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which would be tedious to the reader. In the 

 Catalogue of 1843 accurate descriptions are given, 

 which, though brief, are correct. To variegated 

 roses of this class one has been added most espe- 

 cially deserving of notice ; this is GEillet parfau% 

 a rose raised in the West of France, and given 

 out to the world before its qualities were appre- 

 ciated. It is a hybrid between the Damask and 

 the French rose, so exactly like a carnation in its 

 beautifully-striped flowers as scarcely to be dis- 

 tinguished from one : its ground colour is pale 

 blush, striped distinctly with dark red and crim- 

 son, no other variegated rose approaching it in 

 beauty. One or two pretty varieties of Rosa 

 tricolor have lately been originated. Tricolor 

 d'Orleans is the most distinct of these : its flowers 

 are of a peculiar vivid, shaded red, striped with 

 white. A very pretty marbled rose, called Mo- 

 deste Guerin, is also worthy of notice, as some of 

 its petals are of a bright rose-colour, others nearly 

 white. Lavoisier, a new rose, is remarkable for 

 having its leaves variegated, and flowers spotted ; 

 this is a very double and finely-shaped rose. 

 Madelen Friquet is also a perfectly-shaped rose, 

 remarkably full of petals, something like that fine 

 old French rose, Crivalis. This is a spotted va- 

 riety; ground-colour, rose spotted with pale blush. 

 Some of these spotted roses, more particularly 

 those with a red or crimson ground, look as if 

 they were disfigured by the weather, i. e. as if 



