212 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE CHAP. 
globular high centred, pointed or reflexed, are 
rather cumbrous expressions, but they may be 
understood, and I am not prepared to offer amend- 
ments. 
‘“Cupped”’ is another unfortunate term, for, 
contrary, I believe, to all botanical and scientific 
nomenclature, it is used in the N.R.S. Catalogue to 
signify, not that the flower is hollow within, but 
that it is outwardly of the shape of a ‘chalice—an 
inverted cone. It is the more misleading because a 
hollow centre is considered a very serious fault, and 
‘‘ cupped high centre ”’ must be a considerable puzzle 
to the uninitiated. 
“Flat” is a plain term with which no fault can be 
found, Souvenir de la Malmaison, B., and Her 
Majesty, H.P., when expanded too far, being 
typical examples of this shape. It is rightly 
considered a very faulty shape for exhibition, as every 
one will admit that the plate-like form is inferior. 
There should also be a name for the type of Rose 
whose petals are folded on either side at the 
extremities so as to form points, as in Mrs. W. J. 
Grant and many others: the outline is not so 
smooth as in those Roses whose petals retain their 
rounded extremities, but it is perhaps even more 
effective. 
Variations of the above standard forms may be 
found in Madame de Watteville, which might be 
called the ‘‘ winged” or “ butterfly’? rose, an 
addition to the pointed or high-centred shape being 
found in the long outer petals which project as 
wings: and in Innocente Pirola, where the petals 
radiate away from the centre point in the perfect 
form of the whorl of a shell. Buta regular shape, 
