228 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE <^'Hap, 



fasciatecl, i.e. two or more laterally joined together- 

 a bad habit, and such growth at pruning tnne should 



be clean cut out. -,o^k\ -r 



Duchesse de Vallamlrosa (Schwartz, 1875).— -ti^e- 

 quires good soil and generous treatment ; with these it 

 will grow strongly with distinct habit and foliage, but it 

 will not thrive everywhere. It is not very liable to 

 mildew but the blooms cannot stand ram at all, and 

 being of a light colour are subject to injury from thrips 

 in a dry season. They have a decided tendency to come 

 badlv shaped, often with me having a gap or chasm m 

 the outline as though a piece had been cut out. ihe 

 shape is rather too open and flat at the best, but it is 

 of large size, free-flowering, fair in lastmg qualities, and 

 pretty good in a dry autumn. 



Dnke of ConnaugU (Paul & Son, 1876).-A very 

 bright velvety crimson Rose, of globular shape, not quite 

 good enough as a grower for a garden Rose, and seldom 

 lar^e enough for exhibition. 



Diike of EclinUirqli (Paul & Son, 1868).-Of strong 

 good growth and foliage, with characteristic wood ; the 

 secondary shoots are very long and rather spindly and 

 pliable, so that the blooms are sometimes pendent. 

 Not very liable to mildew, or much injured by ram, but 

 in some places a victim to orange fungus. It generally 

 comes true to its shape, which is good so long as it 

 holds its point : but the petals are not very stout or the 

 centre very full, and it is not a good laster. Of full size 

 and most brilliant colour, vermilion crimson. In strong 

 specimens the crimson predominates when the bud shape 

 is passed, but the self vermilion, which is generally found 

 only on the weaker blooms, is perhaps the most effective. 

 Not lasting in colour or shape, but of large size, a free 

 bloomer and fair autumnal, good on all stocks. Ihis 



