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also for twelve white roses this season at the Crystal Palace 

 show. The foliage is very fine, so is its habit of growth, and 

 it is said to be certain to oust that grand rose, Merville de Lyon, 

 out of the field. This is high praise, but I believe it really is 

 an improvement on M. de Lyon. Color white, with pale flesh 

 center, very large petals and of best substance. 



" Marchioness of Dufferin is sent out this year by the same 

 Irish firm as the foregoing, and is also a grand rose of enor- 

 mous size, beautiful rosy pink in color, with a suspicion of 

 yellow at the base of the petals. This variety gained the 

 gold medal at the Hereford exhibition of the National Rose 

 Society, in 1890. 



" Gustave Piganeau. The more I see of this rose the better 

 I like it ; it is one of the finest for decorative purposes on a 

 large scale. It gained the award of a silver medal at the 

 Crystal Palace show this summer as being the finest hybrid 

 perpetual in the show exhibited by a nurseryman. A very 

 strong grower, very large, and of good form and substance. 

 [See Annals for 1890, 43.] 



"Margaret Haywood is a sport from Madame Clemence 

 Joigneaux, and is certainly possessed of the fine and vigorous 

 constitution of that variety ; it is said to be a good flower, but 

 I have not seen one quite up to the description yet. Color 

 bright rosy pink ; full and very globular. Like Madame C. 

 Joigneaux, it seems to be mildew-proof. 



" La France of '89 is a puzzling name, but it is undoubtedly 

 a grand rose. It is a good grower, very brilliant red in color, 

 large, free-flowering, and with long buds of pointed shape. 

 This rose seems to present a great deal of the China form, 

 and is very free in growth and flowering. 



"Augustine Guinoisseau is a grand rose that may be very 

 correctly described as between Mrs. Bosanquet and Viscountess 

 Folkestone. It is a wonderfully free bloomer, and a splendid 

 pot rose. [See Annals for 1890, 43.] 



"Madame Renahy, a large and globular flower, light car- 

 mine-rose in color, shaded with lilac. A good grower and 

 particularly sweet-scented. Sure to prove a great favorite 

 with all who try it. [See Annals for 1890, 43.] 



"Souvenir de Monsieur Gomot is a little after the deep- 

 colored Sir Roland Hill, and is a first-rate rose, of good growth 

 and habit. 



