42 EOSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



larg^er than tlie cabbas^e, beinsr four or five inches 

 in diameter; color red; buds large and very 

 splendid, and is tlie most common rose in tlie 

 country — called the Cahhage Bose, from which it 

 differs very materially in the wood not having 

 such ^rong prickles, though of more free growth ; 

 the flower also expands fully, which the cabbage 

 never does. Duchesne is a large blush, and a good 

 bloomer, with Avell-formed flowers, Ducliesse cf Or- 

 leans is perhaps a little hybridized, and is a very 

 splendid variety, of a bright rosy pink color, in- 

 clining to blush towards the edge. It is a good 

 grower, and free bloomer. Belle Buineuse is a 

 beautiful light blush pink, very double, and finely 

 cupped. CricJiS, or Yorkshire Provins, has very 

 much the appearance of the old Cabbage Provins, 

 though a shade darker, and opens its flowers more 

 freely. Crested Provins, frequently, though erro- 

 neously, called Crested Moss, is the very best of 

 the group ; its striking peculiarity consists in the 

 green silken mossy friuge surrounding the sepals 

 of the calyx, as it were, half enveloping the bud 

 — a regular moustache, far more elegant and beau- 

 tiful in the estimation of refined taste than any of 

 those worn by the exquisites of the day. Its 

 bright, rosy pink buds are large, the bloom open- 

 ing very perfect and pendant. If grown on a 



