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the seed of that good old rose, the Globe Hip, but 

 with smaller and more double flowers, of the 

 same pure white; a pretty and distinct variety. 

 Blanchefleur is of the most delicate flesh-colour, 

 or nearly white ; very distinct, and even now 

 (1843) one of the finest roses known. Cleliee 

 is a magnificent rose, of the largest dimensions, 

 forming a very fine standard, as its branches are 

 graceful and spreading. Celinette is also a very 

 large and fine rose, of the most delicate flesh- 

 colour, possessing in its habits all the characters 

 of this division. 



Duchesse d'Angouleme, or the Wax Rose, is 

 an old but deservedly a favourite variety : its 

 colour is so delicate and its form so perfect that 

 it must always be admired; the habit of the plant 

 is most luxuriant, and rather more erect than most 

 other members of this family. Enchantress grande 

 Henriette, or Rose Parmentier, for these, and I 

 believe some others, are its synonymes, is an old 

 and most beautiful variety, so double and finely- 

 shaped that it may be considered a prize-rose of 

 the first character. 



Gracilis, or Shailer's Provence, is a very old 

 and delicate-growing rose, unlike most other va- 

 rieties of this family in its habit, as it seems to be 

 between the Boursault and Provence Rose. 



The Globe Hip, the "Boule de Neige" of the 

 French, was raised from seed many years since at 

 the Hammersmith nursery. This is now much 

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