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the months of July or August ; the flowers are of 

 a fine blush colour, very large and cup formed ; the 

 growth of the strongest habit, and the shoots thickly 

 studded with thorns. William Wallace is of a 

 pale blush colour, an extra large flower, perfectly 

 double, blooms and grows freely. 



There could be many others named, but their 

 descriptions would merely be a repetition of those 

 given ; there are others that pass under very ex- 

 alted names, though roses of very inferior charac- 

 ter. A choice bright red or crimson Tea Rose is 

 still a desideratum ; there are several that approach 

 that colour, but are not up to the standard of a 

 connoisseur. From the cultivation of the many 

 beautiful sorts here described we may hope to see 

 ere long, this long expected treasure spring forth to 

 delight our eyes. Bon Silent seeds freely, and if 

 impregnated carefully with Bengal Roi des Cra- 

 moisis, a very fragrant rose, the results would, no 

 doubt, give bright coloured and highly scented 

 roses. The most successful grower of roses from 

 seeds has been Mr. Hardy, of the Luxembourg 

 Gardens in Paris, who annually raises thousands 

 by that process ; and there is not a year passes that 

 he does not send forth some article worthy of the 

 name of the grower. The Tea Rose is well adapted 

 for forcing, either in the hot-house or hot-beds pre- 

 pared for them; they require a temperature of from 



