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this family was introduced by Is"erard in 1846, 

 and doubtless has Bourbon blood in its veins. 

 The colors are various shadings of crimson, very 

 rich and effective when in perfection, but very 

 fleeting ; the sun soon gives them a muddy hue. 

 The flowers are well shaped, but small, and have 

 slight fragrance ; they are very freely produced 

 in the spring and summer months, but, as a 

 rule, not in the autumn. The shoots are of 

 moderate or short growth, short jointed, erect, 

 very stiff, and covered with very numerous red- 

 dish thorns. The foliage is of histrous dark 

 green, very subject to mildew. They are diffi- 

 cult to propagate from cuttings, and liable to in- 

 jury from frost. The leading sorts are : Arthur 

 de Sansal, Cardinal Patrizzi, Crimson Bedder, 

 Empereur de Ma roc, Eugene Appert, Eveque de 

 Nimes, Lord Haglan, Louis Chaix, Mrs. Staud- 

 ish, Yainqueur de Solferino. 



General Jacqueminot Type. — In 1852, the 

 head of what is now considered the most valu- 

 able type made his bow to an admiring world ; 

 clad in rich crimson livery he still commands re- 

 spect and admiration, and marshalled under his 

 generalship is the army of dark roses which so 



