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strong grower, and should be in every collection. 

 Don Carlos, may be mentioned for being repre- 

 sented as a striped variety; it closely resembles the 

 common Sanguinea, though not so bright, and has 

 about as many stripes as Sanguinea. Duchess of 

 Kent, is a neat pale pink rose, of a dwarf habit, 

 arid rather small sized flower. Etna, of Luxem- 

 bourg and U Etna are the same, and like Belle 

 Isidore has that changeable colour from rose to 

 crimson ; the petals are often tipped with scarlet, 

 making it very attractive. Fabvier, and Noisette 

 JJgrippina, are the same, and admired for brilliancy 

 of colour (being near a scarlet) and its seeding 

 qualities. Gig an tea is an old strong growing 

 sort, producing very large and fully double flowers, 

 blooming perfectly, and quite hardy. Gros Charles 

 is a magnificent variety, with large perfectly imbri- 

 cated flowers of a shaded rose colour 5 the plant 

 also grows free and strong. Hibbertia is an Ame- 

 rican of fourteen years standing, and is one of the 

 prettiest pink fully double roses we have ; though 

 of weak growth it produces large flowers with 

 considerable fragrance. Indica is the common 

 variety, and generally known as the Daily Rose, 

 from its frequency in blooming, and not from its 

 blooming every day, as some suppose; it is the 

 type of the family. When we say large, we mean 

 larger than this rose (Daily), and when small, we 



