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recent period. Kaces of Koses entirely new, the Teas, the 

 Noisettes, the Bourbons have come into existence, and happily 

 found in India a home thoroughly congenial to them. 



But the same uniform success has not attended the intro- 

 duction of the Hybrid Perpetuals. Some have proved charm- 

 ing acquisitions, but a large number, it has been found, are 

 not deserving a place in our gardens at all ; some being unable 

 even to exist here for any length of time, and others, though 

 thriving vigorously, seldom or never yielding flowers. Several, 

 moreover, that do blossom, though deservedly of high reputation 

 in Europe, produce in this country small and not very double 

 flowers, frequently only semi-double, very deficient in depth of 

 colour, and greatly wanting in due richness of perfume. 



But this is not all. Many of these Koses also, extolled in the 

 catalogues of English dealers, are in truth unworthy of notice ; 

 while many again are so similar to others of a different name, 

 that professional Rose-growers themselves can hardly dis- 

 tinguish them. In India, too, this similarity, it seems to me, 

 has a tendency to become even more positive; peculiarities 

 that might perhaps be recognised in a European climate often 

 becoming here entirely lost. 



Considering the large number of Eoses now existing in 

 India, and the ease with which they may be multiplied, few 

 perhaps would care to procure them from Europe. Those, 

 however, who desire to obtain new varieties will find ample 

 directions in regard to their mode of conveyance, and. treatment 

 on arrival, given at page 91. I would only here observe that 

 Eoses to bear being sent from England in the rude way in 

 which they are usually conveyed, should be stout plants, two 

 or three years old upon their own roots, if such are to be had. 

 Nurserymen, however, seldom keep such plants, or cultivate 

 any but budded Eoses. But Dwarfs budded on the Manetti 

 stock, for purposes of conveyance, are perhaps all but as good as 

 those on their own roots. These are always to be had, and are 

 best to be ordered. Standards or Half-Standards, that is Eoses 

 budded upon the Briar from two to four feet high, should 

 never be sent for, as the length of the stems not only adds to 

 the trouble and expense of sending, but is rather unfavourable 

 than otherwise towards the budded part retaining its vitality. 

 Plants budded on the Manetti stock have the bud inserted low 



