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should prefer before M. C. J., with its long, strong, sapful 



shoots, its broad, clear, shining leaves, and its grand 



cupped carmine flowers. 

 Marechal Vaillant well merits his baton for distinguished 



conduct in the garden ; and, in his bright crimson 



uniform, is never absent from his post, nor ever fails to 



distinguish himself when the wars of the Roses are fought 



in the tented field. 

 Paul Neron is admirably suited for this method of cultivation, 



with his ample foliage, his huge yet handsome flowers — in 



colour bright rose, and as to size supreme. 

 Paid Perras^ H.B., is another valuable Rose in this section, of 



robust growth, and producing plentifully its well-shaped 



blooms, of a light rose^-colour. 



Longworth Rambler — introduced by Liabaud — is effective as a 

 Pillar Rose, of rapid growth, and abundantly productive 

 of its vivid crimson flowers. 



Paul Ricaut^ H.B., was once the swell of the period, the 

 D'Orsay in our beau, vio7ide of Roses ; and though no 

 longer a leader of fashion, he is still a very attractive 

 member of society. Upon the tree, its large, closely- 

 petalled, rich crimson flowers are most beautiful ; but it 

 is not reliable as a show Rose, expanding rapidly, and 

 too often displaying a large ' eye,' on his arrival at the 

 exhibition, as though astonished by the splendour of the 

 scene. 



Ulrich Brunner^ said to be Paul's son or seedling, of robust 

 habit, like his father, but of a more ruddy complexion, 

 and more compact in form. 



Arches and arcades are graceful, because natural, 

 forms, quas Natura sua spoiite suggerit^ as we read 

 in our Oxford Logic, in which to grow varieties of 



