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D' Angers, delicate rose, large size, compact and double. 

 Du E-oi, or Lee's crimson pcrjjetual, bright red, cupped shape, 



perfectly double, and exquisitely scented : in warm. 



di-y weather, this rose is apt to become much lighter 



in color. 

 Grande et Belle, or Monstreuse rose, very large, cupped and 



perfectly double. 

 Jean Hachette (of the English), delicate pink, extremely 



large, cupped, and extra double. 

 Magadore, very dark crimson, perfect form. 

 Oliver de Serres, dark rose with a blush edge, very distinct. 

 Palmyra, rosy pink. 

 Queen of Perpetuals, or Palotte picotee, pale blush, cupped 



and perfectly double. 

 Scotch Perpetual, pale blush, a profuse and constant bloomer. 

 Stanwell, perpetual blush, expanded and very double ; it has 



much the habit of a Scotch Hose : when budded,-it 



is a constant and free bloomer. 

 Four seasons, pale rose, cupped and double. 

 White four seasons, nearly white, expanded and double ; but 



rarely blooms oftener than once in the season- 

 Perpetual white moss, white, blooms in large clusters, and 



when in bud is very handsome ; but the flower of 



itself is miserably indifferent, and, moreover, it is not 



a true perpetual. It is one of those floricultural 



misnomers expressnig what the public would wish it 



to be, and not what it actually is. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 



It is but, compai'atively, yesterday since this tribe was 

 brought into existence ; it is now the leading family of 

 hardy Ptoses, and will continue to be for ages to come. We 

 may expect in it every variety of color, from pure white to 

 velvet crimson, and with a mixture of spotted, striped, and^ 

 may be, a touch of yellow. What we have said on the cul- 

 ture of Perpetual Roses will equally apply here, this tribe 

 having the advantage of rapidity of growth — more diversity 

 of color — a greater profusion of bloom, and is propagated 

 with considerable facility by layers, or cuttings, or the com- 



