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gant Eose, a little under full size, of a bright rosy pink. Madame 

 Masson, is one of our largest Roses, and, as usual with large 

 flowers, not quite regular in shape ; its color is a deep rich red- 

 dish crimson. It is certainly a fine distinct variety. Baron 

 Laray is a large fine bright pink Rose, good, but not very distinct ; 

 and Duchesse de Chambaceres, is a large Rose of this class of 

 color, remarkable for its vigorous habit and freedom in autumn 

 blooming. Belle Lyonnaise, Madame Lacour Jury, Madame Theo- 

 dore Martell, and Madame Vidot, are all pale-colored Roses, of 

 the same class in color as Madame Rivers. .Deuil de Willermoz, 

 is a prettj^, very dark crimson Rose, but scarcely large enough or 

 full enough ; and Prince de la Moskowa, is also a rich dark Rose, 

 but only semi-double. In this class of color fine, large, and well- 

 shaped Roses are much wanted. 



Among new Bourbon Roses there does not seem to be one real- 

 ly worthy of notice ; and among the new Tea-scented Roses but 

 one — viz., Louise de Savoie. This variety has bloomed latelj' in 

 great perfection, its large, pale yellow flowers having a fine ef- 

 fect. 



A large number of new summer Moss Roses have been intro- 

 duced, but a few of them have, however, shown any distinctness 

 or goodness. Comtesse Doria, is of a brilliant crimson, but it is 

 not double enough ; and Baron de Wassenaer, is a very large 

 rose-colored variety, very vigorous in its habit. 



Some new Perpetual Moss Roses arc really pretty. Celine 

 Briant, Didon, and Marie de Bourgogne are of the Four Seasons 

 Rose tribe. They are dwarf ; their flowers, although not large, 

 are well mossed and very fragrant, and they bloom very freely in 

 the autimin. Salet is a new Perpetual Moss, of tlie most robust 

 and vigorous growth ; its flowers are of a pale rose color, not 

 large, and not abundantly mossed, but its buds have the true 

 fragrance of the old Moss Rose, and it gives an abuandant crop 

 of them in September, recalling agreeably the memory of the 

 Moss Rose buds of " merry June." Madame Ory is a new Moss 

 Rose of this class, at present rare, but it is likely to prove a good 

 variety: its flowers are large, double, and well shaped, and it 

 blooms freely in the autumn. It does not difTer in color from the 

 old Moss Rose ; its habit is dwarf, and does not approach in vig- 

 or to Salet, which is really a remarkable Rose. 



I have now given the results of my experience with the new 



