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ronne des Pourpres is a dark crimson changeable 

 rose ; to this colour the French give the name of 

 " pourpre," or purple : this is apt to mislead, as 

 our purple is, as I scarcely need say, so totally 

 different. Cramoisie eblouissante, S., and Cra- 

 moisie superieure, S., the last, the finest, and most 

 double, are both brilliant and excellent varieties 

 of Rosa semperflorens. Countess of Albemarle 

 is now a rose tolerably well known ; this was a 

 great favourite in France when first originated : 

 it is a fine robust variety, very fragrant, and 

 forms a good standard. Due de Bordeaux is 

 now an old, but still a pretty and distinct rose, 

 with that bluish-lilac tinge peculiar to a few va- 

 rieties in this division. Duchess of Kent, S., is 

 quite a gem ; so perfect is the shape of its very 

 double and delicately coloured flowers, that it 

 must and will become a favourite. Fabvier, S., 

 approaches nearer to scarlet than any other China 

 Rose ; its flowers are not quite double, but very 

 brilliant and beautiful. Gardenia is a variety, 

 approaching to the Tea-scented roses in its habit ; 

 its flowers have also a peculiar fragrance : this is a 

 distinct rose. Grandiflora is one of the most robust 

 and finest of its class ; it a little resembles that 

 well-known rose, Triompharite, orPseony Noisette, 

 but has larger and more globular-shaped flowers : 

 this is a fine and distinct variety, and forms a 

 good standard. Henry the Fifth, S., is one of 

 those vivid scarlet roses that in calm cloudy 

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