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throiigliout the winter. One would expect this in the 

 rambling cluster Roses that have their origin in Rosa 

 sem]3ervirens, but I do not know what parentage accounts 

 for the splendid winter leafage of that grand rambling 

 Reine Olga de Wurtemburg, whose half-double flowers 

 of a fine crimson colour, of great beauty in the half- 

 opened bud state, gladden us throughout the summer, 

 and whose large and healthy deep-green leaves, on 

 yearling shoots fifteen feet long, remain in perfection 

 till long after Christmas 



