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spontaneously, and being very ornamental with its numerous 
beautiful pale rose flowers. R. indica semperflorens, an old- 
fashioned but very pretty rose, was introduced into England about 
1790. R. indica semperflorens simplex was bought from Dr. Dieck, 
of Zoschen, in November, 1898. It is a very fine single rose. 
R. indica viridiflora is a monstrous form with green flowers, the 
petals having become green and leaf-like. 
R. levigata, commonly known as Rose ‘“ Camellia,” is much 
planted on the Riviera and very effective with its beautiful foliage 
and large single, very regular, pure white flowers. A. Fortwniana 
is probably a cross between this and R. Banksie. The hybrid 
“ Anemone”? comes very near f&. levigata. Its flowers are very 
deep rose-coloured and of great beauty in April. 
R. lutea and the var. bicolor were received from M. Edm. 
Boissier, the author of the Flora Orientalis, in November, 1877. 
F. Lyelli is a fine climber, of the habit of &. moschata. 
Of R. microphylla we have only the double-flowered form. 
F. moschata is an extremely vigorous climber with a great 
profusion of flowers. It has long been grown in this garden 
under the name of R. Leschenaultiana. It was sent to La Mor- 
tola by Mr. W. Saunders, of Reigate, before 1873. 
R. multiflora and its varieties were procured in 1898 from 
Mr. Ruschpler, of Dresden. We also received a plant from Cav. 
C. Sprenger in 1910, which was collected in Hupeh. The “ Crim- 
son Rambler” is not so successful as in the North, and flowers 
rather late. 
BR. nutkana, R. oxyodon and others came from Dr. Dieck in 1898. 
R. phenicia was grown from seeds collected near Beirut by 
Mr. Hartmann in January, 1900. 
R. sempervirens x moschata fl. pl. was planted by Mr. Daniel 
Hanbury. It is now climbing into a large Yucea tree. Not all 
of its flowers are double. The origin of the plant is not known. 
R. Soulieana was received from M. Maurice L. de Vilmorin in 
1906 and 1907. 
R. Watsoniana, named in honour of the American botanist, 
Sereno Watson, is distinguished from all the others by its elegant 
growth, the narrow linear lanceolate leaflets, and the very small 
flowers. ; 
Besides these species and varieties a great quantity of garden 
roses are cultivated at La Mortola. Most of these flower twice a 
year, from October to the middle of January, and again in spring 
from about the middle of March till the middle of June, but they 
are generally at their best in April and May. During summer 
these roses rest. The cultivation of roses for export forms a very 
important branch of agriculture all along the Riviera. Lord 
Brougham and Vaux has published an interesting catalogue of 
his rose garden, which deserves the attention of every rose grower 
on this coast.* 
; * List of Roses now in Cultivation at Chateau Eléonore, Cannes, with 
Descriptive Notes. London, 1898 
