how to show the rose 233 

 12 Roses. 



Lefebvre. 



M. Niel. 



Duke of Edin- 

 Durgn. 



La France. 



F. Michelon. 



Beauman. 



Niphetos. 



E. Levet. 



L. Van Houtte. 



Marie Finger. 



Xav. Olibo. 



C. Mermet. 



Take any Rose in this collection, and you will find it 

 in close proximity to others which, from their diversity 

 of colour, will give and gain beauty by contrast. 

 Thus Lefebvre has the pink Michelon below and the 

 golden Niel at its side ; the yellow Niel has crimson 

 Roses on either side and beneath ; the scarlet Duke of 

 Edinburgh has a yellow Rose on his left, a blush Rose 

 on his right, and a snow-white Rose below him ; and 

 so throughout. 



Your beautiful thoroughbreds may not all come to 

 the post ; they may not run in the order in which 

 you have placed them — that is, some of your Roses 

 may be too much expanded when you come to cut 

 them, or may not be in size or in colour exactly suit- 

 able for the position assigned to them ; but you will 

 find, notwithstanding, very great assistance from such 

 a plan as that proposed to you : and when you have 

 gained by observation a knowledge of the develop- 

 ment and duration of your Roses, you will meet with 

 few disappointments in its realisation. 



