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Jacqueminot, Madame Isaac Pereire, Jeamiie Dickson, Pierre dot- 

 ting, and others, amongst the H.P. and Bourbon varieties ; and 

 Comtesse de Xadaillac, the Gloire de Dijon types (such as Bouquet 

 d'Or and Madame Berard), Sunset, Souvenir d'Elise, Edith Gifford, 

 Celine Forestier, Bubens, and others amongst the Teas and Noisettes. 

 They are all very sweet, but those I have specially mentioned in the 

 course of this note are the most highly favoured in this respect.' 



' There is a common idea that all Roses are sweet-scented, but this 

 is not true of the present-day varieties, however true it may have 

 been some years ago. With the hope of assisting cultivators who 

 appreciate the sweet and delicate perfume of these flowers, I will 

 name a few of the most beautiful. Socrates has, in my opinion, the 

 richest scent. Next to this come Catherine Mermet, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, Madame Cusin, Adriene Christophle, Aline Sisley, Comtesse 

 Riza du Pare, Devoniensis, Goubalt, Louis de Savoie, Primrose 

 Dame, Rubens, Souvenir de Paul Neron, The Queen, synonymous 

 with Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Souvenir de Madame Pernet, The 

 Bride, Viscountess Folkestone, Waltham Climber No. 2, Celine 

 Forestier, Jaune Desprez, Unique Jaune, Triomphe de Rennes, 

 Marechal Niel, and last, but by no means least, Gloire de Dijon, 

 are all highly-scented Teas and Noisettes. 



^ There are a few very sweetly perfumed Roses among the Hybrid 

 Perpetuals and Bourbons, the best perhaps being La France, Abel 

 Grand, Souvenir de Charles Montault, Due de Montpensier, 

 Magna Charta, Baronne Prevost, Beauty of Waltham, Madame 

 Gabrielle Luizet, Augustine Guinnosseau, Edward Morren, General 

 Jacqueminot, Souvenir de la Reine d'Angleterre, Charles Darwin, 

 Heinrich Schultheis, Reine du Midi, Lord Macaulay, Madame 

 Furtado, Elizabeth Vigneron, Monsieur E. Y. Teas, Marie Verdier, 

 Mrs. John Laing, The Puritan, Sir Garnet Wolseley, Paul Verdier, 

 and Miss Hassard. 



' Some of the miniature Roses are also very fragrant ; Anne Marie 

 de Montravel, Gloire de Polyantha, and Madame Cecil Brunner being 

 among the best. China Roses are represented by that best of 

 Chinas, Mrs. Bosanquet, while of the Mosses we must name Soupert 

 et Netting, Madame Moreau and Lanei. The Microphylla Rose, 

 Ma Surprise, is one of the sweetest-scented Roses grown. Souvenir 

 de la Malmaison, and Baronne de Noirmont are good, also the old 

 Cabbage or Provence Rose. Several of the newer tea-scented Roses 

 are particularly sweet-scented. Among them we must include 

 Madame Joseph Godier (extra), Sappho, Mrs. James Wilson, 

 Kaiserin Friedrich, and Luciole, in addition to those newer kinds 

 already named.' — Amateur Gardening, 



