112 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



every flower-garden should have a full and perfect 

 collection of this lovely tribe. If my words could 

 paint its beauties, or give any idea of its fragrance, 

 I would not plead for it in vain. But one fault 

 they have, and that is, too much similarity among 

 the generality of them. Although a difference 

 can be discerned in all, yet I confess it requires, 

 in many instances, a very discriminating eye to 

 detect it. But the following will be found distinct 

 in color and character, and worthy of any culture 

 requisite to bring them to perfection. Adam, very 

 large — perfectly formed, deep blush, full and fra- 

 grant. AntJierose^ or Anteros, is very double, cup- 

 shaped, of a pale pinkish- white shading to yellow 

 in the centre, grows very strong, and blooms well 

 in pot culture. ArchiducJiesse Theresa Isabel, or 

 Isabel, a very distinct dwarf-growing white, requir- . 

 ing the shoots to be well thinned out in order to 

 make it grow strong for flowering ; the flowers are 

 double and very pure. Abricote, fawn color, with 

 an apricot-colored centre quite distinct, free growth, 

 strong foliage. Amour des Dames, pale rose in 

 large corymbs — quite new. Amcena, pale rose, 

 changeable to rosy pink, very double, a moderate 

 grower. Barbot is a very strong growing rose, 

 quite large, of a creamy-blush color, and frequently 

 deep pink, though the French describe it as " a 



