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regularly formed petals, with colours of almost every 

 imaginable shade. The distinguishing features of this 

 family are strong upright flower-stalks, want of large 

 prickles, rigid leaves, and compact growth. The 

 colours vary from pink to the deepest shades of 

 crimson. Nearly all the striped, mottled, and varie- 

 ^ited roses have originated in this group j the recent 

 varieties and improvements of character have gone 

 beyond all calculation, and we may safely arrive at 

 the conclusion that roses of every imaginable colour, 

 except blue and black, will be in cultivation at no 

 distant period ; and then it will be nothing remark- 

 able to see white roses edged with crimson, and crim- 

 son edged with Avhite. Even now I confess that to 

 give a faint description, is a task of considerable diffi- 

 culty. It is a vast garland, every link of which shines 

 out in harmonious variety; but from this wreath 1 

 will cull only those of merit, and which will be 

 ahvays worthy of culture for some g)od quality. 

 ^ifricaine^ or Belle Africaine^ is one of the very 

 darkest; if seen as soon as open, it approaches nearer 

 hliick than any other, but soon fades to dark crimson. 

 The flower is very double and compact. Aurora \s 

 a bright pink, of the hundred-leaved style ; it grows 

 and blooms freely. Amourin has an agreeable rosy 

 blush colour in its imbricated and perfectly double 

 flower. Baron de Stael blooms perfectly, and always 



