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a pretty variegated appearance. Belle Archinto 

 and Bardon are both pale-coloured fine roses, very 

 double and good, but resembling each other too 

 much to be planted in the same bed. Beau Car- 

 min, S., is a rich dark crimson-shaded rose, raised 

 in the Luxembourg Gardens, and a fine and dis- 

 tinct variety. Belle de Florence is a very double 

 and finely-shaped pale carmine rose, very distinct 

 and pretty. Belle Isidore, like a few others in 

 this division, is a changeable rose : its flowers will 

 open in the morning, and show only the colour of 

 the common China Rose, but by the afternoon 

 they will have changed to a dark crimson. Ca- 

 mellia blanche is an old variety, with large glo- 

 bular flowers of the purest white : this rose has a 

 fine effect on a standard, as its flowers are gener- 

 ally pendulous. Camellia rouge is also an old 

 variety, not differing in colour from the common, 

 but with stiff petals and very erect flowers, giving 

 it a Camellia-like appearance. Cameleon, like 

 Belle Isidore, is a changeable rose, and very pro- 

 perly named : this has larger flowers than Isidore, 

 though not quite so double, and a more robust 

 habit, so that it forms a good standard. The two 

 finest varieties of these mutable roses are Arch- 

 duke Charles and Virginie ; during their change 

 they are often variegated like a carnation, and 

 are truly beautiful. Comtesse de Molore is a 

 new rose, said to be fine and distinct, but it 

 has not yet bloomed here in perfection. Cou- 



