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their parentage — an interesting experiment, and a valuable one 

 also, as I have already learned from experience, for the study of 

 their attributes. There, White Lady, which I have frequently 

 eulogised for its exquisite perfume, finds itself in close proximity 

 to Lady Mary Fitzwilliam ; while Margaret Dickson, the most 

 superb and majestic of ivory-white Roses, is not far distant from 

 Merveille de Lyon, though considerably nearer to the prolific Lady 

 Mary, from whom her fragrance is derived. On the same principle, 

 Augnstine Guinoisseau, one of the most fragrant of modern Roses, 

 blooms sweetly beside the silvery pink La France. The colour of 

 the former is white, delicately and most gracefully sufiiised with 

 rose. It is a very abundant bloomer, and its pendulous habit is a 

 valuable characteristic, constantly giving it the appearance of being- 

 much fuller and more perfect than it is. Though I do not profess 

 to be a great authority on Rose cultivation, I do not hesitate to 

 recommend this " almost white La France" to those of my readers 

 to whom it is a stranger, by reason of the qualities to which I have 

 referred. 



* Among Teas and Noisettes two of the most attractive are 

 LTdeal and Souvenir de S. A. Prince. Mrs. Paul has a most deli- 

 cious fragrance, much resembling that of the old Monthly Rose ; it 

 is also remarkable for form and substance, and is altogether a dis- 

 tinct and splendid acquisition. Among other comparatively recent 

 productions which I find irresistibly fascinating by reason of theii^ 

 sweetness of odour and aspect are Corinna and Salamander, Prince 

 Ai^thur, the beautiful Duchess of Fife, Lady Ethel Brownlow, 

 Crimson Redder, and Mrs. John Laing. There is unquestionably 

 at present a strong and growing aversion to inodorous Roses, and I 

 doubt not that ere long a Rose without fragrance will be accounted 

 an anomaly.' 



We will now take the views of another authority, Mr. C. J. 

 Grahame of Croydon, whose permission we have to use some valu- 

 able notes that appeared in the Qardtutr^ Magazine. 



' You may break, you may shatter, the vase if you will. 

 But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.' 



— MooEE's IrWi Mdodies. 



' Oh ! what a pity, this rose has no scent 1 Many have made this 

 remark when they have been given a good specimen of such Roses as 

 Baroness Rothschild, Her Majesty, or Suzanne Rodocanachi, and 

 not being rosarians have been much disappointed with a flower, of 

 lovely appearance indeed, but which, in their opinion, lacked the 

 most desii^able quality generally associated with the Rose. It is 

 very odd that there are many scentless light-coloured Roses, but 



