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form, bright rose colour, in large clusters of strong 

 growth, and a free bloomer. Dumont de Courset, 

 dark rosy carmine, cup form, changeable. Doctor 

 Roques, or Crimson Globe, of the English, is of ro- 

 bust habit, makes an elegant standard ; the flowers are 

 globular, finely formed, of a rich dark crimson colour, 

 the plant perfectly distinct, and when once seen it 

 cannot be mistaken. D'^Yehles grows very like the 

 old Madam Desprez, but the flowers are of a much 

 brighter colour, the foliage very large, and the plant 

 quite strong. Dupetit Thouars, dark crimson, full 

 cupped flowers in clusters, a free bloomer. Edward 

 Desfossi, colour waxy blush inclining to fawn ; flow- 

 ers perfectly imbricated, produced very abundantly j 

 plants of medium growth. Enfant d\ijaccio of Vi- 

 bert, is the very same as Souvenir d^Anselme of some 

 other growers. It is in our opinion the very best of the 

 scarlet Bourbon Roses, either for growth, profusion, or 

 fragrance, and is evidently a seedling from Gloire de 

 Rosemene, being of the same colour and habit, with 

 very perfect double flowers ; it is a glowing pillar 

 rose. Emilie Courtier does not appear to open freely 

 till after July, when it shows its fine rose-coloured 

 fragrant flowers in great perfection. Fedora, bright 

 crimson, perfectly double, a strong grower, and will 

 yet proVe to be a fine pillar rose. General Duhourg, 

 when well grown, produces its large pale rose-colour- 



