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as new sorts are not sufficiently distinct from 

 known varieties to prove of any value. This 

 is notably the case with the French roses. 

 In England, more care has been exercised 

 in disseminating new kinds than in France, 

 and in ordering English roses we can do so 

 with some confidence that they will at least 

 be distinct. Before enlarging our already 

 cumbersome list of varieties, we think it of 

 great importance to thoroughly sift the sorts 

 now commonly grown, and where two or 

 more varieties bear a strong resemblance to 

 each other in the appearance of the flowers, to 

 reject the inferior kinds. As roses which 

 are synonymous, or too much alike, as re- 

 gards the form and color of the flowers, we 

 note the following kinds : 



Hybrid Remontant. 



Alfred Colomb and Wilhelm Koelle. 

 Anne de Diesbach and Gloire de Paris. 

 Auguste Mie, Mme. Rival, and Blanche de 



Beaulieu. 



Baron de Bonstetten and Baron Chaurand. 

 Boieldieu and Mme. Boll. 

 Charles Lefebvre and Marguerite Brassac. 

 Countess Cecile and William Griffith. 

 Coquette des Blanches, Baronne de May- 



