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very double, cup-form, approaching the character of 

 Marjolin. Heine de Lombardie is the queen of the 

 bright rosy-red varieties; it is of the most globular 

 form, which it retains to its last hour. The flowers 

 are perfectly double, and produced in profusion ; the 

 plant grows rapidly, and is quite hardy. There is 

 not a rose of the colour better adapted for forcing or 

 growing in pots, for the parlour or green-house. Roi 

 des Cramoisis was brought by me, in 1839, from Paris, 

 where I saw the original plant, around which there 

 was a regularly trodden path made by its admirers, of 

 which I was one, never before having seen a dark 

 rich crimson rose with so much odour ; the flowers 

 too were large, fully double, and cup formed j the 

 plant three or four feet high, and fully loaded with 

 its gorgeous blossoms. It has since appeared in several 

 collections, having been imported under the name of 

 Ezigene Becniharnais ; it grows freely, and is well 

 worth cultivating. Rose of Five Colours^ nearly 

 single, bud long, and tapering flower of a creamy- 

 white, spotted or stained with rose, foliage pale 

 green, weak growth. We have seen many fine roses 

 that had more character of five colours than the pre- 

 sent subject, which would not have been noticed were 

 it not for the imposing name which has excited so 

 many amateurs. Rubens^ or Ruhan Pourpre, of the 

 English, is a distinct rosy-violet coloured variety, 



