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rose. Laura, with flowers very large, of a fine rosy 

 blush, is a first-rate and most beautiful variety, de- 

 serving of all that can be said in its praise. Madame 

 Huet and Rose Devigne are delicate blush roses 

 much alike, and both beautiful ; the latter has, 

 perhaps, the larger flowers of the two. The co- 

 lour of both is very similar, being a delicate blush, 

 A new white rose, Princesse Clementine, has 

 within the last season been introduced ; this was 

 raised at Angers, and is reported to be the finest 

 and largest white rose known. Nero is a fine 

 deep purplish red rose, grouping admirably with 

 the, perhaps, too many pale roses in this family. 

 Semilasso is also a deep-coloured and finely-shaped 

 rose, equally worth a place in the rose-garden. 

 Hypacia is a new variety of much beauty ; flowers 

 perfectly cupped, and of the most regular shape ; 

 colour deep pink, occasionally mottled : this is a 

 distinct and charming rose. 



Hybrid Provence roses are very robust and 

 hardy, useful to the rose amateur, as serving to 

 form a most delicate group of soft colours : they 

 also make admirable standards, as the branches of 

 most of the varieties are inclined to be spreading^, 

 diffuse, and of course graceful. 



The seed-bearing roses of this family are the 

 Globe Hip, the flowers of which should not be fer- 

 tilised if pure white roses are desired. Some few 

 years since I raised a plentiful crop of seedlings 

 from this rose, fertilised with the Tuscany, nearly 



