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as to be wax-like and most beautiful. Caroline de 

 Sansal its flowers are of a delicate pink in the 

 centre is a vigorous grower and a fine rose. 

 And then we have Madame Ducher and Made- 

 moiselle Eugenie Verdier, roses delicate and 

 beautiful in colour, 



WHITE. 



We have as yet not a long list of roses of this 

 desirable colour. Virginal, a pure white rose 

 raised from seed at Lyons, with petals rather too 

 thin and unequal, is still a very interesting 

 variety, and quite worthy of culture. Louise 

 Magnan, a fine large double rose, which on 

 opening is nearly pure white, becoming soon 

 tinted with flesh-colour, is an acquisition ; but it 

 requires a warm dry climate to make it expand 

 its flowers freely. Dr. Henon, with flowers rather 

 small, white, slightly tinted with straw-colour, is 

 a rose of delicate growth. Mademoiselle Bon- 

 naire is a new and pretty white rose, with its 

 central petals delicately tinted with pink ; and 

 Princesse Imperiale Clotilde, still more pure in 

 the pearly whiteness of its outer petals, with just 

 a souppon of pink in its centre; is a beautiful 

 variety. To these we may now add some varieties 

 of a new race which have been raised from seed 

 at Lyons, the birthplace of so many fine roses. 

 These are hybrids, partaking of the colour and 

 nature of our fine old Noisette Aimee Vibert. 



