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Hybrid Perpetual Rose — Louis Van Houtte. — It may give some idea 

 of the difficulties attendant on tlie raising of new varieties of roses, to mention 

 the fact that, although it is now some seven or eight years since Mons. Lacharme, 

 of Lyons, raised what is to this day perhaps the best, and certainly, taking it all in 

 all, the most favorite rose in cultivation, — Charles Lefebvre, — he has not since 

 that time added any roses of first-rate merit to our lists. Prudence Bresson was 

 a very extraordinary rose ; Thori is pretty ; Pitord bright ; but none of them are 

 first-class roses. He has, however, we believe, in this rose, added to his well- 

 earned reputation ; and Louis Van Houtte is a worthy companion to Charles 

 Lefebvre, and probably the best rose of the year. 



We cannot, perhaps, better describe it than by saying that it is the old Cab- 

 bage Rose, with the color of Charles Lefebvre ; indeed, it is said by its raiser to 

 be of the same form as the rose a centfeuilles, for so the old favorite Cabbage 

 Rose is called by the French. It has, moreover, the same delicious perfume as 

 that rose — a perfume perhaps unequalled by any other in cultivation, while it 

 fully deserves the name of Perpetual. We have it in our own garden ; and it is 

 now (August 20) showing quite as numerous a crop of buds as it did in its first 

 head of bloom in June ; and when we add to that, that it is of a very vigorous 

 constitution, we think we have said sufficient to justify our statement that it is a 

 first-class rose, and one that is sure to make its way into every collection, how- 

 ever select it may be. We have seen a good many of the new roses of the pres- 

 ent season, but none of them have, in our opinion, equalled this very beautiful 

 seedling of Mons. Lacharme's. Floral Magazine. 



The Golden-tipped Stonecrop. — The value of this fine variety of the 

 common Stonecrop has been already pointed out ; yet I feel compelled, whilst 

 the flower beds are being filled with their winter occupants, to call attention to it. 

 A broad band in my rockery is just beginning to show its golden tips ; and in a 

 few weeks hence it will, to use a figurative expression, be a sheet of gold. This 

 rich golden hue will be retained until far into the spring, when it will change back 

 to green, and in the summer will flower as freely as the normal form. Last win- 

 ter the tips of the shoots were so bright, that people passing along the road in 

 front of my house used to stop to inquire what plant it could be that flowered all 

 the x'finter, although the rockery is only about twelve feet from the footpath. It is 

 one of the most useful plants for edging flower beds during the winter season 

 known ; and as it is so easily managed, it ought to be extensively employed for 

 that purpose. Perhaps a hint to that effect at this moment will be useful. 



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Centaureas. — To propagate Centaurea ragnsina compacta and candidis- 

 sima, cut oflF the heads of your stock plants so near the points as just to cut 

 into the solid part of the stem ; thus all the leaves will be removed, and the 

 stools induced to break at nearly every eye from the naked stems ; place the stools 

 on a shelf in the green-house, and by spring they will produce a quantity of side 

 shoots, which, as soon as they are large enough, strike freely. 



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