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d'Ajaccio and Souvenir d'Anselnie are two new 

 roses of precisely the habit of Gloire de Roso- 

 mene, with flowers of the same colour, but quite 

 double; these are both beautiful and very fragrant 

 roses. A race of delicately pale flesh-coloured 

 roses has sprung from Madame Nerard. Of these 

 the most beautiful are Manteau de Jeanne d'Arc, 

 almost white ; and Heine de Congres and Com- 

 tesse de Resseguier, of the most delicate blush ; 

 these are all elegant and beautiful roses. 



In the preceding notices of sorts, I have pur- 

 posely mentioned the habits of those that deviate 

 a little from the characters of the generality; in 

 forming a clump, it will therefore be seen which 

 to place in the front, and which in the centre ; 

 several varieties in the catalogue not noticed here 

 are equal in beauty to those that are ; but as their 

 habits have nothing particularly distinctive, I 

 have, to avoid being tedious, not described them. 



Bourbon Roses most certainly show themselves 

 to greater advantage on stems from one to three 

 feet in height, than in any other mode of culture ; 

 if on their own roots, they are too near the ground, 

 and the autumnal rains spoil their delicate blos- 

 soms, by dashing the dirt upon them. They seem 

 to grow well in all soils, but I should recommend, 

 in spite of the above objection, those who have 

 only a dry and poor sandy soil, to have plants on 

 their roots, as the Dog-Rose will not flourish in 

 such soils ; though cultivated roses in soils of the 



