106 THE ROSE GARDEN. 



Grandiflora ; see Alba simplex. 



3. Maria Leonida ; flowers white, centre rosy, and sometimes creamy, large 



and full ; form, cupped. 



4. Nerriere ; flowers yellowish white, their centre of a deeper tint than their 



margin, large and full ; form, cupped. 



5. Scarlet Maria Leonida ; flowers bright red ; form, cupped. 



6. Victoire Modeste ; flowers pale rose, very large and full ; rarely opens 



well. 



7. Lucida duplex; flowers of the most delicate blush, large and double; form, 



cupped. Habit, branching ; growth, vigorous ; foliage, particularly 

 glossy and fine. 



8. Berberiifolia Hardii; flowers bright yellow, with a deep chocolate spot 



at the bottom of each petal, small and single ; form, cupped. Habit, 

 brandling ; growth, vigorous ; shoots, slender. 



ROSA IKXCROPHYX.X.A. 



Grocp XXIII.— THE MICROPHYLLA, OR SMALL-LEAVED ROSE. 



This Rose is a native of the Himalaya Mountains, and also of China, and was 

 introduced to England about twenty years since. It is a decided curiosity. The 

 leaves are composed of numerous small leaflets, sometimes as many as fifteen 

 rano-ino- on the sides of the petiole ; the branches are of a whitish brown, the outer 

 bark often peelino- off in autumn : they are almost destitute of prickles, but the 

 broad sepals of the calyx are densely covered with them, owing to which the 

 flower-buds are as rough as a hedgehog. The Microphylla appears to delight in 

 a warm sandv soil : it is rather tender, and requires a wall to ensure the produc- 

 tion of its flowers in full beauty. It requires very little pruning. No varieties 

 have yet been raised to surpass the original. 



Alba odorata; see Group XXII. "Macartney." 



1. Carnea; flowers pale rose, of medium size, very double; form, cupped. 



2. Coccinea ; flowers bright rose, of medium size, very double; form, cupped. 

 Cramoisie ; see Violet Cramoisie. 



3. Du Luxembourg ; flowers deep pink, shaded with blush, large and full ; 



form, cupped. Habit, branching; growth, moderate. 



4. Grandiflora; flowers rose, large ; form, cupped. 

 Pourpre du Luxembourg ; see Du Luxembourg. 



5. Purpurea; flowers deep purplish rose ; form, cupped. 

 Rosea or Rubra violacea ; see Violet Cramoisie. 

 Rouge a centre Strie ; see Striata. 



