2 THE PROVENCE ROSE. 



The autumnal blooming varieties have super- 

 seded the summer roses for all practical purposes, 

 and consequently few or no new names can be 

 added to the sorts already existing, the attention 

 of raisers of seedling being entirely devoted to the 

 production of autumnal bloomers ; there are, 

 however, many sorts of roses which the world 

 ' will not willingly let die ; ' and I have given the 

 names of a few old friends, whose advent was 

 hailed with an enthusiasm little understood by 

 the present rose-fancying world, accustomed to 

 the introduction, every year, of a multitude of 

 names, in many cases giving a distinction without 

 a difference. I have decided to preserve my old 

 description of the summer roses, although it may 

 appear almost out of date. 



THE PROVENCE, OR CABBAGE, ROSE. 



(ROSA CENTIFOLIA.) 



Rosier Gent Feuilles. 



This rose has long and deservedly, been the fa- 

 vourite ornament of English gardens ; and if, as 

 seems very probable, it was the hundred-leaved 

 rose of Pliny, and the favourite flower of the 

 Romans, contributing in no small degree to the 

 luxurious enjoyments of that great people, it 

 claims attention as much for its high antiquity 



