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the growth free. Marquise de Foucault produces variable 

 flowers, white, fawn, and yellow; large, very sweet, of 

 perfect outline, but not full. Moiret is a grand old Rose, 

 but one that is only occasionally to be caught in per- 

 fection ; the flowers are pale yellow, shaded with fawn 

 and rose ; very large, full, and of great substance. Narcisse 

 deserves universal cultivation ; the flowers are yellow with 

 creamy edges, perfectly circular and full, reminding one of 

 a transverse section of a hard-boiled egg ; the plant is 

 hardy, the habit good and free. Niphetos is a match for 

 Due de Magenta in size, though more globular in form, 

 and of a different colour pale lemon to snowy white. 

 President ranks also amongst the largest and most beauti- 

 ful of this group, surpassing both the preceding in 

 fragrance and form ; the flowers are rose shaded with 

 salmon. Safrano in the bud state is one of the most 

 beautiful, but the expanded flower is thin and poor ; the 

 buds are apricot, the flowers fawn colour ; the plant grows 

 so freely, flowers so abundantly, and is withal so un- 

 common in colour, that it forms a most attractive object 

 in the garden. Sombreuil is a good hardy free-flowering 

 white Rose, of large size and vigorous growth, well suited 

 for out of doors. Souvenir d' Elise Vardon is an in-door 

 Rose, varying in colour from white to creamy yellow, very 

 large and of great substance ; the flowers are usually few 

 but fine. Souvenir d' un Ami, or Victoria as it is some- 

 times called, is not surpassed by any other in the group ; 

 the flowers are salmon and rose shaded, large, full, and 

 globular ; the constitution is hardy, the foliage fine. 

 Vicomtesse de Gazes, if of loose and irregular shape, 

 produces flowers of exquisite colour coppery yellow 

 and cannot be set aside as a decorative Rose for house 

 or garden ; it is very sweet, free, and tolerably hardy. 



