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enough to push into strong growth. It is 

 therefore a great advantage to obtain them 

 worked on some other stock, such as Solfa- 

 terre, De la Grifferaie, or seedling Brier. 

 The foliage is very large, thick, and lustrous ; 

 thorns comparatively few; the flowers are 

 of large size, globular shape, full, and with 

 some fragrance. None of the progeny are 

 quite equal to the mother variety in freedom 

 of bloom, hardiness, or fragrance; Marie 

 Berton, a superb pale yellow rose, ranks 

 second. Next in order come Belle Lyonnaise, 

 Mme. Trifle, and Mme. Berard, this last being 

 too much like Gloire de Dijon to be valuable 

 in a small collection. The new variety, Reine 

 Marie Henriette, which might be classed with 

 these, has already been mentioned and de- 

 scribed among the Hybrid Climbers. This 

 sort, unlike the Gloire de Dijon race, will 

 make strong plants grown from cuttings, 

 rooting and growing as freely as General 

 Jacqueminot. Besides these varieties, we 

 have climbing Devoniensis, a sport from old 

 Devoniensis and identical with it in flower, 

 but of much stronger growth. Except Climb- 

 ing Devoniensis they are more than half- 

 hardy, and will do well out of doors in posi- 

 tions that are sheltered. 



