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Mr. Bennett fertilized the flowers of various 

 Tea Roses with the pollen of Hybrid Remon- 

 tants ; his productions are therefore true hy- 

 brids, not crosses merely, and they are classed 

 as Hybrid Teas. Ten of these hybrids have 

 been raised by Mr. Bennett. We should pre- 

 fer to consider sorts that have been longer in 

 cultivation, but there are none such. As a 

 rule, the Bennett Roses lack a vigorous and 

 healthy constitution; the best of them, for 

 out-door culture, is Michael Saunders, raised 

 from President fertilized by Madame Victor 

 Verdier. The parents of this sort have com- 

 paratively smooth wood, and they are not so 

 widely separated in character as to prevent 

 the production of a healthy offspring. Beauty 

 of Stapleford, the second in point of general 

 usefulness, resulted from crossing Alba Rosea 

 by Countess of Oxford, both smooth-wooded 

 kinds again, of similar vigor of growth. 

 Two objectionable qualities in this rose, a 

 tendency to fade quickly and a liability to 

 mildew badly, are inherited from Countess 

 of Oxford. Yet these are both roses likely 

 to be esteemed generally useful. 



From Alba Rosea crossed by Edward 

 Morren came Nancy Lee, an exquisite little 

 rose, with lovely buds, but in habit of 

 growth so dwarf and delicate that our com- 



