178 THE ROSE. 
Reine types. The flowers are invariably 
shades of red and crimson, generally highly 
perfumed, freely produced in the spring, but 
varying greatly as to their autumnal bloom. 
Asa family they are much more shy in the 
autumn than any of the others. 
The shoots are of vigorous growth, not 
very thick, generally upright, with quite 
numerous light green spines; the foliage 
handsome, rather pointed. It is now the 
most numerous of the families, popular taste 
demanding crimson roses and those of dark 
shades. Leading varieties of the type are: 
Beauty of Waltham, Camille Bernardin, 
Dupuy Jamain, Léopold Premier, Marie 
Baumann, Marie Rady, Maurice Bernardin, 
Pierre Notting, Prince Arthur. There are 
also Charles Lefebvre, Alfred Colomb, Duke 
of Edinburgh, Prince Camille, and Sénateur 
Vaisse, which are supposed to be seedlings of 
Jacqueminot, but they cluster about them 
other varieties of the family, and are worthy 
of separate mention and consideration. 
VICTOR VERDIER TypE.—The head of this 
family originated with Lacharme, of Lyons, 
and was sent out by him in 1852. It is doubt- 
less from one of the La Reine type crossed 
with some monthly rose, probably a Bourbon. 
The descendants are very numerous, and in 
