EOSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON". 153 



E E M N T A N T E S , 



OR HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSE. 



This tribe, or family of the rose, originated 

 about twenty years ago, principally with Mr. 

 Laffay, on the hill of Moden, near Paris, where he 

 has produced the very finest of the family on a 

 little spot of ground full of confusion, and to all 

 appearance as sterile as it is confused; amongst his 

 first favorites were Prince Albert, Lafiay, and La 

 Peine; and, more recently, Eugene Sue, Adam 

 Paul, Yolta, and others. Rose du Roi and the 

 Bourbons were his favorite hybridizers, the pro- 

 geny possesses the beauty and fragrance of the 

 former, with the growth and foliage of the latter, 

 flowering occasionally through the summer and 

 autumnal months. Another race of hybrids, be- 

 tween the Remontantes and Bourbons, promise far 

 more satisfactory results, which has produced Giant 

 of the Battle, Charles Bossiere, Comte Brobinskie, 

 Louise le Clere, Lion of Combats, Robert AYace, 

 &c. ; these promise more abundance of bloom 

 throughout the entire season, and comprise nearly 

 every shade of color ; they open a field of pleasure 



