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THE FLORIST. 
I have about 200 Roses, chiefly Autumnal. About 40 of them are 
the same as those named by “A. S. H.,”in the March number of 1856. 
That list is no doubt excellent, but lacks information as to “ habit,” an 
item quite as important as “ shape and colour.” 
For the sake of humble contributors to your journal, who cannot 
afford to buy the whole of the Roses named, or who have not room for 
so many, or who have windy situations, in which delicate and dwarf 
habited Roses will only disappoint, with an addition or two, I will re¬ 
commend out of that list, a limited number which throws good wood, are 
hardy, cast good and handsome blooms, do well in windy situations, as 
any Roses could do, and which answer more or less to the first and 
third rules laid down by Richlieu, in his treatise. I may add that the 
westerly winds (on a Dorsetshire down) set right into my garden and 
the frontage of my house, which is protected on east, south, and north. 
I affix the colours, which seem to be various. I know no first-class 
white Rose. 
HYBEID PERPETUALS. 
William Griffith, light lilac rose 
Prince Leon, vivid crimson 
Madame Laffay, rich rose 
G^ant des Batailles, vermilion 
Pius the Ninth, bright crimson 
Jules Margottin, bright carmine 
Caroline de Sansalles, pale blush 
Baronne Prevost, rose colour 
Duchess of Sutherland, deli¬ 
cate mottled pink 
Augustine Mouchelet,light rosy 
crimson 
William Jesse, crimson tinged 
lilac 
Jacques Lafitte, bright carmine 
rose 
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Auguste Mie, pinkish blush 
General Cavaignac, deep flesh 
L’Enfant de Mt. Carmel, deep crimson 
Prince Albert, dark velvety crimson 
Madame Trudeaux, brilliant carmine 
Comtesse Duchatel, pinkish rose,beau- 
tiful shape 
Dr. Juillard, deep rose—looks and 
smells like the Cabbage Rose 
Sidonie, a most brilliant pink satin 
General Jacqueminot, not so double 
as some of the others, but it is such 
a beautiful scarlety crimson, and so 
good habited, that I could not leave 
it out 
I add four first-class summer Roses, with a distinct and truly beautiful 
Hybrid China. 
H.B. Paul Ricaut, crimson scarlet 
Coupe de Hebe, delicate light 
rose 
R.G. Kean, red coal scarlet, beautiful 
foliage, perfect and splendid 
Triomphe de Janssens, brilliant 
crimson, perfect shape, and 
superb 
H.C. Madeleine, white, margined with 
carmine—sometimes it is suf¬ 
fused over the whole flower. It 
is beautiful and distinct. 
Here are 26 hardy Roses, throwers of good wood, beautiful in shape, 
and good bloomers. The above five summer Roses will bloom twice 
with me. Paul Ricaut is hardly second to any in colour or shape. 
Among my 200 I have many new ones ; but I will recommend these 
above as 1 know, because I have had experience in them, and can speak 
well of their “ habits,” as well as of their “ shape and colour.” If I 
am wrong, I am open to reproof, but I doubt not “ A. S. H.” will bear me 
out; and had he distinguished them by “ habit ” I should not have 
troubled you. 
Heckeren is distinct, very large, and ill-formed in petal. It looks 
like four ears of elephants, and is hollow. Graciella and Jeanne 
d’Arc are beautiful, but still delicate. 
