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" The Childing Rose, the Marbled Rose, the double Virgin 

 Rose. These three have great affinity with each other. 



" The Cabbage Provence is only a variety of the Common 

 Provence. 



" The Blush or Pale Provence is a variety of the Red 

 Provence. 



" The White Monthly and the White Damask are varieties 

 of the Damask. 



" The Frankfort Rose may be a distinct species, but is of 

 little value ; the flowers rarely open fair, and have no odour. 



" The double Sweet Brier, the evergreen Sweet Brier, the 

 double blush Sweet Brier, are varieties of the common sort. 



" The Austrian Rose, with red and yellow flowers, is only an 

 accidental variety. 



" The double Yellow Rose is a variety of the single yellow. 



" The Rosa Mundi is a variety of the Red Rose. 



" The small white and semi-double white are varieties of 

 the common white." 



From Mr. Laxton came a beautiful copy of Miss Lawrance's 

 celebrated Illustrations of Boses, 1799, which excited much 

 attention. 



Messrs. W. Paul & Son showed the ninth edition of their 

 Rose Garden, in two sizes ; Boses in Pots, sixth edition ; Boses 

 and Bose Culture, sixth edition ; The Bose Annual, first 

 and second series. Mr. Cranston also showed , his work on the 

 Rose. 



Drawings, &c. 



From the Royal Gardens, Kew, came copies of Sweert's 

 drawings, 1620, representing the Roses of that period. 



Professor Oliver, F.R.S., contributed a drawing, by Ehret, 

 of Rosa pimpinellifolia. 



Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., a similar beautiful water- 

 colour, by Ehret, of the spineless Rose, Rosa alpina. 



From Messrs. Byrne, photographers, Richmond, Surrey, 

 came a series of magnificent photographs of Roses, correctly 

 named, representing the flowers at nine-tenths of life-size. 



M. Barbey sent a photograph of Rosa la3vigata to show its 

 beauty as a hardy Climbing Rose. 



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