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and is one of the strongest growing hybrids. Fleu- 

 rette is a pretty pale coloured rose, very perfect, 

 but perhaps too small for the general taste of 

 growers. Gen 9 1 Lamarque, or Lamarque of Lux- 

 embourg, is a bronzed mottled crimson of curious 

 shades, a large flower, always very distinct, per- 

 fectly double, and a strong grower. George the 

 Fourth, or Rivers' George the Fourth, is an old 

 but splendid variety, of the richest crimson colour, 

 always perfect and fully double, of cupped form, a 

 free grower in rich soils, and makes a splendid 

 pillar rose. Mr. Rivers, of England, a celebrated 

 rose grower, raised this variety from seed, nearly 

 thirty years ago ; according to his own history of 

 the plant, it came up in a bed of seedlings, unex- 

 pected, and without any act on his part to produce 

 it. This shows that superior varieties may be 

 grown from seeds saved indiscriminately from 

 choice sorts, without the aid of hybridizing, which 

 I will prove still more clearly. However, through 

 the manual hybridizing process great improve- 

 ments have been, and are constantly being made. 

 Georgia is an old distinct variety, being bright 

 rose, with white edge, large and fine, but rather 

 tender for a northern latitude. Grillony is a large 

 and superb rose, of a slaty colour and strong 

 growth. Hybride Blanche is a small neat white 

 rose, with a profusion of flowers. Helvetius is of 



