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bloomer ; he had had five or six buds on a ckister, and thought it 

 the best light colored variet3\ It has but little fragrance. H^'brid 

 Perpetual Boule de Neige he thought the best white he had ever 

 seen. It is cup shaped, stands forcing well, and blooms well from 

 spring to autumn, but not as well in winter, appearing to require 

 more sun than we have at that season. 



Mr, Sheppard had found Boule de Neige very satisfactory as far 

 as he had tried it ; it bloomed well in winter with him. Alfred 

 Auber, a Hybrid Perpetual, is a very fine bloomer, of dark rose 

 color, and very fragrant. 



John B. Moore said that he had been surprised to see Boule de 

 Neige growing freely in the border along with Tea roses at Mr. 

 Tailb^^'s. In his view the Baroness Rothschild was the best H^'brid 

 Perpetual to force for market. He thought there were several kinds 

 that bloom as freely as General Jacqueminot. The larger and more 

 double a rose, the less the number of buds produced by it. Ches- 

 hunt Hybrid is a very free bloomer ; he had had a young plant 

 with fifty buds. Beaut}' of Waltham is a good rose and of good 

 color. 



Charles M. Hovey, remarked that La Peine is one of those pro- 

 ductions, which, like the Bartlett and Seckel pears and the Baldwin 

 apple, hold their popularit}^ a long time. When he visited M. Laf- 

 fa}^, the originator, at Meudon, in 1844, it was surpassed in form, 

 size, or general beauty, b}' few varieties, and it still stands among 

 the best. It can only be called washy in contrast to the dark varie- 

 ties that we have run into of late. 



Among the Teas there are many beautiful roses of but little, if 

 an}^, value for the forcing house, except under certain conditions. 

 Many of them remain closed in the bud and do not open freely. 

 The less double sorts are the most valuable, but thej^ must be cut 

 ver}' earl}' to have them in perfection. General Jacqueminot does 

 not stay long in the bud. Mr. Hovey agreed with Mr. Moore that 

 size in roses is gained at the expense of quantity ; the large flowered 

 varieties are difficult to bloom, especially under a high temperature. 



Mr. Sheppard, in answer to an inquiry from the Chair, said that 

 he thought Marechal Niel as profitable as any of the large roses. 

 In a private place he would cultivate the large fiowered varieties, 

 but the smaller ones are more profitable for the fiorist. 



Mr. Atkinson was called on to say something of a remarkably 



