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by far the best way to grow them if we 

 want to see their finest colour. Ami 

 Stecherjl&rge and splendid in colour,flne 

 in leaf, with flowers of a beautiful dark 

 ruddy crimson. Comtesse de Ruffi de 

 Roux is a lovely soft coppery-rose (and 

 this a very feeble description), some- 

 what in the way of Marie V an Houtte, 

 but quite distinct. Comte Chandon, 2l 

 clear yellow, and as good as anything 

 ever seen in that colour. Mdlle. Emma 

 Vercellone, a copper pink . Peaces splen- 

 did sport of the always 

 excellent Georges Na- 

 bonnand. Prefet Mon- 

 teil, with a handsome 

 bud and fine flowers 

 of soft sulphur yellow, 

 with a little copper- 

 pink upon the outer 

 petals. General Gal- 

 lieni, a distinct and su- 

 perb Rose, difficult to 

 describe ; a splendid 

 red with a copper lin- 

 ing, fine in flower and 

 in every way. Madame 

 Charles deLuze, a very 

 handsome pale Rose, a singular mixture 

 of lovely colour with rich yellow shad- 

 ings within. ^Jeanne Philippe is,perhaps, 

 the pick of the basket, a lovely bright buff 

 colour with streaks of dull red on outer 

 petals, a free grower, and a noble Rose in 

 all ways. Mdm. Rene Gerard \ soft peach 

 colour. A promising Rose, but perhaps 

 not quite so notable as some of those 

 named. Mdm. Ravary, a fine and dis- 

 tinct Rose in copper-orange, with bars 

 of pale dull red outside, colours to which 

 it is impossible to do justice in words. 



Grande Duchesse A nastasie^. good flesh 

 colour, but, as judged to-day, without 

 the great buds and the distinct character 

 of some of those before named. Fra?iz 

 Deegen, a beautiful pale yellow Rose; 

 very promising. Comtesse de Cay la, a 

 rich, brilliant, coppery-pink as nearly as 

 words can describe it. Emilie Charrin, 

 clear, bright, flesh-pink. Progress is 

 a beautiful apricot colour, but not yet 

 seen enough to speak fully of its habit 

 and vigour. Principessa di Napoli, a 



ROSE COMTESSE DE BARDI. 



starry flesh colour. Comtesse ae Bardi, 

 a lovely Rose, reminding one of Marie 

 VanHoutte and yet distinct. Salmonea, 

 a fine Rose, looking a little like Papa 

 Gontier on the day we write and with 

 fine odour. George Far her, a large Rose 

 suggestive of a China in colour, but as 

 we write without any buds; a large and 

 vigorous plant. Mdm. Ernestine Ver- 

 dier, a flower of bronzed-flesh colour 

 and a good Rose. Max Buntzel, a pale 

 red with much copper shading within ; 

 a fine bud and a plant of good vigour. 



