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parents of some large-flowering and splendid 

 varieties. 



An attempt to obtain a Mossy Crimson Per- 

 petual might be made by planting Louis Philippe 

 with the Single Crimson Moss. To roses, and 

 many other gardening operations, the hacknied 

 motto may justly be applied, " Nil desperandum." 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 



This class has now become so rich in beautiful 

 roses, that a separate notice must be devoted to 

 them. In p. 39 is given the origin of Hybrid 

 China Roses, which it is well known bloom but 

 once in the season. Some of these hybrids or 

 mules, unlike many plants of the same descrip- 

 tion, bear seed freely. These fertile varieties 

 have been crossed with different varieties of China 

 and Bourbons. From seed thus produced we have 

 gained anew race of autumnal roses, bearing abun- 

 dance of flowers during the whole of the summer 

 and autumn, and now called Hybrid Perpetuals. 

 Certainly a more beautiful and interesting class of 

 roses does not exist ; their flowers are large, very 

 double, most fragrant, and produced till the end 

 of October. Their habit is robust and vigorous 

 in a remarkable degree ; and, above all, they are 

 perfectly hardy, and will grow well in any climate 

 in Great Britain, however far north ; but caution 

 will be required in selecting varieties for cold and 

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