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PAKSONS OX THE ROSE. 



mentioned Rivers as the most skillful and correct of rose- 

 growers ; and yet, in classing Lady Fitzgerald and Mad- 

 ame Hardy among the Damasks, he says that neither of 

 them are pure Damask ; and the Duke of Cambridge, 

 which at first he thought a Hybrid China, he now places 

 as a Damask ; other similar instances are frequent. Many 

 roses, moreover, are classed as hybrids which are not truly 

 such. We are quite inclined to think that a large number 

 of the varieties supposed to have been produced by hy- 

 bridizing are nothing more than the natural produce, and 

 that the pollen, in many cases, has not impregnated the 

 pistil to which it was applied. With this uncertainty, 

 therefore, as evinced by Rivers in his work, and with 

 doubts of the hybridity of supposed hybrids, we deem it 

 better to class them all together ; and, for the benefit of 

 those who may prefer the old classification, to attach to 

 each name the class by which it has been hitherto known. 



We write principally for the amateur, and we think he 

 will find it less embarrassing to make a selection from this 

 classification than from the old one. 



A great number of Garden Roses exist, but we describe 

 here only a few distinct varieties, with colors which are 

 seldom found among the Remontants. 



All the others have either their equals or their superiors 

 among the Remontants, and being certain to bloom only 

 once in the season, are scarcely worthy of cultivation, 

 compared with the Remontants. 



Chen^dole^ H. C. — One of the most splendid varieties, 

 and is truly beautiful. Its foliage and habit are very 

 good, and its very luxuriant growth makes it a good pil- 

 lar rose. Its flower is cupped, large, double, and fragrant, 

 and its color is a rich, glowing crimson, of almost dazzling 

 brilliancy. It is altogether the most desirable rose of this 

 class. 



Charles Lawson, II* B. — This has handsome foliage, 



