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crimson, very rich and effective when in per- 

 fection, but very fleeting ; the sun soon gives 

 them a muddy hue. The flowers are well 

 shaped, but small, and have slight fragrance ; 

 they are very freely produced in the spring 

 and summer months, but, as a rule, not in 

 the autumn. The shoots are of moderate or 

 short growth, short jointed, erect, very stiff, 

 and covered with very numerous reddish 

 thorns. The foliage is of lustrous dark green, 

 very subject to mildew. They are difficult 

 to propagate from cuttings, and liable to 

 injury from frost. The leading sorts are: 

 Arthur de Sansal, Cardinal Patrizzi, Crimson 

 Redder, Empereur de Maroc, Eugene Appert, 

 Eveque de Nimes, Lord Raglan, Louis Chaix, 

 Mrs. Standish, Vainqueur de Solferino. 



GENERAL JACQUEMINOT TYPE. In 1852, 

 the head of what is now considered the most 

 valuable type made his bow to an admiring 

 world ; clad in rich crimson livery he still 

 commands respect and admiration, and mar- 

 shalled under his generalship is the army of 

 dark roses, which so excite and please our 

 senses by their charms and loveliness. This 

 family probably originated from the old Hy- 

 brid China Gloire des Rosomanes ; they are 

 moderately hardy, but less so than those of 

 the Baronne Prevost, Jules Margottin and La 



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