306 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE CHAP. 
Muriel Grahame (A. Dickson & Sons, 1898).—A 
pale cream sport of Catherine Mermet, which at 
first seemed hardly sufficiently distinct from The 
Bride. It is thoroughly distinct, not only in colour, 
but in shape, when grown strongly, preferably as a 
maiden standard, but weak flowers of it and The 
Bride would still look much alike. Not a hardy 
grower, it resembles Catherme Mermet in manners 
and customs, and differs from The Bride, when both 
are at their best, in being more pointed and less 
globular in shape, and of a cream white colour 
instead of the pure white with lemon tinge of the 
other. A very fine exhibition Rose, but not of 
sufficiently strong constitution or free-flowering 
habit for general cultivation. 
Niphetos (Bougére, 1844).—This rose is a good 
instance of what is termed ‘‘free” growth, ze. 
neither long nor stout, but branching and generally 
growing somewhere. The foliage is good and not 
much liable to mildew, but the blooms will not 
stand rain. This old Rose has attained a very 
great reputation for its free-flowering qualities and 
its purity of colour. I do not know how many 
thousand feet run of glasshouses have been main- 
tained for the purpose of growing the Rose which 
Mons. Bougére, the raiser, appropriately named 
Niphetos (‘‘snowy’’), but I apprehend the figures 
would very much have astonished him could he 
have known them when he issued it, and he would 
perhaps have wished to attach his own name to it 
instead of to the much less valuable production 
(Bougeére, known in Australia and elsewhere: as 
Lord Tarquin) of twelve years before. White 
flowers are always in special demand, not only 
