81/183 From what I heard in London I think you made many friends there. Shall you return through England? TO T.RIVERS.Down, January 11th [1867 ?]. See "Variation under Domestication," Edition II., Volume I., page 406. Mr.Rivers had a new French rose with a delicate smooth stem, pale glaucous leaves and striped flesh-coloured flowers; on branches thus characterised there appeared "the famous old rose called 'Baronne Prevost,'" with its stout thorny stem and uniform rich-coloured double flowers.), with its different shoots, foliage, spines, and flowers, will be grand to quote. |