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a few years will multiply them to a greater extent. 

 We cannot fully depend upon the very flattering, if 

 not extravagant, descriptions, of many roses ema- 

 nating from growers in every country. The beau- 

 ties of the child are most evident to the parent ; so 

 with the rose ; though its charms are sweet to all, 

 yet they are sweeter to him whose fostering hand 

 has raised it from seed. To obtain a new variety 

 meriting extra notice, in this improving age, is no 

 paltry affair ; and many, like " Queen Victoria," 

 are named before their merit has been fully tested, 

 and sent out to the floricultural world, as it were, 

 on trial. But we will mention only such in which 

 there will be no fear of disappointment. Jlubernon, 

 is an excellent bloomer, even to profusion, with 

 perfect bright rosy carmine flowers. Of the same 

 character is Augustine. Mouchelet, though more 

 on the violet colour ; it is also a rampant grower. 

 Clementine Duval has much of the character of a 

 Bourbon, even to its dwarfriess; the flowers are 

 quite perfect, of a bright pink colour. Comte de 

 Paris has magnificent large rosy-purple flowers, 

 perfect in form, with a delicate fragrance, blooming 

 superbly through the fall months. Docteur Max 

 is a new variety, not yet fully proven, but promises 

 well, with flowers of a crimson-violet colour, large 

 and perfect, growing freely. De, Neuilly is more 

 dwarf than the former ; the flowers are of a beau- 



