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THE CULTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ROSES. 
hybrid Chinese." Yet these arc all fine noble 
flowers, and the family distinctions of very 
secondary, if of any consequence, and certainly 
difficult to recognise, except by those very 
well acquainted Avith the minutiae of unim- 
portant differences. We are well pleased to 
sec the cultivator, who gives us in his Select 
Catalogue more than thirty distinct families, 
as he calls them, and some of these families 
with several divisions, enumerating in all 
nearly eleven hundred varieties, — condescend 
to inform us that the foregoing six are the 
largest, and next telling us that the following 
are the 
Six of the Sweetest Roses. — Riego, a 
sweet briar ; Crested Provence, an ordinary 
rose colour ; the common Cabbage-rose, ditto, 
an old favourite ; the common Moss-rose, 
ditto, also a universal favourite ; Crimson 
Perpetual, bright crimson; and Prince Albert, 
purplish crimson. Here we have good reason 
to praise the taste of the public. Fragrance is 
a decided property in a Rose ; and here we 
have to acknowledge that the two greatest 
favourites of the common people are the old 
Moss and old Cabbage-roses. These six com- 
prise no less than four families — one is a per- 
petual ; one is a hybrid perpetual ; one hybrid 
sweet briar; two are Provence; and one moss. 
To proceed, let us take next 
" Six of the most brilliant Red Roses. 
— Vesta, a very old variety ; Rouge Eblouis- 
sante, or Assemblage des Beautes ; Eblouis- 
sante de Lequeue ; Feu Brilliante ; Grande 
Capitaine ; and Gloire de Rosamene. And 
here it is worth mentioning, that all the more 
vivid reds are wanting in doubleness. Four 
of this six belong to the family of Rosa Gal- 
lica, and two to the family of Bourbon. We 
come next to 
Six of the most vigorous growing 
Roses. — Great Western, deep reddish crim- 
son ; Hortensia, bright pink ; Charles Duval, 
bright rose ; Paul Perras, brilliant shaded 
rose 5 Elise Mercceur, rose colour with red 
centre ; and Chenedole, already described in 
the first six. Here we have five hybrid Bour- 
bons, so called, and one hybrid China. Of 
course these extremely rapid growers are 
fittest for climbing, though used as standards. 
We next come to something after our own 
hearts, if the description be true, that is to say — 
Six Roses of fine shape. — Triomphe de 
Jaussens, brilliant crimson ; Kean, nearly 
scarlet ; Coupe d'Hebe, delicate rose colour, 
often shaded with pink ; La Volupte, deep 
rose ; Rose Devigne, a delicate pink ; and 
Boula de Nanteuil, crimson purple. We 
doubt if these come nearly up to the proper- 
ties; but still, upon Mr. Rivers' authority, they 
are selected from nearly eleven hundred. The 
next we come to are 
Six of the earliest small Roses. — 
Spong's Rose, bright rose colour ; Rose de 
Meaux, an old acquaintance ; mossy Rose do 
Meaux, or Pomponc, beautifully mossed ; 
Persian Yellow, bright gold colour ; Chinese 
Sweet-briar, bright pink rose; and Burgundy, 
an old dwarf rose. These six are small. We 
come next to 
Six of the earliest large Flowers. — 
George the Fourth, Ne Plus Ultra, Fulgens, 
Blairii No. 2, Magna Rosa, and Triomphe 
dA.ngie.rs, — all hybrid China Roses. And 
lastly we arrive at 
Six of the latest Roses. — Madame 
Laffay, rosy crimson ; Lady Alice Peel, deep 
pink ; Baronne Prevost, rosy blush ; Doctor 
Marx, rosy carmine ; Duchess of Sutherland, 
bright rosy blush ; and Mrs. Elliott, light 
crimson tinted with lilac. These are per- 
petuals, or hybrid perpetuals; and we must 
admit, making all allowances for the difference 
of opinion that might be entertained, that 
these tests will be useful in more respects than 
at first siefht strikes one. 
Williams's Double Yellow Briar. 
No person has grown Roses more extensively 
than Mr. Rivers ; few people think it wortli 
while keeping so many varieties ; few persons' 
catalogues are so extensive ; and it is some- 
thing to obtain an admission from one of such 
extensive experience, that these selections are 
the most distinguished for their peculiar 
features of so large a collection as that at 
Sawbridgeworth. It will be seen that many, 
or most of them, are amongst our selections, 
we having taken the families as they came 
before us, and given most of the number that 
