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crimson rose with so much odour ; the flowers too 

 were large, fully double, and cup formed; the plant 

 three or four feet high, and fully loaded with its 

 gorgeous flowers. It has since appeared in several 

 collections, having been imported under the name 

 of Eugene Beauharnais, nor does the transmuta- 

 tion of names appear to have stopped there, for I 

 have recently seen it travelling under the name of 

 Bourbon Beauharnais; it grows freely, and is well 

 worth cultivating. Rubens, or Ruban Pourpre, 

 of the English, is a distinct rosy-violet coloured 

 variety, with perfectly formed flowers, though not 

 so strong in growth as many others. Semper- 

 florens; this is the far famed crimson Chinese, or 

 San guinea Rose, the type of all the scarlet or 

 crimson varieties of this division; it is perfectly 

 double, cup shaped, of a rich crimson colour, and 

 is universally cultivated ; its nature is not so hardy 

 as some others, but yet it withstands our winters 

 with very simple protection, and though of humble 

 growth gives a profusion of bloom throughout the 

 entire season. Triomphant, or Bengal Triom- 

 phant, is a popular rose, very large and full, of a 

 violet-crimson colour, and may be often seen of 

 every shade, from rosy-lilac to violet-crimson ; the 

 flowers are always perfect in form. The plarft has 

 passed under several other names in Europe, such 

 as La Superba, Grande et Belle, Pseony Noisette, 



