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best of them are Boule de Nanteuil, Oeillet 

 Flamand, an odd, striped variety, and Triomphe 

 de Jaussens. 



The Hybrid China Rose {Rosa Indica Hy- 

 hrida) has arisen from various crosses among 

 the French, Provence, and other summer kinds, 

 with the China, Noisette, and Bourbon Roses. 

 For a long time the varieties of this class were 

 our most beautiful and cherished roses, but, like 

 nearly all of the summer sorts, they are outshone 

 and outlasted by various Remontants. In this 

 connection it may be remarked that about one- 

 fourth of the roses which are sent out as Hybrid 

 Perpetuals should properly be placed among the 

 Hybrid Chinas, for the flowers which they pro- 

 duce in autumn are the exception and not the 

 rule. A Hybrid Perpetual may be described as 

 a Hybrid China which blooms more than once 

 during the season ; if this classification were car- 

 ried out, we should to-day be growing many 

 more Hybrid Chinas and many less Hybrid Per- 

 petuals. Raisers dislike to call a new variety 

 Hybrid China, if by any stretch of the imagina- 

 tion, or from having seen a bloom during the 

 autumn, they think people can be persuaded that 



