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Marechal Niel is the grandest triumph of the 

 Florist's Art in the 19th century, and adds oneHnk 

 more to disprove "Nature's Law of Colors," making 

 it highly probable that at no very distant day the 

 " primary colors" may occur in varieties of the same 

 species. For who is there can pomt out plainly the 

 dividing line between a "species" and a "variety?" 



The following twelve Roses are Remontants, and 

 suit our climate admirably. Some of them are as 

 free bloomers as the Bourbon?, and are, I presume, 

 very closely allied to that class : — 



Souvenir de William Wood is a very dark flower, 

 — one of the newest, and one of the best. Color 

 velvety, purple crimson, very rich looking, intensely 

 dark, perfect in form, with good foliage, and very 

 fra grant Sind full. Most Roses of the very dark order 

 are imperfect in form — that is, they are flat-shaped. 

 This one, on the contrary, is as perfect in form as 

 Charles Lefevre, which is saying much. The two 

 best Hybrid Perpetual Roses of the season are 

 Blanche Virginah and the one I am writing about. 

 The one opens out a pure white ; the other, viewed 

 in some positions, appears to be jet black, which it 

 is not. 



Prince Camille de Rohan is probably the most 

 distinct Rose of its color which has been produced 

 for many years past. It is a moderately strong 

 grower, throwing out short, stout side shoots, on 

 the end of which are borne flowers of a rich, vel- 

 vety crimson, intensely brilliant, without a shade or 

 mixture of any other color, which so often detract 

 from the beauty of many fine Roses. It flowers 

 throughout the summer, more or less, and is a re- 

 markably free fall blooming variety, very full and 

 fragrant. 



Charles Lefevre is a beautiful flower of great ex- 

 cellence, and although not new is not near so much 

 cultivated as it should be. The outer petals recurve 

 back almost touching the stem ; the inner ones over- 

 lapping each other in regular order, forming a 

 flower of wondrous symmetry ; color brilliant crim- 

 son, richly veined with purple and scarlet, the 

 under side of petals violet ; blooms in clusters, very 

 fine for show purposes, but not so free a bloomer as 

 some. 



Christian Puttnar. — This is a Rose of unequalled 

 excellence, rivaling in brilliancy of color and sym- 

 metry of form the famed Charles Lefevre. The 

 veining of the petals are beautiful. If any doubter 

 wishes to know wherein lies the superiority of the 

 Florist's Art over ull others let him take a flower 

 of this variety and examine it closely. What 

 painter can produce on canvas a thing o ' beauly like 

 to that ? The flowers are cup-shaped, erect grow- 



ing and fragrant ; color bright rosy crimson ; a first 

 class show flovrer. 



Auguste Riviere, somewhat in the style of Charles 

 Lefevre but quite distinct from that YSiYiety. Color 

 brilliant purple shaded with crimson ; elegantly 

 cupped, a free bloomer, fragrant and tolerably strong 

 grower with healthy foliage. This is likewise a 

 first-class show flower ranking equal to the last 

 named. 



Monte Christo is a splendid dark colored flower, 

 very large and full. It has a peculiar dark shade 

 of purple when first opened, changing, in the course 

 of a few hours, to a most brilliant scarlet, a shade 

 darker than General Jacqueminot; a strong grower 

 and pretty, free bloomers. The flower is flat shaped. 



Greneral Washington. — The Rose of this name is 

 a remarkable variety, void of fragrance, for which 

 it amply compensates by the abundance of bloom it 

 gives through the season. Spring rooted cuttings 

 commence blooming immediately and continue to do 

 so until cut short by frost. The flowers are large 

 and full, very fall; color scarlet crimson, — in the 

 stj^le of the well known Gi-eant des Battailes, — with 

 decidedly better foliage, and not subject to mildew. 

 I saw at Grermantown, Pa., at the nursery of Mr. 

 L. C. Baumann — who, by the way, is an excellent 

 Rose grower; — could you not persuade him to give 

 an essay on the Propagation of Roses ? Most writers 

 give the general facts skipping the details, which 

 are the most important. Pardon my digression, I 

 am afraid I shall tire you, — I saw a bed of three 

 thousand plants of this variety in midsummer in 

 full bloom. A more gorgeous sight it has never 

 been my good fortune to behold. Every flower yvus 

 of immense size and perfect, although opening under 

 a July sun. 



Madame Charles Wood is a good Rose for the 

 open ground, continuing in bloom the whole sea- 

 son without intermission. The flowers are large, 

 double, cap-shaped, fragrant; they grow in clus- 

 ters, thus indicating its origin. Color scarlet-crim- 

 son, darker than the foregoing which it much re- 

 sembles. 



Prince Henry des Pays Bas is a Rose distinct from 

 anything yet described. It is almost globular in 

 shape ; color scarlet-crimson shaded with violet, oc- 

 casionally marbled with white ; a good grower and 

 fragrant. 



Souvenir de Count Cavour (Margottin's). There 

 are two varieties with this name : one a light blood 

 red, large, coarse blossoms, and very strong grower, 

 and Margottin's, which is much the better flower 

 of the two. 



Souvenir de Lady Cardela ; — purplish-crimson, 



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