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cottage-garden, growing among plants of the 

 common Cabbage Rose. This variety was at 

 first much esteemed, and plants of it were sold at 

 very high prices. Most probably this was not a 

 seedling from the Old Cabbage Kose, as that is 

 too double to bear seed in this country, but what 

 is called by florists a sporting* branch or sucker. 

 In describing this and the next division I shall 

 have occasion to notice more of these spontaneous 

 deviations. The Striped Unique is one ; for this 

 was not raised from seed, but, a flowering branch 

 of the Unique having produced striped flowers, 

 plants were budded from it, and the variety was 

 " fixed," as the French florists term it. However, 

 this is certainly not fixed ; for it is a most incon- 

 stant rose, in some soils producing flowers beau- 

 tifully striped, in others entirely red, and in the 

 soil of this nursery most frequently pure white. 

 In Sussex, where, this season (1837), it has 

 bloomed finely in its variegated character, it has 

 been honoured with a new name, and is now 

 known as "the Maid of the Valley." The Wel- 

 lington Provence is one of the largest of this 

 division, something like Grand Bercam in the 

 colour of its flowers, which are of a beautiful 



* A term used to denote any portion of a plant departing 

 from the character the entire plant should sustain. Thus, one 

 stem of a carnation will often produce plain-coloured flowers, 

 while the remainder of the plant has striped flowers : it is then 

 said " to sport. " 



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