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discarded as worthless ; or it may be, tlie sort in 

 question jDroves to be a kind that gives a few 

 good blooms in June and plenty of shoots and 

 leaves the rest of the year, but nothing else. 

 Wrong impressions are doubtless often received 

 at these exhibits, for to gain by observation a 

 correct impression of the general qualities of any 

 variety it must be seen at different times, grow- 

 ing in the garden or nursery row in quantity. 

 On the other hand, these exhibitions certainly 

 make prominent the more beautiful roses, and as 

 we are first attracted to a rose by the richness 

 or delicacy of its color, and the symmetry 

 of its form, we have placed before us for easy 

 comparison the highest types of beauty to be 

 found in the rose family ; and although from 

 seeing individual flowers we learn nothing of the 

 character of varieties, as respects profusion and 

 continuity of bloom, or vigor and healthfulness 

 of growth, we, nevertheless, can be assured that 

 those kinds which ?i]y\>QidiV frequently and in great 

 perfection in different boxes are kinds which 

 will certainly be useful ones for general cultiva- 

 tion. Varieties, particularly those not of recent 

 origin, which now and then sparsely appear in 



