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good and reliable cool season Eose, of strong hardy 

 constitution, which will grow almost anywhere, and 

 well repay good treatment. 



Earl of Dufferin (A. Dickson & Sons, 1887).— Of 

 long but pliable growth; which, in the case of 

 dwarfs, must be staked, or the heavy bloom will 

 bend the shoot right down to the ground. The 

 foliage is rather weak, and the buds even when they 

 begin to open do not look promising or attractive. 

 Nevertheless under favourable circumstances they 

 slowly grow into large highly-coloured blooms of 

 semi-globular shape, sweet-scented, lasting, and 

 sometimes very fine. It is quite a late Eose, not 

 very free-flowering, nor of much use as an autumnal. 

 Its principal fault is roughness of outline, which 

 makes it look ragged, and I have never had a decent 

 bloom of it. A Eose for exhibitors, but not for 

 garden culture in this cotmtry. 



Etienne Levet (Levet, 1871).— Of robust and 

 smooth but very uncertain growth ; long, strong, 

 and stout in rich soil where it has a good hold, but 

 otherwise quite short and stumpy. The foliage is 

 very fine, and the blooms come early and well, with 

 large very smooth shell-like petals ; there is, or 

 should be, a good point, but the general shape is 

 flat, the centre weak, and the form not lasting. 

 Must be cut young for exhibition and tied up at 

 once, for it is of no use in hot weather. Not much 

 injured by mildew or rain, but not good as a free 

 bloomer or autumnal, and of no use in hot climates. 

 It is of large size, and its grand petals and smooth, 

 even outline make it an effective show Eose in a 

 cool season ; but, though it does well on the manetti, 

 for general cultivation or on weak soils it is not one 



