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been pronounced more beautiful than its far-famed 

 parent ; after a time, however, most of these pro- 

 mising children have settled down into esteemed 

 members of the Geant family, but have not totally 

 eclipsed their parent. 



In enumerating the fine roses of this range 

 of colour one is almost bewildered, so numerous 

 are they. It would seem, when one sees a fine 

 flower of Senateur Vaise just on the point of ex- 

 panding, that no rose, or indeed no flower, can 

 be more brilliant, more beautiful ; yet I have 

 sometimes bent over Gloire de Santenay, and 

 thought it still more so : the flowers of both are 

 so perfect in shape, so brilliant, and so exceed- 

 ingly beautiful. Charles Lefebre, Franpois 

 Lacharme, Alphonse Damaizin, Due de Kohan, 

 Due de Gazes, Maurice Bernardin, Madame 

 Cl6mence Joigneaux, Professor Koch, Madame 

 Julie Daran, Olivier Delhomme, Souvenir de 

 Comte Cavour, and La Brillante, form a per- 

 fect galaxy of rose beauty. I cannot see the 

 possibility of surpassing the above by new 

 varieties, and yet they come, or pretend to come, 

 every season from France. This spring some fine 

 new varieties are ushered into the rose-world of 

 England, and some thousands of francs have been 

 sent over to our neighbours in exchange for a 

 host of new names, to be added to the rose 

 catalogues of the day, so as to perplex both 

 buyers and sellers. This incessant introduction 



