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The majority of them are not pure white, but have 
a pale pink flush, very pretty in the bud, and open 
flat. They require rather close pruning. Félicité 
Parmentier (1828) and Maiden’s Blush (1797) are 
the best known varieties. 
The Hybrid China Roses are hybrids between the 
French or Provence, crossed slightly with the China 
race, and showing very little of the cross; for the 
Chinese are true perpetuals, and these remain as 
summer Roses. They are very strong growers, 
almost all being vigorous enough for pillars and 
sufficiently pendulous to form tall standards. They 
should not be too closely pruned. Blairii No. 2, a 
fine climber, Chénédolé and Fulgens, of brilliant 
colour, and Miss Ingram, a well-shaped old Rose of 
more moderate growth, are now the best known. 
Madame Plantier, a very profuse bloomer, often 
placed in this group, seems to have in it some cross 
of the Noisette race. 
The Hybrid Bourbons form a somewhat similar 
group, being hybrids from the French or Provence 
with the Bourbon race, but not generally having the 
autumnal qualities of the Bourbons. Most of them 
are strong enough in growth for climbing purposes, 
and should not be pruned too closely when thus 
used. But in no case is the whole art of pruning 
more called for than in fine old standards or pot 
Roses of this group, where the production of a well- 
shaped head, thickly and. regularly covered with 
large blooms all out at once, is sometimes a triumph 
of skill and training. Charles Lawson is especially 
noticeable for its capabilities in this way, when 
carefully trained as a pot Rose. 
Coupe d’Heébe, of a fresh pink with a cupped 
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