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Falmouth, combine beautiful flowers with great 

 profusion of bloom and intense fragrance ; such 

 are the kinds that give value to the class, and 

 unless raisers can supply new varieties in the 

 group which combine these three qualities, they 

 should be withheld as unfit to send out. Jean 

 Sisley, Captain Christy, and Beauty of Staple- 

 ford may have value now, while the group is 

 yet small, but being devoid of scent are not 

 varieties to pattern after. Captain Christy occu- 

 pies a somewhat equivocal position in this class, 

 being seeded from a Hybrid Perpetual Kose 

 (Victor Yerdier) fertilized by the Tea Safrano, 

 while all the others are seeded from Tea Roses 

 fertilized by Hybrid Remontants ; but it seems 

 eminently proper that at least all direct crosses 

 between the two classes, no matter whether the 

 seed parent be Tea or Hybrid Perpetual, should 

 be grouped with the Hybrid Teas. These roses 

 are all of moderate growth, and must have close 

 pruning and be grown in rich soil. Most of 

 them (ten varieties) were sent out in 1879 by 

 Mr. Henry Bennett, of Stapleford, England. It 

 is not yet known how desirable they will be for 

 out-of-door culture, but for forcing under glass 



