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may be known as nearly as possible, form 

 many groups, classes, divisions, and sub- 

 divisions enough to make the head of 

 the reader swim in a sea of perplexity; 

 others, in order to avoid a multiplicity of 

 groups, narrow the classification to a few 

 divisions, and, in so doing, bury completely 

 the distinguishing characteristics of a variety. 

 The former, besides arranging Hybrid Per- 

 petuals into groups of Hybrid Noisettes and 

 Hybrid Teas, further divide them into such 

 groups as Hybrid Bourbons, Rose de Roso- 

 mane, Rose de Trianon, etc. The latter 

 would place all these among Hybrid Perpet- 

 uals. I confess to leaning towards this lat- 

 ter class ; but where we have distinguishing 

 characteristics that are very marked, and 

 other new varieties of the same or similar 

 peculiarities are following, it seems desir- 

 able to provide a distinctive name and divi- 

 sion for them. Thus, when Guillot intro- 

 duced La France, it was appropriately placed 

 among the Hybrid Perpetual Roses, although 

 known to have originated from the seed of a 

 Tea Rose. It would have been unwise to 

 make a class for the exclusive benefit of this 

 beauty, trusting that worthy companions 

 might in the future be found for her; but 

 now that we have Cannes La Coquette, Ches- 



