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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST, 
[ August, 
new large white, in the way of Madame Maurin, 1874 ; and La Nuancee^ of this 
year, a remarkably distinct Eose, with beautifully edged petals on white ground. 
The late M. Ducher, one of the most honestly careful senders-out of novelties, 
gave us Marie Van Iloutte^ a glorious lemon-coloured flower, with rosy tint, quite 
novel, 1871 ; Anna Olivier^ a lovely cream-coloured flower, in the way of 
Madame Villermoz; and the fine golden-yellow, large, full-flowered Perle cle 
Lyon^ 1872 ; Comte de Sembui, a deep coppery-coloured, large, full, open bud ; 
and Lean Ducher^ a yellow-shaded salmon, a glorious flower, with a rosy-peach 
centre, 1873 ; Marechal Jtobert and Marquis de Sanima, fi'om Madame Ducher, 
are promising. 
M. Levet, a comparatively new Eose-grower, has in the last four or five years 
added to our lists, his first Tea, in Belle Lyonnaise (1869), a glorious lemon- 
coloured Gloirc do Dijon, and in 1870 a richer salmon-coloured Eose of the same 
type, Madame Berard. In Madame Jules Margottin and Souvenir de Paul Neron ■> 
we have two charming bouquet Eoses, of lemon and rosy tints ; Perfection de 
Montplaisir is the freest pure-coloured yellow Eose we have, fairly hardy ; all 
1871. Madcme Franqois Janin^ so beautifully shown by Mr. Bennett this year 
as a button-hole Eose, 1872 ; while his Eose of 1873, Perle des Jardins^ steps at 
once into fame as the finest dwarf-growing dark yellow Eose we have. 
We owe to M. Pernet, Jean Pernei^ a charmingly free hardy Eose, of bright 
yellow, 1867 ; and what promises to be an improved Souvenir d’un Ami, in' 
Souvenir de Madame Pernet^ of this year. 
M. Lartay, of Bordeaux, sent us Alba rosea^ a close relative of Madame Bravy ; 
and in two succeeding years, at a guinea a plant each time, Gloire de Bordeaux^ 
1861, and Belle de Bordeaux^ 1862, pink climbing Tea Eoses, which, when they 
flowered here, proved almost, if not quite, identical. 
Messrs. Veitch’s Duchess of Edinburgh of 1874 has proved a very pretty 
distinct red Tea. 
Our own gain— Cheshunt Hybrid^ 1873—a distinct hybrid Tea, is a seedling 
from Madame de Tartas. 
Of the older Teas which have stood their ground well amongst all these im¬ 
provements are:—Auguste Vaucher, yet distinct from others; Amabilis and 
Bougere, pretty bouquet Eoses; Devoniensis^ and its newer climbing sport; David 
Pradel, still one of the best rose-coloured Teas; Elise Sauvage, twice rechristened 
as Madame William and L’Enfant Trouve; grand useful old Gloire de Dijon; 
Goubault, the freest, prettiest pink ; Homer, a tipped, wrinkled (like Dr. Andry 
amongst Pelargoniums) variety ; Madame de St. Joseph, one of the best pot-roses 
we have ; Madame Villermoz, the best pure white Tea, hardy, upright-growing^ 
and vigorous ; Moire, with its charming salmon rosy-fawn tints; President, a 
better form of Adam ; Eubens, a rounder-formed, tinted, Devoniensis-like Eose ; 
glorious old, ever-flowering, buff-coloured Safrano ; Madame Falcot, another 
glorious gain of M. Lacharme; Souvenir d’Elise Varden, a shy beauty, but 
whether in pot or on wall, dwarf or standard, worth all care to produce a single 
