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bourg: they are pretty, but not enough distinct 

 to be recommended: to the collector only they 

 will prove interesting. Louise Colet is a re- 

 markable and distinct variety, not so much in 

 the colour of its flowers as in its curious leafy 

 sepals, giving the flower a pretty and singular 

 character. Malvina, raised by the same culti- 

 vator at Angers, is really a good double rose ; the 

 whole plant distinct in character; flowers full 

 sized, and very double, of a bright rose-colour 

 slightly tinged with lilac. Pompone Feu is a 

 dwarf variety, with peculiar brilliant pink flowers, 

 not quite double : this is a pretty dwarf rose, and 

 should be planted with the other Pompone moss 

 roses. Princess Royal was raised here from seed 

 by crossing that old variety Mousseuse ponctuee 

 with the Tuscany Rose. This would indeed be 

 the most splendid of moss roses if its flowers were 

 quite double; they are not so, but still more 

 than semi-double, and the number of its petals 

 seems to increase annually, as in the Single Crim- 

 son Moss, which, from being quite single, is now 

 semi-double. Princess Royal is, if possible, still 

 more robust in its habit than the Luxembourg ; 

 it makes shoots five to seven feet in one season ; 

 its leaves and shoots in spring are of a deep red ; 

 it 'gives a profusion of flowers, which are of a very 

 deep crimson purple, mottled with bright red ; 

 when in bud, or half expanded, they are very 

 beautiful. As this rose bears seed freely, it will 

 most probably be the parent of some unique va- 



