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proved hardy after many years of trial are as follows: 

 Abraham Lincoln, rosy crimson, Album elegans, light 

 blush fading white, Boule de Neige, white, dwarf, and 

 very hardy, Atrosanguineum, blood red, Charles Dickens, 

 dark scarlet, Charles S. Sargent, rich crimson, Charles 

 Bagley, cherry red, Everestianum, rosy Hlac, best and 

 hardiest habit, General Grant, rosy scarlet, Kettledrum, 

 rich purplish or crimson, bushy, excellent form, and 

 very hardy. Lady Armstrong, pale rose, Lee's dark 

 purple, Mrs. Milner, rich crimson. Old Port, rich plum 

 colour, Purpureum elegans, Parsons grandiflorum, and 

 Sefton, dark maroon. There are, however, others 

 besides these kinds that are desirable for hardiness and 

 beauty. 



Of the hybrid tea, the ever-blooming roses, the 

 following varieties ought to be mentioned as reliable 

 and excellent, namely: Caroline Testout, bright satiny 

 rose, Etoile de France, velvety crimson, large double. 

 General MacArthur, large bright crimson, Gruss an 

 TepUtz, bright rich scarlet, free bloomer, La France, 

 clear silvery pink, large and full, Madam Abel Chatenay, 

 carmine rose shaded with salmon. Madam Jules Grolez, 

 bright China rose, Madam Cochet, deep rose pink, 

 beautiful in bud and flower. Countess of Shaftesbury, 

 silvery carmine, Juliet, vermilion red, reverse of petals, 

 old gold, Bessie Brown, creamy white, Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria, cream shaded lemon, Melanie Soupert, pale 

 yellow, suffused carmine, Duchess of Portland, pale 

 sulphur yellow, Richmond, bright, light crimson, Mil- 

 dred Grant, creamy white, Dean Hole, pale silvery rose, 



