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not a free autumnal bloomer. The florist would 

 require that a variety should be of steadfast 

 color, one that does not quickly fade ; or that it 

 should be useful to force, yielding flowers in 

 abundance, etc. If, therefore, new roses were 

 described as belonging to the La Heine or Victor 

 Yerdier type, we should have some very impor- 

 tant knowledge of their qualities, since these roses 

 have imparted to their progeny certain distinct 

 attributes by which they may readily be distin- 

 guished from others. A consideration of the 

 different prominent types found among Hybrid 

 Remontant and other classes of roses may be 

 studied with interest and profit. 



Baeonne Prevost Type. — The year 1842 

 ushered in to rosarians what is now the oldest 

 type of roses in the class, viz., Baronne Pre- 

 vost. It is not a numerous family, and is also of 

 less importance to us than many of the others, 

 but we can well imagine what pleasure it gave, 

 in years gone by, to the rosarians of the day. 

 This type makes long, stout shoots, fortified with 

 red thorns of unequal length, but generally 

 short ; foliage rather oval, somewhat crimpled ; 

 flowers large, or very large, of flat shape, very 



