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their merits Tve lay less stress on fulness of flower 

 tlian on other claims, because most of those 

 which have comparatively few petals are very 

 beautiful in bud, and it is for the buds that Teas 

 are largely prized. Thus Isabella Sprunt and 

 Marie Guillot are two roses highly prized, but one 

 of them is only semi-double, while the other has 

 so many petals that they do not always unfold 

 satisfactorily. The flowers vary very greatly in 

 size as well as in fulness, some of them, like 

 Canary, Caroline, and Monsieur Furtado, being 

 quite small, and others being large, as Madame 

 Bi*avy, Souvenir d'un Ami, etc. 



This has now become such a large division that 

 it is no easy matter to select out a number of varie- 

 ties for commendation, but those named below 

 are at once among the most beautiful, and, at the 

 same time, of the most healthy habit— 2i very im- 

 portant feature to be considered. 



Bon Silene, Isabella Sprunt, and Safrano are to 

 be chosen for their buds only ; Mme. Falcot, a 

 seedling of Safrano, has fuller flowers of nearly 

 the same shade, but they are not so freely pro- 

 duced and the habit of the plant is more feeble. 

 The following are fine in both bud and flower : 



