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be said to tlieir credit, that they do actually make im- 

 provements upon the older sorts. We will not name the 

 new varieties that are to be sent out in 1868, as we pre- 

 sume our readers have already been fully informed upon 

 that point through the catalogues of our leading florists. 



NEW AND OLD EOSES. 



It is seldom that we hear of a new variety of the rose 

 being produced in this country. To be sure, there is an 

 occasional one announced, but this is rather an exception 

 to the general rule. Our florists probably have good 

 reasons for not paying more attention to the production of 

 new roses ; still, we can not help thinking if more experi- 

 ments were made in this field, we should have little need 

 to send to foreign countries for new varieties. The few 

 that have been produced in this country are certainly 

 equal to those produced abroad. With such examples be- 

 fore them as America, Isabella Sprunt, Mrs. Boll, and 

 several others equally as good, our florists should feel en- 

 couraged to progress still further, until we shall have no 

 occasion to send our money to Europe to purchase that 

 which might be produced at home. 



It is not every new variety that will succeed in our 

 climate; we therefore have to import many, and then 

 select the few that are really valuable. There is certainly 

 no scarcity of varieties, either new or old, but the greatest 

 difficulty we encounter is to determine which are really 

 the best. 



There are but comparatively few persons who can afford 

 to purchase all the new sorts as they appear, consequently 



