A California correspondent says : "There is no flower with which so many experiments are being made as the rose, both by grafting and by seed. By these means no less than fifty new roses have been discovered during the past year, each of which is being planted in our different nurseries, and the most famous among these are the William Allen Richardson, orange yellow; Marie Van Houtte, yellow, changing to white, with rose spots; Alfred Colomb, brilliant carmine crimson, flowers very large; Countess of Oxford, bright carmine with soft violet shade, flowers large, full and cupped; Elisa Boelle, pure white; La France, latest variety, of which there are several, silvery rose centre, lilac rose - distinguished from many other sorts, through its wonderful bloom, even leaves and delicious scent; Marie Baumann, brilliant red; Paul Ney-ron, deep rose; Rosy Morn, delicate peach color, richly shaded with salmon rose; Julius Finger, pure white, lightly tinted with rose in the centre. Then comes the Bennett, which has long pointed buds, and is of a dazzling crimson color, similar to the Hybrid Gen. Jacqueminot; also the American Beauty, which produces immense dark pink flowers on every shoot.

It never clusters, and therefore it can be cut with long stems.

"These are the principal varieties of the fifty new roses which have lately been introduced, not only to the gay world of fashion, but also to the student and the lover of nature".