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showy Rose ; the tree most beautiful viewed en masse. A good seed- 

 bearer. 



16. Auzou ; flowers carmine, marbled with purple, their centre sometimes 

 (Couture) crimson, of medium size, full ; form, compact. Habit, branching ; 



growth, vigorous. 

 Beaute Vive ; see Group VIII. The French Rose. 



17. Beauty of Billiard ; flowers vivid scarlet, colour splendid, of medium 

 {Docteur Billard) size, full; form, compact. Habit, pendulous; growth moderate; 



shoots slender. Forms a handsome drooping standard, but is scarcely- 

 free enough in growth for a Weeping Rose. Blooms later than most 

 others of the Group. Requires but little pruning. 



18. Becquet; flowers dark carmine, marbled with crimson purple, of a whitish 



cast towards the centre of the flower, glowing, of medium size, full ; 

 form, expanded. Pabit, branching ; growth, moderate ; shoots very 

 spinous. 



19. Belle Courtisane ; flowers flesh, their circumference blush, of medium 



size, full ; form, compact. Habit, erect ; growth, vigorous. 



20. Belle de Vernier; flowers rosy crimson, marbled with dark purplish slate, 



more slaty towards their circumference, of medium size, full ; form, 



cupped. Habit, erect ; growth, moderate. 

 Belle de Parny ; see La Teuterelle. 

 Belle de Rosny ; see Group XI. Hybrid Noisette. 



21. Belle d'Yvry; flowers rosy lilac, tinged with purple, large and full. 



22. Belle Ferroniere ; flowers delicate rose, their centre red, very large and 



full. A handsome Rose on the tree. 



23. Belle Heloise ; flowers lilac pink, veined with rose, their centre sometimes 



altogether rose, large and full. Habit, branching ; growth, vigorous. 

 Raised by M. Laffay of Bellevue. 



24. Belle Marie ; flowers fine rose colour, their circumference changing paler 



soon after expansion, large and full ; form, cupped. Habit, branch- 

 ing ; growth, vigorous. A fine Show or Pole Rose. 



25. Belle Parabere ; flowers rosy lilac, large and double ; form, globular. 



26. Belle Thurette; flowers crimson, shaded with purple, very velvety, small 



and full ; form, expanded. Habit, branching ; growth, vigorous. 

 A distinct and pretty Rose, well suited for either a Weeping or Pillar 

 Rose. 

 Beranger ; see Group XI. Hybrid Noisette. 



27. Blairii, No. 1 ; flowers bright rose, sometimes tinged with lake, large and 



semi-double ; form, cupped. Raised at Stamford Hill, near London, 

 a few years since, by Mr. Blair : hence its name. Habit, branching ; 

 growth, vigorous ; liable to injury from severe frost. 



28. Blairii, No. 2; flowers rosy blush, very large and double. Habit, 



