XIV. 



PERMANENT COLORS TOO-MUCH-ALIKE ROSES. 

 HOW TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SIMILAR 

 VARIETIES. 



MONG the many desirable qualities 

 which we should look for in our 

 best roses, permanency of color is 

 not the least important. I have 

 reference more particularly to the Remontant 

 or Hybrid Perpetual varieties ; but my re- 

 marks will also apply to the other classes, 

 though perhaps in less degree. It has no 

 doubt often been noticed how differently the 

 various varieties of roses will impress us in 

 different seasons ; that is, a kind which ex- 

 cites our highest admiration one year may 

 more or less disappoint us the next. This 

 arises from various causes, but chief among 

 them is the variation in color produced by 

 different conditions of sunlight, heat, mois- 

 ture, etc. To know what are the most perma- 

 nent colors among the innumerable varieties 

 found in the catalogues becomes, therefore, 

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