26 THE ROSE. 
may be known as nearly as possible, form 
many groups, classes, divisions, and sub- 
divisions —enough to make the head of 
the reader swim in a sea of perplexity; 
others, in order to avoid a multiplicity of 
groups, narrow the classification to a few 
divisions, and, in so doing, bury completely 
the distinguishing characteristics of a variety. 
The former, besides arranging Hybrid Per- 
petuals into groups of Hybrid Noisettes and 
Hybrid Teas, further divide them into such 
groups as Hybrid Bourbons, Rose de Roso- 
mane, Rose de Trianon, etc. The latter 
would place all these among Hybrid Perpet- 
uals. I confess to leaning towards this lat- 
ter class; but where we have distinguishing 
characteristics that are very marked, and 
other new varieties of the same or similar 
peculiarities are following, it seems desir- 
able to provide a distinctive name and divi- 
sion for them. Thus, when Guillot intro- 
duced La France, it was appropriately placed 
among the Hybrid Perpetual Roses, although 
known to have originated from the seed of a 
Tea Rose. It would have been unwise to 
make a class for the exclusive benefit of this 
beauty, trusting that worthy companions 
might in the future be found for her; but 
now that we have Cannes La Coquette, Ches- 
