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being seeded from a Hybrid Perpetual Rose 

 (Victor Verdier) fertilized by the Tea Safra- 

 no, while all the others are seeded from Tea 

 Roses fertilized by Hybrid Remontants; but 

 it seems eminently proper that at least all 

 direct crosses between the two classes, no 

 matter whether the seed parent be Tea or 

 Hybrid Perpetual, should be grouped with 

 the Hybrid Teas. These roses are all of 

 moderate growth, and must have close prun- 

 ing and be grown in rich soil. Most of them 

 (ten varieties) were sent out in 1879 by Mr. 

 Henry Bennett, of Stapleford, England. It 

 is not yet known how desirable they will be 

 for out-of-door culture, but for forcing under 

 glass a few of Bennett's raising are proving 

 to be of some value. They seem to produce 

 as many flowers in the season as do the 

 Bengals, excelling many of the Teas proper 

 in profusion of bloom. Beauty of Stapleford 

 and Duchess of Westminster furnish very 

 pretty rose-colored buds, which are unfor- 

 tunately scentless. Duchess of Connaught, 

 at a first glance, might readily be mistaken 

 for La France, having much the same shade 

 of color, but the flowers are somewhat 

 smaller and of rounder form ; it is the only 

 variety which resembles La France in per- 

 fume. Jean Sisley does not open well in the 



