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THE FLORIST. 
China. 
1. Cramoisie Sup^rieure 3. Mrs. Bosanquet 
2. Madame Br^on 4. President d’Olbecque 
Tea-scented Roses are about the most satisfactory group of all, 
always blooming, and, withal very fragrant, quite ladies’ Roses. Of 
these I have:— 
1. Adam 
2. Devoniensis 
3. Eugene Desgaches 
4. Gloire de Dijon 
5. Goubault 
6. Madame Willermoz 
7. Moir6 ‘ 
8. Niphetos 
9. Pactolus 
10. Safrano 
11. Souvenir d’un Ami 
12. Comtesse de Seraincourt 
13. Cerise Pourpre 
14. Narcisse 
Of these 2, 4, 6, and 11 are the best. I think nothing can be more 
exquisite than their shape and perfume; and the continuous bloom 
that they give—whether in pots or in the open air—after being planted 
out, make them specially valuable; they have one fault, too much 
sameness in colour. 
Noisettes alone remain. 
I have given up Cloth of Gold ; where it can be grown, it bears off 
the palm from all others. The only Noisette I grow is Solfaterre, 
whose days are numbered, if Isabella Gray be worthy of the chfftacter 
given to her. 
I have thus given what I believe to be a selected list, and shall be 
very glad if it form any guidance to those looking out for Roses, and 
know the value of such helps myself. Now is a good time to procure 
them ; but I should recommend all who get them now to pot at once, 
and keep them in a house or pit until June, and then turn them out, 
as I recommended in my last notice. There is but little to do now in 
gardens. I am just preparing my Ranunculus bed by putting in well- 
rotted cow-dung, though I do not find the necessity of laying it at the 
bottom of the bed, as some do, but merely mix it up well and turn it 
over in frosty weather, picking out all worms, grubs, &c. As ta other 
matters, the directions for last month are quite sufficient, and with this 
fine weather things ought to be doing well. 
Real, Nov. 17, 1857- 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S LATE FRUIT .SHOW. 
It must be admitted that some of the foreign produce exhibited on the 
24th of October last, at Willis’s Rooms, was very fine, and the collec¬ 
tions from fruiterers very showy; it must, however, be remembered, 
that many of the largest specimens were kitchen sorts, and totally unfit 
for other purposes. The collections of home growth, on the contrary, 
contained the most esteemed kinds in a high state of perfection, produced 
under less favourable circumstances ; we have not the warm climate 
and sunny skies of France. Taking all things into consideration, there¬ 
fore, we must take credit to ourselves for having produced the finest 
