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Ohl : velvety crimson, rich colour, beautiful flowers, large and 
finely shaped ; 7ob. 
Perle des Panachées: white, finely striped with rose, pretty and 
distinct ; mod. 
Village Maid : white and crimson striped, pretty, but only semi- 
double ; mod. 
THE HYBRID CHINA ROSE. 
(Rosa indica hybrida). 
The Hybrid China Roses are hybrids between 
the French and the Provence, crossed with the 
China and Noisette Roses. They are most robust 
growers, with ample foliage and showy flowers. 
Their vigorous growth and hardy constitution make 
them the most desirable of all for forming large 
handsome pillar Roses; and certainly nothing can 
be more beautiful than Blairii No. 2, Chénédolé, 
Fulgens, Leopold de Bauffremont, Madame Plantier, 
Magna Rosea, &c., when grown six to eight feet 
in height, and trained to rough poles ; in this form 
they are usually one mass of flower from bottom 
to top. They are also adapted for standards, 
especially where tall standards are required, and 
the most vigorous sorts may be trained to form 
umbrella-shaped heads. In pruning, do not shorten 
the strong shoots upon the vigorous growers too 
close ; thin out the heads, and prune the strong 
shoots down to 18 inches or 2 feet, and the weak 
ones to 9 or 12 inches, 
Blairii No. 2 (Blair, 1845): rosy blush, fine large petals, very 
handsome foliage ; fine pillar or weeping Rose; vig. 
Brennus (Laffay, 1830): deep carmine; a handsome old variety, 
which forms a noble standard or pillar; v7¢. 
