110 THE HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSE. 



Lacharme, all roses of delicate colour and rare 

 beauty. 



White. 



We have as yet not a long list of roses of this 

 desirable colour. Mademoiselle Bonnaire is a 

 new and pretty white rose, with its central petals 

 delicately tinted with pink. To these we may 

 now add some varieties of a new race which have 

 been raised from seed at Lyons, the birthplace of 

 so many fine roses. These are hybrids, partaking 

 of the colour and nature of our fine old Noisette 

 Aimee Yibert. Boule de Neige, Coquette des 

 Alpes, and Louise Darzens are the new roses of 

 this race ; and although they do not give such 

 large and perfect flowers as Madame Kivers or 

 Madame Vidot, they are yet very desirable ; their 

 habit is distinct, and they bloom freely in large 

 clusters. 



Dwarf Hybrid Perpetual Eoses. 



These are pretty little gems, now almost ex- 

 tinct, occupying, in this family, the place of the De 

 Meaux and Pompon Roses among the Provence, 

 and the Burgundy among the French. There 

 seems among roses that have been long under 

 cultivation an inclination to produce these pretty 

 pigmies. There are but few worthy of culture, and 



