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order as they were when tied up. We take this 

 precaution also with many of the Noisette and 

 Bengal varieties; this is so easily practised that it 

 should not be omitted where there is the least 

 danger. 



ROSA INDICA. 



THE BENGAL CHINESE, OK DAILY HOSE. 



THIS and Rosa Semperflorens, although consi- 

 dered distinct species, have been so completely inter- 

 mixed and amalgamated, that it is now impossible 

 to define the difference between them. They have 

 been, since their introduction fifty years ago, uni- 

 versally cultivated, and are admired by all. Not 

 only the cottager and the great, but the poor inmate 

 of the most cheerless abode, and the lonely widow 

 whose domains extend not beyond the length and 

 breadth of her window-sill all call in this favourite, 

 to adorn the humble porch, to decorate the fanciful 

 parterre, to throw a gleam of light in the desolate 

 attic, and to speak of flowers that never fade. 

 They are of a very hardy nature, and will endure 

 almost every vicissitude of treatment, but cannot 

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