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In describing a few select varieties of this class, 

 our first group shall comprise those with rose- 

 coloured flowers; and two more beautiful roses 

 cannot be imagined than Adam and Souvenir 

 d'un Ami. How large, how finely shaped and 

 fragrant are their flowers ! Two very old friends 

 in this range of colour deserve also a good word : 

 Goubault for its exquisite fragrance, and Princesse 

 Marie for greenhouse culture only, as its magni- 

 ficent flowers seldom or never open in the open 

 air. Many so-called yellow roses are in this 

 group ; but very few, however, deserve the appel- 

 lation. Vicomtesse de Gazes and Elise Sauvage 

 are well-known roses, and really are not yet sur- 

 passed; the latter has, apparently, of late years 

 become very delicate in its habit : this is to be 

 regretted, for it is one of the most beautiful of 

 roses. Canary, a new semi-double rose from 

 Lyons ; in bud it is of the most brilliant yellow, 

 and quite charming, but it must always be 

 gathered when in bud. 



Moire and Barbot, two pale flesh-coloured roses, 

 tinted with fawn, are very double and fine ; the 

 former is one of the largest roses of this class. 

 Devoniensis, the only Tea-scented Rose ever 

 raised in England, is still unrivalled : its creamy 

 white flowers, with their delicate rose tint, are 

 always beautiful. Among these almost white 

 roses Madame Willermoz is very fine ; its flowers 

 are slightly tinted in the centre with salmon; 



