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Pictoriiim^ or La Viciorieuse, is perhaps more of a 

 Tea than Noisette, being very like the former, except 

 the ckistering of its flowers, ^«-hich are large pale 

 blush, beautiful and fragrant j dwarf growing. Vitel- 

 lina, pure white, very fine, is strongly hybridized 

 with the Tea Rose, and has been no doubt a seedling 

 from Lamarque, to which the flowers bear a strong 

 resemblance. Washington^ pure white, flower medium 

 size, quite double, blooming in large clusters, a rapid 

 grower, with rich foliage, and very desirable as a 

 pillar plant or for covering objects. Raised from 

 seed by Mr. Stewart, Florist, of this city. Many of 

 the dwarf growing Noisettes are improved in appear- 

 a^ge by budding them on stems two feet high, espe- 

 cially those that have large pendent flowers. Such 

 as staii-^ards, are really elegant. The whole beauty 

 of Noisette Roses (which is very great) can only be 

 fully brought out where they are properly cultivated. 

 It cannot be expected that these plants will show 

 their growth and elegant habit when in flower, if 

 they are merely deposited with their roots under 

 ground, without any system of arrangement or cul- 

 ture. In the first place, the situation must not be 

 subject to inundations of water ; neither will they do 

 well on a wet soil. They require what is technically 

 termed a " dry bottom," either naturally so, or artifi- 

 cially made 5 the soil deep and rich, having a consider- 

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