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in 1810, and botanists have made it a species; 

 but, like the Hose de Meaux and Pompon Roses, 

 which are dwarf varieties of Rosa centifolia, this is 

 undoubtedly nothing but a dwarf seminal variety 

 of the common China Rose. Many plants that 

 have been long under cultivation have a tendency 

 to produce from seed these pigmy likenesses of 

 themselves : among these little " faerie queens," 

 Caprice des Dames is a pretty morsel of beauty 

 with vivid rose-coloured flowers. Gloire des Law- 

 renceanas is one of the prettiest of the tribe ; its 

 flowers are of a dark crimson, and larger than 

 those of any other variety. Jenny and Lillipu- 

 tienne are both of them bright-coloured and 

 pretty roses. Nigra has not black flowers, but 

 they are of the darkest crimson, and very pretty. 

 This was named by some florist, with that exag- 

 geration peculiar to the craft ; this is not done by 

 the florist wilfully to deceive, but is merely given 

 as descriptive of what he wishes the flower to be, 

 rather than of what it really is. Brugmansia san- 

 guinea is a case in point ; and many other sangui- 

 neas and coccineas might be mentioned, in which 

 the colours of the flowers which bear those im- 

 posing names approach to any thing rather than 

 blood or scarlet. To return to Roses ; Pallida is 

 the only variety in this division approaching to 

 white. Its flowers, when they first open, are 

 nearly of pure white, but they soon change to a 

 pale flesh-colour: this is rather a delicate rose, 

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