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but, under all circumstances, it is a pretty and 

 most distinct rose. Princess Victoria was raised 

 from seed at Linton in Cambridgeshire by a Mr. 

 Gimson. This is a fine brilliant crimson rose, 

 and generally a good show flower, as it is very 

 double, and regular in its form. Porcelaine 

 Royale is a beautifully-shaped mottled rose ; not 

 large, but cupped, and perfect in its form, and 

 adapted for a show rose. Renoncule Ponctuee, 

 or the Spotted Ranunculus, is happily named ; 

 for it is much like a ranunculus, both in its form 

 and in the disposition of its colours. When this 

 rose opens well (which, owing to the crowded 

 state of its petals, it sometimes fails to do), it is a 

 peculiar and beautiful variety. The Superb Tus- 

 cany is a seedling from the Old Tuscany, with 

 larger and more double flowers ; very dark, per- 

 haps more so than those of its parent, yet their 

 colour is not so brilliant. 



Sir Walter Scott is a good rose, finely-shaped, 

 of that deep purplish-rose colour which has a very 

 rich appearance ; it is well calculated for a show 

 rose, as its shape is generally perfect. Sombrieul 

 is a delicate spotted rose, something like Aurelie ; 

 probably having the same origin, as it was raised 

 from seed by the same grower. Tricolor, or La 

 Belle Alliance, is now a very old variety; in 

 some soils producing flowers prettily striped with 

 yellowish white, in others its flowers are quite 

 plain. Tricolor Pompon seems to be merely a 



