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the very best of the group. Pink Musk Cluster has 

 flowers of a pale pink colour, quite double, though the 

 petals are rather loose j the plant grows very strong, 

 and partakes greatly of the Noisettes. Princesse de 

 j\''assau is a pure Musk Eose, of a yellowish-white 

 calour, very double, though not so profuse as some 

 others. Ranunculus Musk Cluster is a pure white, 

 perfectly double; so very much so, that it does not 

 open well in moist weather; the musky odour is not 

 so strong in this as in the old variety. Rivers Musk 

 Cluster^ flowers small in clusters, of a rosy white 

 colour, very fragrant, foliage pale green, plant of 

 rather free growth. They do well to be trained to 

 pillars, fences, or trellises. In the eastern states 

 they must be well protected in the winter season, 

 covering their roots with a quantity of dry leaves. 

 They delight in dry situations and rich soil. There 

 is great room for improvement in this group, and we 

 call the attention of cultivators and amateurs to it, 

 that they may yet bring to view flowers of more per- 

 fect character and of more brilliant colours than any 

 of the preceding, and even possessing, in a greater 

 degree, the odour which appertains to the original 

 species. It is true we have the Pink Musk Cluster^ 

 Red Musk Cluster^ Frazerii^ and some others, but as 

 we have already said, they are w^orthless. 



