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fusion of its delicate pink flowers, in clusters, the 

 whole season ; its fragrance, also, is so agreeable, 

 that it makes it a great favourite with all. The 

 Qua t re Saisons Blanc, or White Monthly Da- 

 mask, is not so constant a bloomer as the former, 

 rarely putting forth a succession of flowers, unless 

 in very rich light soil ; it is very like the White, 

 Damask, which is often substituted for it, though 

 it does not produce its bloom in close clusters, like 

 the White Monthly. The Perpetual White Moss 

 has already been noticed, but we may here say 

 that it is a " Sport," as florists term it, from the 

 White or Pink Monthly Damask; plants of it having 

 been known to assume the habit of those varieties. 

 Requien, is a very distinct rose, the flowers ex- 

 panding large and flat, very double, of a pale flesh 

 colour, with very strong foliage and habit. Scotch 

 Perpetual, does not bloom so constantly as we 

 might expect from the name; yet it gives occasional 

 clusters of flowers of nearly a white colour, during 

 the summer months ; its foliage, too, is very distinct 

 from any of those named ; it has more of the brier 

 character, and is very similar in growth to the old 

 Scotch Rose. Stanwell, is an English variety; a 

 true Perpetual, blooming profusely and constantly 

 the whole summer, till late in the season. Its habit 

 is also like a Scotch Rose, though stronger in all 

 its parts, with large double pale blush flowers of 



