diversity of colour 

 a greater profusion of bloom, and is propagated with con- 

 siderable facility by layers, or cuttings, or the common process 

 of budding aud grafting. The following sorts are all perfectly 

 distinct : 



Aubernon, dark rosy red, cupped and very double. 

 Augusti Mie, bright rose. 



Baron Prevost, dark rose, very large, strong growing. 

 Baron Halley, crimson purple. 

 Blanche, pure white, cupped, very profuse. 

 Caroline de Sansal, blush, very large. 

 Comtesse Duchatel, dark rosy red, large and perfect. 

 Duchess de Nemours, pale rose colour, very double 

 Duchess of Praslin, pale blush, very profuse. 

 Due d'Aumale, rosy crimson, perfect form. 

 Edward Jesse, pale red, a very constant bloomer. 

 Giant of the Battle, scarlet crimson. 

 General Taylor, bright crimson scarlet, fine. 

 Lane, bright carmine, fine form, and a constant bloomer. 

 La Reine. rosy lilac, very large. 

 Lion of Combates, crimson. 

 Marquis Boccella, pale pink, a profuse bloomer. 

 Prince Albert, rich crimson, large and very double. 

 Queen Victoria, pale blush. 

 Reine de Fleurs, pale rose. 



Youlande d'Arragon, pale rose, large and very constant in 

 bloom ; one of the best light-coloured sorts. 



There are a hundred other sorts could be added to the above, 

 without decidedly varying the colour. 



GRAFTING ROSES. 



The operation of grafting, from the pithy nature of the 

 stems of the rose, is more troublesome, and seldom succeeds 

 bo well as budding, though when the buds inserted the pro 



