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lilac, which, the raiser declared when describing 

 it, ' glistened as if powdered with silver.' 



Are there yet more gems ? Yes. New names, 

 and new and fine roses ; for such are Victor Ver- 

 dier, with large flowers and wondrously beautiful 

 large petals so shell-like; Madame Boll, most 

 perfect in all that constitutes a fine rose. Another 

 and another still ; for who can pass by and not 

 admire Comtesse de Chabrillan, Anna Alexieff, 

 Belle de Bourg la Reine, and Anna de Diesbach ? 

 No roses can be more perfect and beautiful ; and 

 yet we may add Duchesse de Cambareres, a most 

 vigorous growing rose, blooming in immense 

 clusters, giving flowers with a powerful fragrance. 

 Of all the roses in this group, the Comtesse de 

 Chabrillan is the most perfect in shape and 

 delicacy of colour, like Senateur Vaise or Gloire 

 de Santenay among crimson roses ; it is quite 

 impossible to imagine a rose more beautiful. 



BLUSH AND FLESH-COLOURED. 



Among the most desirable varieties in this class 

 of colour, is Madame Rivers, with flowers nearly 

 white: it is a vigorous grower, and appears to 

 bloom well in all climates. This was raised at 

 Lyons some ten or twelve years since by M. Gruillot, 

 and dedicated to my wife. With this very fine 

 rose we may class Madame Vidot, of the same 

 exquisite shape, but tinted with delicate pink, so 



