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form and color, and odorous ; the Duke of Edinburgh, beautiful 

 when grown in a moist, cool climate, but fading under our hot sun ; 

 and lastly, the Baroness Rothschild, a superb rose of extreme 

 delicac}', with an exquisite foliage, and of great value to the florist 

 for greenhouse culture. 



Tliere is a t3-pe recently introduced, more valuable than any I 

 have spoken of, called " Hybrid Tea," of which La France was tlie 

 original in 1869, of silvery rose color, and having the combination 

 of tlie Provence and Tea perfumes. 



It is now regarded as a decided advance in the art of rose cult- 

 ure to obtain new varieties which shall comliine the hardiness of 

 La Reine and Paul Neyron with the free-blooming qualities and 

 fragrance of Bon Silene and Souvenir d'un Ami. In this class 

 nature has been relied upon to accomplish what we wish b}' sow- 

 ing the seed promiscuous!}', producing some flowers that are tea 

 scented, while others show the Tea blood in the foliage. Roses of 

 this family, which are looked upon with much interest, and which 

 have novelty and promise of usefulness, are the Duke and Duchess 

 of Connaught, Cheshunt Hybrid, Viscountess Falmouth, Madame 

 Alexander Bernaix, Madame filienue Levot, Julius Finger, Wil- 

 liam Francis Bennett, and Lady Mary Fitzwilliam. 



The roses of the past have been the product of nature, umiided 

 bv human efljort, while those of the present chiefly come from 

 sowing the seeds of varieties which have not been crossed. The 

 roses of the future maj- and should be produced principally as the 

 result of artificial fecundation and hybridization. Our aim should 

 be to control and assist nature as far as possible in her tendeuc\' 

 toward variation ; and in order to obtain new sorts of marked in- 

 dividuality', we should avoid crossing varieties too much alike, for 



" This is an Art 

 Which does mend Nature, change it rather ; but 

 The Art itself is Nature." 



Some physiologists are of the opinion that, in hybridizing, the 

 offspring assumes the foliage and habits of the male, while the 

 flowers are influenced more by the female. If this be so, the head 

 and hands may look for any result the mind may suggest ; and at 

 least we must conclude, from the advance made within a brief 

 period, b}' the introduction of new groups, that there is much 

 which is desirable in the rose that we do not already possess, but 

 is yet to be obtained. While the botanist collects and examines 



