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spite of their rather tender habits form a 

 valuable group, being the most free flowering 

 of them all; had they but fragrance they 

 would be unrivalled ; but, alas ! they are de- 

 void of scent, and therefore cannot rank as 

 high as the others. Fine feathers alone do 

 not constitute fine birds, and surely fragrance 

 is to the rose what song is to the bird. The 

 shoots are of moderate growth, stout, upright, 

 nearly smooth, of a reddish green, with an 

 occasional reddish thorn ; the foliage is very 

 large, of a deep lustrous green, very attrac- 

 tive. The flowers are large, well built up; 

 generally shades of rose and pink prevail. It 

 is the best adapted for forcing in winter of 

 all the families. 



The leading varieties grown are Andre 

 Dunand, Captain Christy, Charles Verdier, 

 Countess of Oxford, Etienne Levet, Hippolyte 

 Jamain, Julius Finger, Mme. Geo. Schwartz, 

 Mme. Devert, Mme. Eugene Chambeyran, 

 Mme. Louis Donadine, Mme. Maxime de la 

 Rocheterie, Mile. Eugenie Verdier, Marie 

 Cointet, Marie Finger, Mrs. Baker, Oxonian 

 (somewhat fragrant), President Thiers, Pride 

 of Waltham, Rosy Morn, Souvenir du Presi- 

 dent Porcher. 



JULES MARGOTTIN TYPE. In 1853 Jules 

 Margottin, of Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris, 



