208 THE ROSE. 
the varieties of this family none equal in 
merit the Francois Michelon. 
The Giant of Battles was introduced by 
Nérard in 1846, and doubtless has Bourbon 
blood in its veins. The colors are of various 
shadings of crimson, very rich and effective 
when in perfection, but very fleeting. The 
sun soon gives them a muddy hue. The 
flowers are well shaped but small, and have 
slight fragrance; they are very freely pro- 
duced in the spring and summer months, but 
as arule not in the autumn. The foliage is 
of lustrous dark green, very subject to mil- 
dew. They are difficult to propagate from 
cuttings, and are liable to injury from frost. 
The leading sorts are: Cardinal Patrizzi, 
Crimson Bedder, Empereur de Maroc, Eugéne 
Appert, Lord Raglan, Mrs. Standish. Owing 
chiefly to their bad constitution, they are 
rapidly disappearing from cultivation, and in 
a few years it is likely none will remain. 
The same rich color can now be found in the 
Prince Camille family. 
The General Jacqueminot, the head of 
what is now considered the most valuable 
type, made its bow, in 1852, to an admiring 
world: clad in rich crimson livery, it still 
commands respect and admiration, and mar- 
shalled under its generalship is the army of 
