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not a true Bourbon, however, but slightly partaking of 

 the Chinese ; the flowers are white, tinged with flesh 

 colour. Omar Pacha is a fine brilliant red Rose, free and 

 hardy. Pierre de St Cyr has pale glossy pink flowers, of 

 good size and form, and usually abundant. Queen is one 

 of the freest and best ; flowers salmon flesh, often tinged 

 with buff; excellent for masses. Reveil is a fine hardy 

 dark variety ; its flowers crimson shaded with violet. 

 Sir Joseph Paxton is of a growth more than usually 

 vigorous ; the flowers are of a bright rose shaded with 

 crimson ; large and full. Souvenir de Malmaison is one 

 of the best Roses yet raised, and in place everywhere ; 

 the flowers are delicate flesh colour, their margins almost 

 white ; very large and full ; excellent for massing. 

 Souvenir d'un frere is a very showy free-flowering Rose, 

 with brilliant crimson flowers. Vicomte de Cussy is a 

 good Rose, flowers cherry colour, tinged with purple; 

 large and almost full. Victor Emmanuel is a good dark 

 purplish flower, shaded with maroon ; large and double. 

 Vorace is sometimes fine, but rather uncertain ; the flowers 

 are dark crimson purple ; large and full. 



No. V. AUTUMNAL ROSES. 



[From " The Gardeners' Chronicle? 1863,^. 389.] 



IT was originally my intention to have completed my 

 remarks on old Roses before dealing with the new, but 

 I am reminded that any information on the latter is of 

 more value in April than in May. Therefore this digres- 

 sion. To-day I will review the New Roses of 1861-62, 

 next week those of 1862-63, and subsequently resume my 

 remarks on the older varieties of Roses. 



Nearly all the good Roses of 1861-62 and there are 

 many belong to the group Hybrid Perpetual. Alpha- 

 betical arrangement compels me to open this series with a 

 flower of my own raising, Beauty of Waltham ; some 

 thousands of plants having been sold within the year, 



