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name of any rose knowingly, merely to prevent 

 his brethren in the trade from reaping at once any 

 benefit by procuring the article from its original 

 source, or to deprive a co-lover and ac^mitiet tff the\ 

 rose from possessing the plant- immediately,, a^4 

 from enjoying an equal pleasure With* -Ms 'weigh* 

 bour. American growers are not so directly crimi- 

 nal in this respect, but they are frequently led into 

 error by purchasing from some French importers, 

 who, in many instances, have plants to suit any 

 name or colour. It is surprising that we patiently 

 submit to having the same dose of humbug so fre- 

 quently administered to us. We are also occasion- 

 ally caught by our English rose-growers, who in 

 visiting France, pick up the surplus stock of any 

 new and choice rose, take it home, advertise boldly 

 under a new name, and sell it at a golden price. 

 Super ba is one of our oldest Noisettes, and holds a 

 rank among the first for profusion of bloom, of a 

 pale pink colour, and in splendid clusters from the 

 base to the top of the plant, forming a very excel- 

 lent pillar variety ; it will not exceed seven feet in 

 height with us. Victorieuse, Pictorium, or La 

 Victorieuse, is perhaps more of a Tea than Noi- 

 sette, being very like the former, except the clus- 

 tering of its flowers, which are large pale blush, 

 beautiful and fragrant, dwarf growing. Vitel- 

 lina is strongly hybridized with the Tea Rose, and 



