CATALOGUE OF VARIETIES. 293 
Variety, Hasit 
or GROWTH, AND CLAss. DESCRIPTION, 
872. Perfection de Mon-|Levet, 1871. Yellow, a good Tea, which 
plaisir, mod. 7. may be described as an improved Ca- 
nary, like that sort it is delicate. 
873. Perfection des Blan-|Schwartz, 1873. White, a good sort, but 
ches, free. A/.N. inferior to oguette des Alpes. 
874. Perle d’Angers,|Moreau-Robert, 1879. Blush. 
B. 
875. * Perle d’Or, mod.|Dubreuil, 1883. Nankeen-yellow with 
Pol. orange centre; very dwarf, branching 
habit, blooming i in clusters of twenty to 
thirty flowers. 
876. Perle des Blanches,|Lacharme, 1872. From Blanche Lafitte 
mod, //.N. x Sappho. White, inferior to others 
of the type. 
877. Perle or Jardins,|Levet, 1874. Canary-yellow, large or 
free. very large, full, well formed, stiff stems, 
very free ; the leaflets are five to seven 
in number, deeply serrated, very dark 
and glaucous, A superb sort for forc- 
ing, and fine also in open air. 
878. de Lyon, mod.|Ducher, 1872. Yellow with saffron cen- 
tre, large, full, very fragrant ; fe:iy as 
fine in quality’ as the preceding, but so 
subject to mildew as to be worthless to 
ordinary cultivators. 
879. Perpetua White|Laffay. Asport from White Damask. 
Moss, free. MM. White, tinged with flesh, flowers in 
clusters, medium size, semi-double or 
double, coarse form ; but little mossed, 
unattractive either in bud or flower; 
the name is a deception, as it very 
rarely bloomsin the autumn. Greatly 
inferior to White Bath, and also Com- 
tesse de Murinais. 
880, Persian Yellow,free.|Introduced from Persia by H. Willock, 
tis in 1830. Bright yellow, small, nearly 
full, well formed ; small foliage, faintl 
scented like the sweetbrier ; seven ri 
lets; the wood is chocolate brown in 
color, armed with numerous brown 
thorns ; it is the finest of all hardy yel- 
low roses. It must not be clodsig 
pruned; it is desirable to grow more 
than one plant, and by pruning one this 
year, in the usual way, and the other 
the next, annual crops of flowers may 
be had, Does not grow from cuttings. 
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