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Regalis. — Brilliant carmine, with purple shading ; fine full form ; free bloomer ; 



very fragrant. 

 Sir Joseph. Paxton.— Bright glowing rose, changing to purple crimson ; 



large fine form ; one of the best. 

 Sanguinea. — Deep blood red ; very bright and distinct. 

 Solfaterre. — Fine clear sulphur yellow ; lovely bud ; full and sweet ; good 



grower and free bloomer. 

 Sombrieul. — White edged and tinged with silvery rose ; very sweet ; large 



and full ; splendid. 

 Safrano.-— Bright apricot ; changing to salmon and fawn ; beautiful orange 



buds. 

 Triumph de Luxemburg. — Brilliant rosy carmine, shaded with purple ; 



large and very fine. 

 Trium.ph de Rennes.— Fine canary yellow ; full ; very sweet ; free bloomer. 

 Verdiflora, Green Rose.- -Flower quite double; deep green; a great curiosity. 

 Washington.™Pure white ; very double; vigorous grower and profuse bloomer. 

 Woodland Margaret.—Buff white ; medium size; free bloomer 

 White Cluster.— White ; blooms in clusters ; moderate. 

 White Microphylla.— (Alba Orderata), medium size flower ; double ; white ; 



sweet-scented ; annual. 

 White Tea.— A rather tender variety ; best in the South ; good bloomer and 



fragrant. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 



The Hybrid Perpetual Class is perhaps the most valuable of all. The flowers 

 are of immense size, and delicious fragrance, very double and of the most gorge- 

 ous and dazzling colors. 



The plant is a strong, vigorous grower, perfectly hardy, and therefore particu- 

 larly valuable in the North and West, where the tender varieties require pro- 

 tection. They are also equally valuable in the South, as they add a new and 

 distinct type of beauty to the beautiful Ever-blooming varieties, which there 

 flourish so luxuriantly. Though called " Perpetual," they are not such early and 

 constant bloomers as the varieties belonging to the Ever-blooming class. They 

 bloom finely at usual time, early in the season, and with good treatment will 

 continue to bloom at short intervals, during the Summer and Autumn months. 

 They should not be ordered for House Plants, as they are not suitable for the 

 purpose, they will grow and thrive as well as others, but are not so certain to 

 bloom. We grow of the Hybrid Perpetual Class alone, more than one hundred 

 varieties ; but as many of these resemble each very closely, we have thought 

 it was not necessary to describe more than the finest and most distinct. Indeed, 

 for ordinary purposes, better effects are produced with fifteen or twenty varie- 

 ties, than with more. 



