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age, are all charms which it really possesses, and it 

 will some time enjoy its reputation, till another star 

 has the ascendant ; every year brings with it some 

 particular plant possessing beauties that outshine 

 all others ; thus we have had Dr. Rogues, Grand 

 Capitaine, now Paul Joseph, next I suppose will 

 be the unequalled (as yet unseen) " Vicomtesse de 

 Reseguire," a large double pure white, edged with 

 rose. Phillip ar, is a very distinct Bourbon, of a 

 beautiful peach-blossom colour; the plant grows 

 rapidly when well established, producing very 

 large clusters of flowers, rather under medium 

 size, but in profusion, forming a handsome pillar 

 plant. Proserpine, has more of purple in its 

 colour than any of the others; the flowers are 

 very perfectly formed ; they have been small with 

 us, but no doubt will be much larger when once 

 the plant becomes established ; it is yet quite new. 

 Reine des lies de Bourbon, or the Queen of the 

 Bourbons, has been admired ever since it made its 

 appearance in the family; at first it was thought to 

 be a Bengal, the same as " Madam Bosanquet," 

 which is also classed by some among the Bour- 

 bons. The colour is a beautiful waxy blush, with 

 petals perfectly formed, bold, and cup-shaped; a 

 half-blown rose from this plant is loveliness itself; 

 the plant is rather dwarf in habit, but in a proper 

 climate and genial soil, will grow as high as de- 



