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ant, blooming through the summer and autumn. very large, and its color is a peculiar light cherry. No collection should be without it.

La Reine.-An old and well-known rose, of the largest size. It is finely cupped, almost globular, very double, and very fragrant. Its color is a bright rose, slightly tinged with lilac. Its foliage and habit are good, and it may fairly rank as one of the best roses.

origin to Laffay, and was sent out in 1843.

It owes its

Lion des Combats.-A large and full rose, of a reddish violet color, often shaded with scarlet.

Le Géant.—A large crimson-colored rose.

Lord Clyde.-One of the finest of the dark roses, with a deep purplish crimson color.

Louis Van Houtte.-Has a large and double globular flower. Its color is bright shaded rosy carmine.

Mathurin Regnier.-One of the best, with large and full form, and a delicate pale rose color.

Madame Alfred de Rougemont.-A good grower, and autumnal bloomer, and in color nearly white.

Madame Boll.-Very vigorous and hardy, with a full double form, and rose color.

Madame Gustave Bonnett.-One of the best white roses, and blooms freely through the summer.

Madame Louise Carique.-One of the most valuable Remontants. Its color is a fine rosy carmine, its form is full, and it grows well and blooms abundantly through the summer. For general purposes, it has scarcely a superior.

Madame Morand.-Rosy lilac in color, and well cupped in form.

Madame Trotter.-A very strong grower, a most abundant bloomer, with flowers of a deep cherry red. It

is shy of blooming in autumn, but the beautiful deep red of its new shoots makes it desirable for every collection.

Maurice Bernardin.-A good grower, with full, fine form, and bright cherry crimson color. It is one of the best.

Pœnee. Has a unique flower. Its color is rose, veined with scarlet.

Palais de Cristal.-Has a bright flesh color, with a salmon tint.

Pius IX.-A vigorous grower, and abundant bloomer. Its color is crimson, passing into violet.

Prince Camille de Rohan.-Large and full. Its color is a velvety deep crimson maroon, clouded with red. One of the finest.

Reine des Violettes.-A full and distinct flower. Its color is violet purple, with red centre. It is one of the best dark roses.

Reynolds Hole.-One of the finest new Remontants, and is scarcely surpassed by any. It is a good grower, and its color is cherry rose, shaded to white at the base of the petals.

Souvenir de Lady Eardley.-An abundant blooming rose, of a brilliant crimson color.

Souvenir de la Reine d'Angleterre.-One of the largest roses, but requires good culture to open fully. Its color is a clear bright rose.

Sydonie. Has a fine form, with a clear, light pink color, and is one of the best old roses.

Triomphe d'Amiens.-A fragrant rose, and its color a fine velvety lake, striped with reddish brown.

Victor Trouillard.-Large and full. Its color a brilliant crimson and purple, shaded.

Yolande d'Arragon.-A vigorous grower, with distinct foliage. Its flower is large, and rose-colored.

REMONTANT SCOTCH.

Stanwell. Of Scotch parentage, and has the peculiar foliage and habit of the Scotch roses. Its flowers are large, blush-colored, and rather flat. It is an abundant. and constant bloomer throughout the season, and its peculiar, delightful fragrance renders it very desirable.

REMONTANT MOSS.

These few roses have been separated from the summerblooming moss roses, because they show a disposition to bloom in the autumn.

Eugene de Savoie. Of vigorous growth, with a large and full flower. It is an abundant bloomer, and very fragrant. Its color is a bright red.

Madame Edouard Ory.-A good autumn bloomer. It is globular, finely formed, and of a rich rose color.

Perpetual White.-A vigorous grower, double, and blooms in clusters. One of the most desirable.

Raphael. Of medium size, double, and has a delicate rosy flesh color.

Salet. A good autumnal bloomer, and a good grower. Its color is bright pink, changing to rose.

BOURBON ROSES.

This class does not possess the hardiness of the Remontants, nor the free blooming properties of the Bengals, Teas, and Noisettes, and therefore can never compete with the former for the North, nor with the latter for the South. In it, however, are varieties like Hermosa, Souvenir de Malmaison, and others, which are scarcely surpassed in any class. The Bourbon Rose has also qualities. which make many varieties favorites. These qualities are its greater hardiness than the Tea Rose, its very thick,

leathery foliage, its luxuriant growth, its more constant bloom than the Remontants, and its thick, velvety petals, of a consistency to endure the summer's sun.

It was introduced into France by Jacques, head garden

Fig. 2.-BOURbon rose.

er of the Duke of Orleans, at Neuilly, who received it in 1819 from Bréon, director of the Royal gardens in the Isle of Bourbon. The following account of its origin is given. by Bréon, and is also mentioned by Rivers:

"At the Isle of Bourbon, the inhabitants generally inclose their land with hedges made of two rows of roses; one row of the common China Rose, the other of the Red Four Seasons. M. Perichon, a planter in the island, found in one of these hedges a young plant, differing very much from the others in its shoots and foliage. This he transplanted into his garden. It flowered the following year, and proved to be of a new race, and very different from the above two roses, which at that time were the only varieties known in the island."

Its resemblance to the Bengal Rose was, however, so strong, that it was soon considered a variety of that species. Its characteristics are, however, so entirely different from the Bengal, that we give it a separate place in our garden classification. To the French we owe nearly all the varieties of this class which have been produced from the original semi-double rose, or Bourbon Jacques, as it was called. Of these varieties, the following are distinct, and possess many charming qualities that cannot fail to gratify the amateur.

Acidalie.—One of the best light roses, being sometimes light blush, and at others white. Its autumnal bloom ist its best.

Appoline.-A vigorous grower; its color is rose and

pink.

Comte Bobrinsky.-A moderate grower, with a large and full crimson scarlet flower.

Duchesse de Thuringe.-Of moderate growth; its color is white, inclining to lilac.

As a

Enfant d'Ajaccio.-A robust growing rose. pillar rose, or even a climber, it is perhaps the best of this group. Its flower is double, cupped, fragrant, and of a bright scarlet crimson.

Gloire de Rosamene.-A rose of very luxuriant growth, and large foliage. It will make longer shoots in the same