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Duke of Connaught. " Foliage exceedingly handsome, flowers extra large, 

 buds very long and of very fine form, color deep velvety crimson, edged with 

 the brightest red. This is not unlikely to prove the finest crimson rose in 

 any section." 



"New Tea Rose, Duke of Connaught, 



Is one of the acquisitions of Mr. H. Bennett, Stapleford. Cut blooms which 

 we have seen prove it a gem of the first water, a full-sized showy flower of a 

 rich crimson, the color almost equalling in intensity that of the old crimson 

 China, and the flowers having a most delicious scent." — London Florist. 



Duchess of Connaught. " Most distinct in foliage and blooms, very finely 

 formed, color delicate silvery rose, with bright salmon centre, a most charm- 

 ing rose of the highest quality, very large and highly scented." 



Duchess of Westminster. " Flowers exceedingly large, without the least 

 coarseness, very finely formed, color brightest cerise, a grand rose." 



Honorable George Bancroft. " Flowers very large, of the form of Lord 

 Macaulay, color bright rosy crimson, shaded purple, very beautiful and first- 

 rate." 



Jean Sisley. "Flowers very large, very full of petal, and of the finest form, 

 never showing the eye, color outside petal rosy lilac, the centre bright pink, 

 a flower of great substance that remains in perfection a long time " 



Michael Saunders. " Flowers very large, of the finest form, very full of petals, 

 which are beautifully reflexed, color bronzy pink, very sweetly scented, first- 

 rate." 



Pearl. " Flesh white. This is not a large flower, but perfection in other 

 respects." 



Viscountess Falmouth. " Wood almost as thorny as a moss rose, but the bud 

 is not mossed ; flowers very large and of exceeding fine form, color very 

 delicate, pinkish rose ; the back of the petals bright pink, this color just over- 

 lapping the front of the petal, giving it a most lovely appearance; highly 

 scented like the moss rose. This is perhaps one of the most distinct roses 

 ever offered." 



Nancy Lee. Color cherry crimson, large and full, a free grower and bloomer, 

 deliciously sweet. This rose is only coming out in England the present 

 spring, (1880.) An exceedingly beautiful and distinct rose. 



JSIEW MY B RID PERPETUALS, (FrencJi.) 

 Jules Chretien, {Schwartz.) 



An exceedingly beautiful flower, very bright crimson shaded with purple, very 

 large, full, and of the finest form, among dark brilliant roses this is the 

 finest. A vigorous grower and free bloomer, will be largely grown, a superb 

 rose. 50 cents each. 



Rosa Polyantha. (New of 1880.) 



Mad'lle Annie Marie de Montravel, a beautiful seedling from the Japanese 

 Rose polyantha. 



U I was struck with the large trusses of blooms exhibited. I found a great 

 number of plants of it covered with blooms, and on nearly all the branches 

 numerous clusters of flower buds. They had been continually in bloom the 

 whole season, it is a seedling from Rosa polyantha, (a .Japanese species.) 

 The plant, which is dwarf, (being about lj feet high,) is vigorous; what is 

 very remarkable, some of the trusses rise about one foot above the foliage, 

 and consist of a considerable quantity of blooms, both open and in the bud 

 state; on one I counted sixty-five, a number, as far as I know, very un- 

 common. The flowers are pure white, and lasts very long in perfection, they 

 measure about 1£ inch in diameter, and are very double Each truss will 

 make in itself a splendid bouquet. It will doubtless make a fine pot rose." 

 Jean Sisley, Lyons, France. 75 cents each. 



