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in his garden, where it was discovered by a French 
botanist, and sent home in 1822 to Mons. Jacques, 
then gardener at the Chateau de Neuilly: and 
having thus attracted the attention of the leading 
rose growers of Paris, they set to work and propa- 
gated it extensively. From July to September 
they are constantly in bloom at Tower Grove. 
Among the favorite Bourbons are Hermosa, Queen 
of the Bourbons, and Souvenir de la Malmaison. 
Hybrid perpetual or Remontante Roses, a leading 
family of hardy roses of every variety of color 
from pure white to velvet crimson. This tribe 
originated some forty years ago with Mr. Laffay 
on the hill of Modon, near Paris, a little spot of 
ground where he produced the very finest of the 
family. Another race of hybrids between the re- 
montantes and the Bourbon has produced results 
of superior quality; their general habit is robust 
and vigorous, their flowers large, fragrant, and 
almost of every color, such as Anna de Diesbach, 
General Jacqueminot, Giant of Battles, and others 
among the finest in our garden. 
Rosa Laurenciana, Fairy Rose. These diminutive 
roses were first introduced from China, where the 


