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In preference to giving a slight history of the 

 family at the commencement, I shall, as I describe 

 them, at the risk of being tedious, give the sup- 

 posed origin of most of the varieties ; premising, 

 that all those termed true perpetuals have, gene- 

 rally, a terminal cluster of buds at the end of each 

 shoot, whether produced in spring, summer, or 

 autumn. 



Antinous is a new rose, evidently between the 

 French Rose and Crimson Perpetual, equalling 

 that fine rose in form and fragance, and surpassing 

 it in beauty of colouring ; but it partakes rather 

 more than it ought to do of the French Rose, as 

 it [is not a True Perpetual. However, it often 

 puts forth its fine crimson-purple flowers in Sep- 

 tember; it will therefore be much esteemed, as we 

 have hitherto been accustomed to roses of more 

 sober hues in that pleasant month. Billiard, so 

 named from a French rose amateur, is a pretty 

 bright rose, very fragrant and double, and a True 

 Perpetual. Belle Italienne approaches very near 

 to the Crimson Perpetual, except that its flowers 

 are larger, and not quite so double : this is also a 

 True Perpetual. Bernard, or Pompon Perpetual, 

 is a most beautiful new rose, with rather small 

 flowers ; but these are very double and finely 

 shaped, of a delicate carmine colour: this is a 

 True Perpetual, and a most desirable rose. 



The Crimson Perpetual, Rose du Roi, or Lee's 

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