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possible to show it in very hot weather. It has even 
been recommended that it be planted in a shady 
spot. Large in size, not much liable to fungoid 
pests or to come malformed, and a grand Rose for 
pot-work and forcing. 
Charles Lefébvre (Lacharme, 1861).—Synonyms, 
Marguerite Brassac and Paul Jamain. Of strong 
erowth, with stout stiff smooth wood and fine foliage, 
requiring strong soil. The secondary shoots are 
much stronger than the early ones, and on cutbacks 
the latest blooms of the first crops are generally the 
best, the first buds being most lable to injury from 
cold nights in May. More liable to orange fungus 
than to mildew, and can stand rain pretty well. 
The flowers generally come good, fine in petal, 
centre, and size, lovely in colour, very fragrant and 
beautifully smooth and round in appearance. The 
shape is open and semi-imbricated, which is very 
effective, but not a good form to last. Free in 
bloom and a good autumnal, this was for many years 
the G.O.M. of the dark crimson Roses. 
Clio (W. Paul & Son, 1894).—Eliminated by the 
editors of this edition. 
Commandant Félix Faure (Boutigny, 1902).—A 
hardy vigorous grower with very large foliage and free 
flowering—but the flowers, excellent otherwise, are 
on the small side for exhibition purposes—still their 
wonderful colour (dark crimson, shot vermilion) 
makes the plant worth noting, more particularly as 
the colour is more lasting than the majority of Roses 
of this shade. Useful as a front row flower—but 
must be severely disbudded. 
Comte de Ravmbaud (Roland, 1867).—A reliable 
full-sized rose of good form and colour, with good 
