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variety, with flowers very perfect and distinct; 

 though smaller than many others it is very pro- 

 fuse. Jlsteroide, is of a bright rose colour, fully 

 double, growing freely. Bizarine, is of the me- 

 dium size, of a fine cup form, perfectly double ; 

 colour rosy-crimson, growth very strong. Bou- 

 quet de Flore, is a great favourite, and though it 

 has been cultivated some years, is yet quite scarce ; 

 the flowers are very large, perfectly double, with 

 large round firm petals, blooming very profusely; 

 it possesses considerable fragrance, is a strong 

 grower, and quite hardy. Cardinal Fesch, is the 

 reverse in growth ; the flowers are of a deep crim- 

 son colour, of medium size, but produced in profu- 

 sion, quite double and distinct, and cannot be mis- 

 taken. Celimene, grows with vigour; the shoots 

 are densely studded with strong prickles ; flowers 

 of a delicate rose colour, medium size, and fully 

 double. Ceres is a rosy lilac, perfectly double, but 

 does not open well in the early part of the season ; 

 it grows with rapidity, and opens fully after mid- 

 summer. Docteur Rogues, or Crimson Globe, of 

 the English, is of robust habit, makes an elegant 

 standard ; the flowers are globular, finely formed, 

 of a rich dark crimson colour, the plant perfectly 

 distinct, and when once seen it cannot be mistaken. 

 D 1 Yebles grows very like the old Madam Desprez, 

 but the flowers are of a much brighter colour, the 



