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SELECT ROSES, AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. 
17. Standard of Marengo, crimson scarlet. 
18. Lady Sefton, glossy lilac rose. 
19. Clementine Duval, bright rose. 
20. Comte d'Eu, brilliant carmine. 
21. Dr. Marjolin, rosy carmine. 
^ 22. La Reine, brilliant pale rose. 
23. Lady Fordwich, deep rosy crimson. 
24. Prince de Galles, lilac rose. 
25. Prudence Roeser, pink, fawn centime. 
There are still some fine varieties of hybrid 
perpetuals worthy of being grown, but they 
are unfortunately of the prevailing colour of 
the class, viz., crimson of various shades — 
happily a colour with which every one is 
pleased. No. 1 is one of the best roses known, 
being very constant, very large, full, and a very 
free bloomer ; 2 is very large and double, 
and scented of the Provence rose ; 3, 4, 7, to 
14, are fine shaped roses, and full flowers ; 
5 is very beautiful, particularly in autumn ; 
6 is a fine shaped rose at first opening, and 
the colour is fiery for some days after it is 
opened, the flower is of a moderate size, and 
is almost always in bloom during summer and 
autumn ; 15 is large and showy, but only 
semidouble ; 16 is most splendid at first 
opening, but soon becomes shaded with rosy 
crimson ; 17 is more brilliant in colour than 
6, but not so double ; 18 is very showy on 
the plant, but is only semidouble ; 19 is small, 
very double, first rate in shape, a free bloomer ; 
20 is of a dwarf free blooming habit, it 
would make a fine bed by itself, — for this 
purpose young plants should be struck in 
autumn, and kept in small pots during winter, 
and planted in the bed about the beginning of 
May ; they will flower well from August to 
October ; 21 is very dwarf, but a very free 
bloomer; 22 is very large and genei"ally 
coarse, but sometimes most lovely — it does not 
always open well ; 23 flowers in fine clusters, 
and is very double ; 24 is rather flat, but is 
distinct in colour ; 25 has the Noisette habit 
of flowering, and would form a good bed of 
itseif With the exception of 19 to 21, they 
all make first-rate standards, and are equally 
well suited for dwarfs or any intermediate 
height ; 19 to 21 are best as dwarfs, or on 
stems not more than two and a half feet high. 
For six first-rate show varieties, Nos. 1, 5, 6, 
12, 13, and 14; for twelve, add 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 
and 10 ; 22, when good, will always do for 
show, even among a small number. The 
most conspicuous on the plant, are Nos. 1, 6, 
9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 ; 5 is liable to 
be itijured by a very low temperature, so 
that when the thermometer indicates above 
20° of frost, it would be best to tie soijie 
heath or fern among the branches ; 6, 16, 17, 
19, 20, and 21, are the better for a little pro- 
tection during low temperatures in winter. 
This and the foresoinof class should be cut 
back to about three or four eyes, and the 
weak shoots should be cut out. 
Isle de Bourhon Moses. 
The Isle de Bourbon Roses are among the 
finest of the autumn roses ; in fact, very few 
of them flower fine till autumn or during a 
cool cloudy summer. They are hybrids from 
the rose from the Isle of Bourbon and the 
Noisettes and Chinas ; they have generally 
very fine foliage. Unfortunately very few 
are fragrant ; those which have this property 
are marked.* 
y 1. Acidalia, blush white, slightly tinted 
with pink after the flower has been open a day 
or two. 
2. Augustine Lelieur, deep fulgent rose 
colour. 
-* 3. Bouquet de Flore,* rosy cai'mine. 
4. Ceres, bright rose. 
5. Desgaches, bright rose, with a slight 
tinge of salmon. 
6. Emile Courtier, deep rose. 
7. Georges Cuvier, brilliant rosy carmine. 
8. Henri Plantier, bright light rose. 
9. La Gracieuse, fine rose. 
10. Le Grenadier, bright crimson. 
11. Madame Despres, rosy lilac. 
12. Menoux, brilliant carmine. 
» 13. Paul Joseph, rich crimson purple. 
14. Proserpine, deep bright velvety crimson. 
15. Reine des Vierges, pale plush. 
16. Souchet, crimson, shaded purple. 
17. Souvenir de la Malmaison, pale blush, 
centre slightly tinted with fawn. 
18. Splendens,* rosy crimson. 
't 19. The Queen,* pale buff, shaded fawn. 
20. Armosa, bright pink. 
21. Grand Capitaine, velvety scarlet. 
22. Gloire de Rosomene, deep bright vel- 
vety crimson. 
23. Julie de Loynes,* white. 
•* 24. Madame Angelina,* pale cream, fawn 
centre. 
Nos. 1 to 19 are all fine show roses, and 
have no fault of not opening their flowers 
well ; 2, 4, 8, 13, 14 and 16, are very dwarf 
growing varieties, and would make a rich bed 
if planted thick ; as standards, on neat small 
stocks from two to three feet high, they are 
very handsome ; 1, 10, 11, 15, and 17, are 
vigorous growers, and would, in very good 
soil, make good pillar roses, or standards of 
the largest size ; 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 18, and 19, 
are neat growing varieties ; they make very 
handsome standards on stocks from two and 
a half to three and a half feet, or as dwarfs 
for beds they are well suited ; 17 has very 
large flowers from four to- five inches over, 
and very double ; 19 is the most constant 
flowering rose we have, having a mass of 
bloom from June till November ; 20, 21, and 
