142 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



from thirty to seventy bloom in each when the 

 plant is fully established ; the foliage is a rich 

 green, strong and handsome. Madam Neumann, 

 Le Brun, Gloire de France, or the Monthly Cab- 

 bage, appear to be one and the same rose. I have 

 repeatedly gone from plant to plant, and compared 

 flower with flower, but could come to no other con- 

 clusion; when Le Brun appeared with so fine a 

 character, about three years ago, I tried to per- 

 suade myself it was a new rose, but in vain; if 

 they are not one and the same, they are at least 

 perfectly similar, producing fine large deep rose 

 coloured flowers of exquisite fragrance, but do not 

 open well in the early part of the season, or during 

 wet weather ; they are of strong growth, requiring 

 very rich soil. Marechal de Villars is a very 

 beautiful and distinct rose, with bright rosy -purple 

 flowers, very compact, blooming profusely in either 

 wet or dry soils; it is a good grower, and wil^ 

 always reward the care bestowed upon it ; it will 

 grow either as a bush or pillar rose. Ninon de 

 Lenclos, is a free growing deep rosy purple variety, 

 but never shows its character of free blooming till 

 well established; whereas many Bourbon Roses 

 bloom when a few inches high. Paul Joseph, is 

 quite a new variety, and of course is to eclipse all 

 its predecessors ; the beauty of growth, symmetry 

 of flower, brilliant crimson colour, rich large foli- 



