42 PARSONS ON THE ROSE. 



glossy foliage, well sprinkled with the beautiful ruby- 

 tinted buds. 



Daily White. — Very similar to the preceding, in every- 

 thing but the color of its flowers, which are pure white. 

 Like the other, its fully expanded flowers are inferior to 

 many other varieties, but its half-blown buds are very 

 perfect, and make it a desirable plant for the bouquet- 

 maker. 



Eugene Beauharnais* — Large and double ; its color is 

 bright, a deep scarlet crimson. 



General Lamoriciere* — Bright scarlet crimson, and a 

 free bloomer. 



Le Phcenix. — Distinct, fragrant, and of a deep rose 

 color. 



Louis Philippe. — A strong grower, large, double and 

 globular. Its color is dark crimson, with blush centre. 



Madame Br^on. — One of the very best. Its flowers 

 are very large and double, beautifully cupped, and of a 

 brilliant rose color. Few of the old China Roses can 

 surpass it. 



Mrs. Bosanquet. — One of the most desirable of the 

 old China Roses, and there are few in any other class that 

 are superior to it. Its growth is luxuriant, and its superb 

 cupped, wax-like flowers are of a deUcate flesh-color, and 

 are produced in the greatest abundance. 



Queen of Lombardy. — Of good size, and its color is 

 red, passing into purple. 



Sanguinea. — Rich crimson flowers, glowing like rubies. 

 It is a free bloomer, of dwarf habit, and makes the best 

 bedding rose known. 



NOISETTE ROSES. 



Aim^e Vibert. — One of the most beautiful of the Noi- 

 sette or cluster-flowering roses. It blooms freely through 



