it. The Duke of Devonshire, in a very warm and dry soil, will produce heps in tolerable abundance; and as it is inclined to be striped, it would possibly form a beautiful combination with the French rose Tricolor, which should be planted with it.

Souvenir d'une Mère, a very large and most beautiful rose, will bear seed if fertilised: the best union for this rose would perhaps be Celine, which is one of the most abundant seed-bearing roses we possess very large and brilliant rose-coloured varieties would probably be originated from these roses in combination.

Riego, which partakes of the sweet briar, might be made the parent of some beautiful briar-like roses by planting it with the Splendid Sweet Briar.

General Allard, a hybrid Bourbon rose, from which Monsieur Laffay has raised his new perpetual rose," Madame Laffay," is much inclined to give a second series of flowers: this rose should be planted in a very warm border, or trained against a south wall with Bourbon Gloire de Rosomène, and if carefully fertilised with it, some beautiful crimson autumnal roses would probably be originated.

Henry Barbet is also a hybrid Bourbon rose of great beauty. This should be planted with Triomphe d'Angers, with which it may be fertilised; but as the latter has but a small portion of pollen,

and the former great abundance, the process may be reversed. If seed can be procured from Triomphe d'Angers, it must produce fine flowers, as it is one of the most beautiful and fragrant of

roses.

Petit Pierre, although very double, bears abundance of seed: as this is a fine and large rose, deepness of colour might be given by planting it with the French rose: La Majestueuse. Legouvé with the Tuscany would probably originate a fine class of rich dark crimson roses, of which at present we possess but few that are really perfect in form and colour. Time will most probably put us in possession of many other seed-bearing hybrid China roses at present, those recommended are all that can be depended upon.

THE HYBRID BOURBON ROSE.

ROSA BOURBONIANA HYBRIDE.

(Rosier Hybride de l'lle Bourbon.)

These truly magnificent roses, and, indeed, the word is not misplaced, for they are so both in flowers and in foliage, owe their origin to the Bourbon Rose, itself a hybrid", thus showing

* See Bourbon Roses.

the illimitable powers of nature when assisted by art. Of the thirty-five varieties enumerated in my catalogue, more than thirty may with safety be recommended as more or less beautiful and desirable; but a few, more particularly, require something beyond a passing tribute of admiration. A very distinct feature in these roses is their thick, round, and glossy leaves, remaining on the plant till late in autumn; and particularly distinguished by this peculiarity is Charles Duval, a large, finely-shaped, and very double rose, of a bright rose-colour, of the most robust habit: this when budded on a very stout stem, either as a half or full standard, soon forms a large tree, than which nothing among roses can be more ornamental. Comtesse Molé is a new variety, recently raised from seed by Monsieur Laffay. This is also a grand rose, even larger than the preceding; in its rose-colour, not quite so bright. Our next, Coupe d'Hébé, is, however, the gem of this family; in colour of a beautiful wax-like pink, and in the disposition and regularity of its petals quite unique: this, like most of the group, soon forms a large bush or tree, and is also well adapted for a pillar Dombrowski is not so perfect in its shape; but almost compensates for this defect by its splendid and brilliant colour, which is bright red. Elise Mercœur gives flowers of the very largest size rose, with the centre red: this makes shoots remarkable for being short jointed and very stout,

rose.

and forms a standard of the first class. Elizabeth Plantier, in some catalogues Reine Elizabeth, is a most remarkable and beautiful variety; but in common with many roses that are brilliant in colour, it is not very double; yet no rose can be more gorgeously splendid: its flowers are large, and of a brilliant scarlet, clouded—I know of no other term to express the peculiarity of its tints-with the deepest crimson purple. When viewed, on first expanding under the rays of the morning sun, they at once arrest the attention by their extreme beauty. The Great Western is now a well known rose, and differs much from the preceding, being more remarkable for its richness rather than for its brilliancy and colour. Those who know the old Hybrid Bourbon rose, Celine, now used for stocks, will at once form an idea of the habit of this rose, which is equally robust, and has made shoots in one season more than six feet in length, as thick as a moderate-sized riding-cane: its leaves are enormous, and measure from the base to the tip nine inches; and leaflets three and a half by two inches: its large clusters of flowers often contain from ten to fifteen in each; and as these are generally too much crowded to expand properly, it is better to thin each cluster, removing about half the buds. The flowers of this truly gigantic rose are of a rich red, tinted with purple: they are variable, according to the season, being much more brilliant n dry weather than in moist. Budded on very

stout stocks of the Dog Rose, it will soon form a large umbrageous tree: it will also form a fine pillar rose. Henri Barbet, although not fully

double, is a finely shaped and very brilliant deep pink rose. Hortense Leroy, on the contrary, is perfectly double, and of fine shape; in colour a pale rose. Hortensia, a rose little more than semidouble, deserves notice, as it forms one of the very finest of Standard roses, blooming, and every bloom expanding, in immense clusters: its flowers are pink, tinted with fawn: when viewed on the plant, the tout ensemble is admirable. La Dauphine, a variety with flowers nearly white, is remarkable, and worthy of attention for its large foliage of the deepest glossy green. L'Admiration, is one of M. Laffay's new roses: this at present seems delicate; but worked on Celine or Rosa Manetti, it will doubtless form a first-rate variety: its flowers are cupped, finely shaped, and of a delicate, yet bright pink.

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Le Vesuve, in some French catalogues also named "Miéris," and described as follows: rose tendre, forme parfaite." This is quite correct: its flowers are large, very double, and finely shaped : its colour is bright, delicate rose, and it is more fragrant than the generality of these fine roses : it is, in short, one of our very finest varieties. Paul Perras is a fine very large rose, of the most luxuriant growth: like a few of the preceding, it is calculated to form a standard of the largest size,