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general name for the double Polyantha sorts, the best were 

 Annie Marie de Montravel, producing- an abundance of white 

 rosettes ; Cecile Brunner, a bright pink, and much better than 

 Mignonette Gloire des Polyantha. Golden P'airy and Little Dot 

 would be my clioice among the rest. I must not omit the 

 much cherished Moss Roses, which in every garden are indis- 

 pensable. Here one could see all the sorts of the R. centifolia 

 miiscosa arrayed before him. Among the whites the best 



huge flowers of lovely color, and of fine form and substance. 

 Its defects are the flatness of the lilooms when fully open, 

 and the absence of strong perfume. But it is a noble Rose, 

 and a triumph for the English raiser. It is par excellence an 

 exhibition Rose, and no collection is complete without it. 

 Other Roses of Mr. Bennett's raising were also uncommonly 

 fine, especially such first-rate sorts as Grace Darling, Princess 

 Beatrice, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, all of which are to be found 



Fig;. i2r, — Rosa Engelmanni. — Sec pa.tje 376. 



were Blanche Moreau, Perpetual White, Mousseline, Reine 

 Blanche and White Bath, and of the colored varieties there 

 were few that were so worthy of admiration as the old Com- 

 mon Moss which everyliody knows. 



^ Among the hundreds o'f varieties of Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 Teas and Noisettes familiar to your readers, there was no 

 Rose throughout die show so much in evidence as Bennett's 

 new Her Majesty, which, I hear, bears such a high character in 

 America. Here it w;is on every stand in superb condition, 



in every Rose collection now. Mr. William Paul celebrated 

 the occasion by a special exhibit of his new Roses. These 

 included Duchess of Albany, a dark sjiort from La France, 

 which is sure to malce a way for itself; ^larchioness of Lome, 

 an extremely fine Rose; Queen of Queens, shown splendidly in 

 several collections; Pink Rover, which, as I have before 

 remarked, is a really valuable addition to large-flowered 

 climbing Roses; Sappho, a Tea-scented variety of a distinct 

 rosv-fawn color, excellent in form ;uid size. In Messrs. 



