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wooded kinds again, of similar vigor of growth. 

 Two objectionable qualities in this rose, a ten- 

 dency to fade quickly and a liability to mildew 

 badly, are inherited from Countess of Oxford. 

 Yet these are both roses likely to be esteemed 

 generally useful. 



From Alba Eosea crossed by Edward Morren 

 came Nancy Lee, an exquisite little rose, with 

 lovely buds, but in habit of growth so dwarf and 

 delicate that our commiseration is excited along 

 with our regard. Duchess of Westminster and 

 Pearl are others of the same class, which are the 

 result of crossing varieties very widely separated 

 in habit of growth, and none of the progeny 

 have constitutions of any vigor. In Duke of 

 Connaught we have the offspring of President 

 crossed by Louis Yan Houtte ; both parents are 

 smooth- wooded sorts, but no nurseryman can, 

 by ordinary culture, grow from cuttings plants 

 of Louis Yan Houtte that will be salable after 

 one season's growth. "With such a parent we 

 cannot wonder that the propagation of good 

 plants of Duke of Connaught has been found so 

 tedious and discouraging by those who have un- 

 dertaken it. I understand that some of the New 



