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house, and is a scentless variety of rather a 

 muddy shade of color ; we do not consider it 

 of value. Nancy Lee is highly perfumed 

 and gives lovely formed buds, but it is of 

 very delicate habit. Michael Saunders and 

 Viscountess Falmouth are two sorts of con- 

 siderable substance, highly scented, which 

 we consider valuable introductions ; the latter 

 has a delightful blending of the perfumes to 

 be found in the parents President (Tea) and 

 the Moss Soupert-et-Notting, the odor of the 

 Moss predominating. Duke of Connaught 

 and Hon. George Bancroft are two dark roses, 

 which will be more valuable to the florist, if 

 sufficiently vigorous, than all the rest; the 

 former is the deeper in shade, but, in spite 

 of its breeding, is without scent ; the latter, 

 though of lighter color, is highly perfumed ; 

 both give beautiful buds. Pearl is a small 

 rose with a distinct Bourbon fragrance, a 

 good thing for cut flowers. The four new 

 Hybrid Teas of French origin, Cannes La 

 Coquette, Mme. Alexandre Bernaix, Mme. 

 Etienne Levet, and Mdlle. Brigitte Violet, 

 all promise to be useful sorts. This class of 

 roses, on account of its novelty and promise 

 of usefulness, is now looked upon with more 

 interest than any other, and will, in a few 

 years, very likely prove the most popular 



