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in the forcing-houses here. But Roses as 'grown and 

 shown by the raisers in the dry warm climate, of France, 

 afford no precise information as to their suitability for 

 British gardens, nor can we gather this with certainty 

 from flowers produced here under glass. I never make 

 up my mind as to the quality of a new Rose till I have 

 seen it in flower in my own hands out of doors. But a 

 little light is better than darkness or obscurity, and we 

 need not refuse to look on them in the twilight, because 

 they have not yet shown themselves in the full broad 

 light of day. Taken as a whole, the forthcoming brood 

 appears more varied than that of last year ; there is more 

 novelty, but hardly so many bold and striking Roses. 

 The best of the two years put together make a splendid 

 and richly varied group. Alfred de Rougemont, H.P., 

 a Rose from the " Sunny South," is crimson purple, 

 shaded with fiery red, very bright and large ; double 

 only with me, not " full " as the raiser describes it. Full 

 is a term too freely used by our confreres on the other 

 side of the Channel, and must be taken with due 

 caution, because applied to new Roses which we should 

 not describe as more than double. Alba Rosea (Tea- 

 Scented), "a seedling from Devoniensis," may be pro- 

 nounced promising ; the flowers are white with a slightly 

 rosy centre, large, double, of fine form, and very sweet. 

 Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, H.P., is a grand Rose, 

 highly decorative, but not floriculturally perfect ; the 

 growth is vigorous, the foliage splendid; the flowers 

 are red, .produced in large clusters as in Che"nedole, 

 beautiful when first expanding, but corrugating and 

 losing colour quickly, and hardly full enough. Baron 

 de Rothschild, H.P., is a more perfect, though a less 

 showy Rose than the last; the flowers are dark reddish 

 carmine, sometimes shaded with violet, petals smooth 

 and of good substance ; form, size, and habit above the 

 average. Beaute Franchise, H.P., will please generally as 

 a garden Rose ; the flowers are violet red, velvety, the 



