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out the season ; they are of about the same 

 degree of hardiness as the Bourbons that is, 

 will winter with perfect safety if given some 

 slight protection, such as hilling up earth 

 about the plants or covering them with a 

 loose litter or evergreen branches. It is not 

 easy to ascertain the origin of this class, but 

 the varieties are mostly from crosses of Bour- 

 bon on Noisette and vice versa. They all re- 

 quire pretty severe pruning. The most 

 beautiful in the class are Madame Noman, 

 Mdlle. Bonnaire, and Eliza Boelle, a trio of 

 white roses which might well represent the 

 three Graces. There is too strong a resem- 

 blance between them to make all desirable 

 in a small collection, but it is difficult to 

 know which of them to reject. Our own pref- 

 erence inclines towards Madame Noman. 

 These are the most delicate in habit ; of the 

 stronger growing varieties which partake 

 more of the Noisette character, Coquette des 

 Alpes, Coquette des Blanches, and Mme. 

 Auguste Perrin are most noteworthy. 

 Baronne de Maynard, Madame Alfred de 

 Rougemont, and Madame Frangois Pittet are 

 worthy a place in collections of considerable 

 extent. 



The Hybrid Perpetual, or Hybrid Remontant 

 Rose (Rosa Damascena Hybrida) is by far the 



