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warm disputants (Frenchmen generally are), and 

 to so "much ado about nothing," would coolly 

 turn away and smile at such violent altercation, 

 and their making a trifle " light as air " a matter 

 of such grave importance. Walner is a true 

 Bourbon Rose, dwarf, bright-coloured, and very 

 distinct and pretty. 



A few very remarkable additions have been 

 made to this family since the publication of the 

 first edition of this little work ; which, were it not 

 for the endless variations in flowers in which we find 

 pleasure, would seem to leave us nothing more to 

 wish for in Bourbon Roses. Dark crimson va- 

 rieties, with double and finely-shaped flowers, were 

 desiderata, but are so no longer ; for in " Le Grand 

 Capitaine," perhaps so named, in compliment to 

 our " Great Captain," we have one of the most 

 brilliant Crimson Scarlet Roses known; this seems 

 a seedling from Gloire de Rosomene, as it has the 

 same serrated foliage and habit. Splendens, or 

 Crimson Madame Desprez and the Crimson Globe, 

 seem to be all that can be wished for ; they are both 

 of the most robust habits, they bloom constantly, 

 and their flowers open freely ; these are of a rich 

 purplish crimson, the latter is the deepest in colour. 

 The first will probably form a fine pillar rose, and as 

 a standard it equals in luxuriance of growth the 

 most robust of our Bourbon Roses. Madame Nerard, 

 as a pale rose-coloured variety, is most perfect in 

 the shape of its flowers, and Desgaches, a fine rose- 



