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Marqioise de Castellans (Pernet, 1869). — -Of robust 

 habit ; sometimes a very strong grower with thick long 

 thorny shoots and fine foliage, but capricious in this 

 matter, and rather difficult to please. Not only does 

 it do well in some places and badly in others, but my 

 own plants, treated all alike, are most uneven, some 

 being very weak and some very strong. Sometimes 

 it will grow well in light soil, but at any rate it will 

 be of little use if it does not make strong growth. The 

 blooms are frequently of uneven shape, occasionally 

 rough and coarse, but they are large, and effective when 

 they come good with a pointed centre. Not liable to 

 mildew or much injured by rain, early, and free-flowering 

 if it grows well. Not very good in lasting qualities, 

 but quite noted as an autumnal, fine large blooms being 

 frequently produced even till quite late in the season. 



Maurice Bernardin (Granger, 1861 ). — Syn. Exposition 

 de Brie, Ferdinand de Lesseps, and Sir Garnet Wolseley. 

 Of good growth and foliage, rather liable to mildew 

 but not much injured by rain. The blooms come 

 pretty well, of good semi-globular shape and fair general 

 qualities. This variety, as shown by the number of 

 synonyms, represents a fair average crimson Rose not 

 particular as to the stock it grows on, and free from 

 unusual peculiarities or special manners and customs. 



Merveille de Lyon (Pernet, 1882). — Of Baroness 

 Rothschild race, in all habits resembling it in every 

 particular. While Margaret Dickson seems still un- 

 established, this sort remains the finest white H.P. It is 

 generally of a lovely pure white colour, but comes some- 

 times rather pink in the autumn, and occasionally a 

 shoot will revert back to Baroness Rothschild. A grand 

 Rose of the largest size, wanting only the point in the 

 centre, which Margaret Dickson has under its raiser's 



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