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doing it. It comes divided, or quartered, or mal- 

 formed in some way almost to a certainty during 

 the summer, but manages to stave off execution of 

 just judgment by the aid of better-shaped and far 

 more valuable blooms in the autumn. At that 

 season it will often prove the only available sort 

 which is really yellow, and even one bloom of this 

 colour will make a wonderful improvement in a 

 bouquet of autumn Eoses. The plant is tender and 

 the newly formed buds are spoiled in shape by our 

 cold nights in May. This theory not only accounts 

 for this variety producing better-shaped blooms in 

 the autumn, but probably also supplies the reason 

 for all malformed Eoses of midsummer. A climb- 

 ing sport of this Eose (Henderson, 1891) seems if 

 anything more tender, but is good under 'glass or in 

 a tropical climate ; and another called White Perle, 

 has not met with much favour. Two other sports, 

 Sunrise and Sunset, equally tender, are mentioned 

 in their proper places. 



Princess Beatrice (Bennett, 1887). — Eliminated 

 by the editors of this edition. 



Princess of Wales (Bennett, 1882). — Eliminated 

 by the editors of this edition. 



Buhens (Eobert, 1859). — A good grower, producing 

 strong clean shoots with very fine foliage, and quite 

 capable as a short standard of covering the wall of a 

 one-storeyed building. It is not liable to mildew, 

 and the blooms, which are slightly pendent, can 

 stand a little rain. They can be generally relied on 

 to come of good shape, but the petals are thin and 

 the form fleeting. The fine half-open buds are well 

 supported by grand foliage, but the flowers are 

 difficult to exhibit well, as they look weak and un- 



