VARIETIES DESCRIBED. 4o 



outer petals ; inner petals bright rose. Princesse 

 de Lamballe is one of the finest in this division, 

 possessing all the characters of the species in its 

 foliage, branches, and flowers : these are of the 

 purest white, and of the most perfect and beauti- 

 ful shape. Queen of Denmark, an old, but 

 estimable variety, produces flowers of first-rate 

 excellence as prize-flowers : so much was this 

 esteemed when first raised from seed, that plants 

 were sent from Germany to this country at five 

 guineas each. Sophie de Marsilly is a most 

 delicate and beautiful mottled rose, with flowers 

 very doul)le and perfect in shape ; when just ex- 

 panding, so as to show the interior of the flower, 

 this rose is of the most exquisite beauty. Alba 

 Odorata is a pretty new rose. Colour pale straw, 

 tinted with rosy white. 



The varieties of this family form a beautiful 

 mass, not by any means gay and dazzling, but 

 chaste and delicate, and contrast well with groups 

 of the dark varieties of Eosa gallica and Hybrid 

 China roses : they also make good standards, 

 often growing to a large size, and uniting well 

 with the stock : they always bloom abundantly, 

 and bear close pruning ; in this respect they may 

 be treated as recommended for the French roses. 

 The varieties of this family, for the most part, 

 are too double to bear seed in this country ; it is 

 not therefore necessary to give any directions for 

 hybridising. 



