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last-mentioned varieties are finer grown as stand- 

 ards than in any other mode, as their flowers are 

 large and pendulous. Titus is a remarkably 

 pretty purple rose, blooming in large clusters. 

 Its flowers are not large, but finely shaped and 

 very distinct. Victor Hugo, one of the finest of 

 the lilac-coloured roses, deserves a place in every 

 collection. It produces flowers of the very largest 

 size, globular, and finely shaped. This is a very 

 erect growing rose, and may be cultivated either 

 as a standard or a dwarf. Velours Episcopal is a 

 new and beautiful variety, perfectly globular,, of 

 a fine crimson purple, inclining to the latter co- 

 lour. Wellington is now an old rose : for some 

 time thought to be the same as Bizarre de la 

 Chine, but now found to be quite different in its 

 habit and growth, though its flowers have an 

 exact resemblance. 



As with French roses, the new varieties of this 

 family are too numerous for detailed descriptions, 

 but Saint Ursule, Comtesse de Lacepede, and 

 Adalila ought not to be passed over ; they are all 

 of the most perfect shape and delicate tints. As 

 rose-coloured roses, Charles Duval, and Richelieu, 

 are quite perfection in the form of their flowers, 

 and for vivid rose-coloured varieties, Lord John 

 Russell, General Allard, and Louis Fries, can- 

 not be too much recommended; they are all 

 truly beautiful. Charles Duval and Lord John 

 Russell are hybrid Bourbon roses, and it is 



