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the description ; neither should he be disappointed if a rose which 

 we describe as very double, should wath hiin prove very single. 

 Transplanting will often temporarily change the character of 

 roses, and they often refuse to develop themselves perfectly under 

 our hot sun, or in a poor soil. A second season is thus often 

 required to test them fairly. We have seen the fine rose figured 

 in this work, La Reine, semi-double and w^orthless at midsum- 

 mer, while at other seasons, and perhaps in a diflferent location, 

 it is fully equal, if not superior, to our engraving. It is fre- 

 quently til ■ nse, that roses imported from Europe, under glowing 

 descriptions, prove worthless the first season, but fully sustain 

 their character the second. We mention these things here, in 

 order that the amateur may be prepared for any temporary dis- 

 appointment that may occur. In describing two hundred choice 

 varieties, we have endeavored to select those whose character is 

 well established for superior and distinct qualities. There are 

 many equally good that have been necessarily omitted, and there 

 are also new varieties we have recently received from Europe, 

 which may prove superior to many we have named. 



From this list of two hundred, the rose amateur may feel safe 

 in selecting, without incurring the risk of obtaining inferior vari- 

 eties. A descriptive catalogue of 3,000 kinds, with their syno- 

 nymes, will be found at the end of the work. 



ROSES THAT BLOOM DURING THE WHOLE SEASON. 



REMONTANT ROSES. 



The term Remontant — signifying, literally, to grow again — 

 we have chosen to designate this class of roses, there being no 

 word in our own language equally expressive. They were for- 

 merly called Damask and Hybrid Perpetuals, but are distin- 

 guished from the true Perpetual or Everblooming Roses by their 

 peculiarity of distinct and separate periods of bloom. They 

 bloom with the other rose- in early summer, then cease for a 



