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lui ai donne le nom de ma fille cherie — Aimee 

 Vibert." This enthusiasm can be easily understood 

 by those who, like myself, have been so fortunate as 

 to see the two "Aimee Viberts" — the rose and the 

 young girl, both in their full bloom, and both as 

 lovely as their sweet name. In the southern states it 

 grows freely, and is a profuse bloomer during the fall 

 months. Belle Marseillaise is a very dark variety, 

 approaching crimson, perfectly double and distinct. 

 Boulogne is one of the darkest of the family, ap- 

 proaching a violet colour; though a small flower, it is 

 very perfect and a profuse bloomer. Belle D'' Esquermes 

 and Camellia Rouge are the same, and an excellent 

 pillar rose, of a very distinct bright red fading to a 

 rosy-purple colour; flower above medium size, and 

 though not perfectly double, yet a fine bloomer. 



Charles the Tenth is an old variety, but keeps its 

 distinctive character of colour and fragrance, and is 

 in great demand by the southern rose-growers. It does 

 not generally open well with us, but in a warm dry 

 atmosphere, and during our summer months, it shows 

 its large double rosy-purple flowers in g'eat perfec- 

 tion. Champneyana^ or Champney^s Pink Cluster, 

 light pink, a rampant grower, profuse bloomer, quite 

 hardy, even in cold latitudes; it is universally culti- 

 vated, and is well adapted either for pillars or ar- 

 bours. Chromaielle, or Cloth of Gold, is a seedling 



