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CentifoUa Rosea. — Bright pink ; large ; of beautiful cupped form. 



Coquette des Blanches. — Pure white ; globular and large ; the 

 best white H3'brid Perpetual yet introduced. 



Countess of Oxford. — Bright carmine red, shaded ; very large, 

 full, and flue form ; foliage handsome. 



Edouard Morren. — In the way of Jules Margottin, but of a 

 lighter color ; large and more double. 



Etienne Levet. — Carmine ; large, full, fine form ; a seedling of 

 Victor Verdier. 



Francis Barlot. — New. 



La France. — Beautiful pale peach, rose centre ; very large and 

 full ; free bloomer ; a good bedding and decorative rose. 



Louis Van Houtte. — Eeddish scarlet and amaranth, the circum- 

 ference blackish crimson, shaded ; very large ; full, and of fine 

 globular form. 



Madame Georges Schivartz. — Fine Hortensia rose, changing to 

 glossy rose ; very large. , 



Madame Lefebvre Bernard. — Bright rose, tipped with white ; 

 freely produced, and very lai-ge. 



Madame Scipion Cochet. — Beautiful lively rose ; large and full. 



Perle de Lyon. 



Richard Wallace. — Bright rose, the petals slightly bordered with 

 white ; very large ; full and of fine form. 



Rosa Bonheur. — Pale rose ; buds very fine ; one of the best 

 for forcing. 



Souvenir de General Dotiai. — Fine bright rose ; almost full form ; 

 globular. 



Mr. Comley has also at various times through the season made 

 splendid displays of cut flowers, mostly of the varieties already 

 described. Joseph Tailby, has shown fine buds of Climbing 

 Devoniensis, Perle de Lyon, Marechal Niel, and Niphetos. James 

 McTear, very fine vases of La Sylphide and Cornelia Koch. C. 

 M. Atkinson, buds and flowers of La Sylphide and Duchess of 

 Edinburgh. E. S. Rand, Jr., good collections of Tea Roses, 

 fine sprays of Fortune's Double Banksia Rose, the best of the 

 Banksias, a very interesting description of which is given in 

 Parkman's "Book of Roses," page 153; and very fine flowers of 

 the Cherokee Rose {Rosa Icevigata)., which is also described in 

 the same work, page 196. 



The special Rose Exhibition occurred June 28th ; and, although 



