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similar to the last, except that the flowers are somewhat paler, 

 and perhaps rather larger. 



3. JAUNE DESPREZ. A new Eose in the Agri-Horticultural 

 Society's Garden ; flowers varying between buff and red, fragrant ; 

 thrives and blossoms abundantly here, but the shoots are given 

 to die back. 



4. (CANINA BORBONICA.) One of the most beautiful, though 

 one of the commonest and oldest Eoses in Calcutta ; produces 

 in greatest profusion large, handsome, pendulous, very double, 

 though not well-formed, creamy-white flowers, with apricot centre, 

 relieved most agreeably by the very peculiar and distinct yellow- 

 green of the foliage ; benefited by liberal pruning ; considered 

 difficult to propagate by cuttings. What the proper name of 

 this Eose is I am at a loss to say. I conceived it might be 

 Triomphe de Bolwyller. Canina Borbonica (misprinted evidently 

 for Chinensis Borboniana) was the name originally bestowed 

 by Eedoute on Eose Edouard. How in Calcutta the name became 

 transferred to this Eose it is now impossible to tell. 



5. MARSHAL NEIL. This noble yellow Eose has now become 

 thoroughly established throughout India, and is one of the 

 finest acquisitions to the garden made of late. It is most 

 vigorous in its growth, but in England it is considered to do 

 best worked on the G-loire de Dijon as a stock. 



The following are those given in the English lists : 

 Yellow. Cloth of Gold; Isabella Gray; Mademoiselle 



Aristide ; Triomphe de Eennes. 



Coppery. Ophirie ; of brilliant foliage ; flowers untidy, but 



borne in great profusion. 



MUSK-ROSES. 



1. Rosa moschata Seotee. Botanists seem to have decided 

 that, if not actually identical with, this is only a variety of 

 Eosa Brunonii, a wild Eose of the Indian hills. Professor 

 Koch says they are alike but for the hairiness of the latter. 

 As found in the gardens of India, the Musk-rose is in general 

 a dwarf plant, but its ordinary height elsewhere is stated to be 

 six or seven feet. It is said that in Persia trees of it have been 

 seen as much as thirty feet high. It produces small flowers, 

 with narrow, ill-formed, dirty white petals, and in the present 



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