APPENDIX. 



OLD AND NEW ROSES. 



[From the Century Magazine, July, 1883.] 



T is worthy of note that our fathers 

 and forefathers had in general 

 a better nomenclature for their 

 roses than is used in these days. 

 Such names as Dame Blanche, La Favorite, 

 Rosalie, La Coquette, and those of the various 

 mythological characters as Hebe, Juno, and 

 Calypso were freely used. Now the favorite 

 roses are Dukes and Duchesses, Counts and 

 Countesses, Lords and Ladies, Generals and 

 Senators, till we wonder if there are any 

 plebeians left. 



There are many old roses that should 

 never be forgotten, though they have been 

 pushed aside by new-comers, and are seldom 

 to be found on sale at the florist's. Blanche- 

 fleur, Madame Hardy, Madame Zoetman are 

 delightfully fragrant, beautiful white roses, 

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