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when little mote than half-expanded, perfect in form, resem- 

 bling bright amaranth-coloured double Anemones. 



5. CRAMOISIE SUPERIEURE. Flowers large, completely 

 double, the petals like satin velvet, of brilliant crimson- 

 scarlet, unequalled in colour by any Kose we have. 



6. AKCHDUKE CHAELES (known by the name of Rosa discolor 

 in the Gardens of the Agri-Horticultural Society) Do-rungee 

 A plant of stout habit ; flowers noble, of the largest size, very 

 double, petals very beautifully overlapping, almost white on 

 first opening, turning to a dark dull-crimson a day or two after- 

 wards. 



7. CHINA MELIOR. Flowers of moderate size and irregular 

 form, of a mottled dull red colour ; very uncertain. 



8. Due DE BEREI. Somewhat like the last, but the flowers 

 smaller, darker, and often disfigured by a decayed and black 

 centre. 



9. MADAME BREON. Of a brilliant rich rose-colour, large 

 and full. 



10. UNIQUE. An old Kose in the Botanical Gardens, pro- 

 bably a seedling of this country ; a pretty free-blooming Eose of 

 moderate size, with thick imbricated petals, of a dull mottled 

 crimson. 



11. LE CAMELEON. Flowers described as whitish pink, 

 changing to blackish crimson. 



12. Lawrenceana FAIRY QUEEN. A diminutive plant; 

 flowers pink, of the form and size of a double daisy : a variety 

 also is met with, not uncommon, having flowers somewhat larger. 

 This Kose makes no show in the border, and is best grown in a 

 pot corresponding to its size. 



TEA-SCENTED. 



The Koses of this group, distinguished by their smaller growth, 

 more delicate habit, and by the peculiar tea-scent of the flowers, 

 are about the choicest and most lovely of all. They never, as 

 the Hybrid Perpetuals often do, cause disappointment by pro- 

 ducing no flowers, but when well established and properly culti- 

 vated, are sure, in due time, of coming into bloom in great 

 beauty. Indeed those that we have in India seem to me to 

 thrive more vigorously far, and blossom even more profusely 

 and beautifully, than they do in England. 



