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brilliancy as they advance in age ; the petals are large, 

 well formed, and of great substance, but not very 

 numerous ; the foliage is fine. 



THE ROSE DE ROSOMANE is a new group formed 

 by the withdrawal from the Hybrid Perpetual of certain 

 varieties which differ therefrom in general aspect. In 

 the previous group are some of the most perfectly formed 

 Roses grown ; in the present are some of the most 

 brilliantly coloured. They are mostly of free growth, 

 and such are the very best of high coloured wall Roses ; 

 a few, however, are of dwarf growth, and these are equally 

 desirable for the garden generally, or for beds on lawns. 

 As the colours of the different varieties so nearly resemble 

 each other, it seems unnecessary to describe them indivi- 

 dually ; for walls or palings, Desgaches, Eclair de Jupiter, 

 Gloire des Rosomanes, Mdlle. Haiman, Oriflamme de St 

 Louis, Princesse Mathilde, Souvenir de Montceau are 

 the best ; for beds and borders, Comte d'Eu, Comte de 

 Falloux, Leonice Moise, and Louis XIV. may be safely 

 recommended. 



THE BOURBON ROSES are, in my judgment, not at all 

 depreciated by the newly arisen splendour of their kins- 

 folk, the Hybrid Perpetuals. It is a quieter but not 

 lower order of beauty which greets us here. They are 

 not so well suited for show Roses, because they lack size, 

 but they are many times more valuable for those gardens 

 where Roses must abound in autumn, because they flower 

 much more abundantly at that season. Few of the 

 Hybrid Perpetual Roses bloom freely, some not at all, 

 late in autumn, whereas the Bourbons flower best and 

 freest at that season. If the plants are pruned closely in 

 spring, and the soil kept rich and moist, so that they be 

 kept growing, flowers, bright, sweet, and plentiful will be 

 sure to follow. Acidalie, the first on my list, is not so 

 pure in blood as some, being hybridised possibly with the 

 Provence Rose ; it is, nevertheless, very desirable, being 

 a good globular-shaped white Rose of vigorous growth, 



