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and most elegantly-shaped flowers, most regularly 

 cupped ; colour delicate yet vivid pink. Triomphe 

 de Laqueue is another of these most elegantly- 

 shaped cupped roses, blooming in large clusters ; 

 colour deep yet vivid rose, slightly tinged with 

 lilac. 



Among Hybrid Bourbon Roses we have two 

 or three, of recent introduction, surpassingly beau- 

 tiful; and to no rose can this term be applied 

 with more justice than Coupe d'Hebe ; in habit 

 most robust, with foliage glossy, sub-evergreen, 

 and abundant ; flowers large, and most perfect in 

 shape, with petals thick and wax-like; colour 

 delicate pink, changing to blush : so delicate and 

 beautiful is this rose, that no description can do 

 justice to it. The Great Western is a rose totally 

 different to the preceding ; this is not a delicate 

 but a grand rose. Those who know the old rose, 

 Celine, may at once form an idea of the habit of 

 this rose, which is even more robust, and has made 

 shoots this season more than six feet in length, 

 and thick as a moderate sized cane ; its leaves are 

 enormous, and measure from the base to the tip 

 9 inches, leaflets 3^ by 2 inches; its large clusters 

 of flowers are produced with from ten to fifteen 

 in each, but as these are often too much crowded 

 to expand properly, it is better to thin each 

 cluster, removing about half the buds; the flowers 

 of this truly gigantic rose, are of a peculiar deep 

 rich red, sometimes tinted with purple ; they are 



