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Art. IV. Floricultvral and Botanical Notices of Neia 

 Plants, figured in foreign periodicals ; with Remarks on 

 those recently introduced to, or originated in, American 

 gardens, and additional information upon plants already 

 in cidtivation. 



Edwards'' s Botanical Register, or Ornamental Flower Gar- 

 den and Shrubbery. Each number containing from six to 

 eight plates ; with additional miscellaneous information, 

 relative to new plants. In monthly numbers ; 3s. plain, 

 3s, GtZ. colored. 



Paxton's Magazitie of Botany, and Register of Flowering 

 Plants. Each number containing four colored plates. 

 Monthly, 25. 6d. each. Edited by J. Paxton, gardener to 

 the Duke of Devonshire. 



The Gardener^ s Chr'onicle, a stamped newspaper of Rural 

 Economy and General News. Edited by Prof Lindley. 

 Weekly. Price ^d. each. 



Floi'icultural Intelligence. New Roses. — Since our last 

 article under this head, we have had the gratification of 

 visiting some of the extensive rose cultivators of Paris, 

 where we saw many varieties in greater perfection than in 

 England. The climate of France is better adapted to the 

 rose and they flower much more freely, and the foliage 

 retains a better color. Of all the kinds we have seen, none 

 excel M. Laffay's La Reine. Several plants were in bloom 

 in his collection, and their flowers were easily discerned 

 from all others at some distance, owing to their peculiar 

 color, great size, and beautiful cupped form. It is a free 

 and abundant bloomer all the autumn, and certainly must 

 stand at the head of all the roses of this class which have 

 yet been produced. In the collection of M. Vcrdier, who 

 has raised some fine seedlings, we saw more roses in flower 

 than with M. Laffay, who confines himself more to his 

 own seedlings. Tea Soprano we saw here in great beauty ; 

 it is a yellow and buff variety of good size, a free bloomer 

 and a strong habit. Of the perpetuals, we saw Paul Jo- 

 seph, Comte de Paris, Comte d'Eu, Doctor Marx, Lady 

 Alice Peel, Lane, Prince des Galles, Ebene, the darkest of 



