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nymes (to give them no harsher name) completely 

 blindfold us. Under their "Crimson Globe" we dis- 

 covered our friend "Or. Eoques;" and under their 

 crimson "Madam Desprez," or "Splendens," we see 

 our "Hennequin." The public have frowned down 

 those practices the past few years. Certainly no 

 reputable establishment ever was guilty of it. The 

 history of Roses is now so generally known, that the 

 mind w^ould be very vitiated to lay hold on any sub- 

 terfuge when bright honour is so liberally patronized. 

 There are also some recent additions, only know^n by 

 name, with whose colour and character we have yet 

 to be acquainted. Among them we have not a pure 

 white, nor a striped; till such are obtained, this finest 

 family of the Rose is incomplete. The Bourbons, 

 generally, make fine standard plants, cither on low 

 or high stems; as they are nearly all of strong growth, 

 and produce a constant succession of bloom the whole 

 season, they require to be highly nourished, either 

 with rich soils, or copious waterings with liquid ma- 

 nure. If on standards, the tops of them will be 

 benefitted if protected as advised for Tea and Bengal 

 roses; or the whole plant may be removed to a shaded 

 situation, where, after sheltering them, lay them in 

 by the heels, and cover them with boards; when 

 spring opens prune them, close, and plant them where 

 desired, in fresh prepared soil. This removal is even 



