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unless the hybridisers seek a less beaten track than the one they have 

 been exploiting for the last half-century. It is to the investigation of 

 this new path that we wish to encourage all Rose-growers. 



Have you noticed that several classes of beautiful Roses, after having 

 produced several fine improvements, have suddenly come to a stop as if 

 they had become sterile *? Beluze has only given us one single 1 Souvenir 

 de la Malmaison ' ; and no one has followed him. You may say that 



J-'k;. L41. — BOSS Aimki: VlBEBT. [The Garden.) 



this Rose is perfect ; if so I cannot agree with you. But do you not 

 see that it is by no means easy to find a ' Malmaison ' as pink as 'La 

 France,' as velvety as 1 General Jacqueminot,' or pure white like ' Aimee 

 Yibert ' ? (Fig. 141.) 



And if one could add to it a scent like that of the Provins or the 

 Teas, would not that be a decided improvement ? 



But from whence sprang the ' Malmaison ' ? That is the question. 



