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THE ELOWER GARDEK. 



the great fault of The Queen (a fine flower) in the climate 

 of England. Madame Lqffay and 'Prince Albert \ both 

 crimson, are good. Julie de Krudner and La Favorite 

 are delicate pink, fragrant, and pretty. Gelina Bubos, 

 nearly white, deserves favour, as a sporting branch from 

 the Crimson Perpetual. The Geant des JBatailles, deep 

 bright crimson ; Comte BobrinsTcy, vivid scarlet ; Gloire 

 de Posomanes, velvety crimson-scarlet; Comte de Hon- 

 talivet, violet and red ; Sir John Franklin, Gloire de la 

 France, JBaronne Hallez, Alexandrine Bachmeteff, Paul 

 JDuprez, Triomphe de Paris, and General Castellane, all 

 rich crimson ; Jules Margottin and Lady Alice Peel, 

 cherry- colour, are all admirable. 



The Bourbon Roses, derived from the original bright 

 pink, semi-double lie de Bourbon, are very persevering 

 bloomers, with handsome foliage, of free growth mostly <, 

 The following will give satisfaction : — Madame Besprez, 

 double, pink, globular, in clusters, with very vigorous 

 growth, and of great hardiliood, — a most useful rose, either 

 for a standard, a wall, or a pillar ; Souvenir de Malmaison, 

 a magnificent flesh-coloured vigorous rose ; The Queen of 

 the Bourbons, delicate pinky bulf, double, and very fra- 

 grant ; Paul Joseph, rich dark crimson, a remarkable 

 flower, of moderate growth, thriving best as a dwarf ; 

 Acidalie, white ; Menoux, carmine ; Bupetit Thours and 

 La Quintinie, dark crimson. 



The Noisette Poses, whose original, the Blush, was 

 raised from American seed, are named after the Prench 

 nurseryman to whom they owe their introduction. The 

 Blush met at first with undue favour ; in this country it 

 opens badly in damp weather, and is injured by severe 

 winters, as are most of its progeny. They are free 

 growers, bloom abundantly and late, but are mostly defi- 

 cient in odour. Good varieties are : — Aimee Vibert, pure 

 white, with glossy light-green foliage ; Fellenberg, semi- 

 double, bright cherry ; Jaime Besprez, fawn-coloured or 

 salmon-pink, very rampant in growth, should have its 

 spring shoots stopped when about two feet long, very 

 fragrant, rather tender, safest against a wall ; La Biche, 



