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DESCRIPTION OF ROSES. 



TEA SCENTED CHINA ROSES, (Continued.) 



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NAME. COLOUR. 



Lutescens mutabilis pale straw 

 Lutescens nana reddish yellow 



Magnifica, or Magnus 



Ladulas 

 Meffre 

 Nitida 

 Nouvelle du Jour, or de 



la Croix 

 Princesse Stephanie 

 Palavicini 



FORM AND CHARACTER. 



cupped and double 

 cupped,very small and double 



white with rosy cen. globular, large and double 



Potart 



Pallida 



Reve du Bonheur 



Roi de Si am 



Reine de Cythere 



Reine de Juillet, or 



Plantier 

 Sanguinea 

 Strombio 

 Victoire 

 Yellow 



lilac rose cupped large and double 



pale flesh globular, large and double 



yellowish white cupped and double 

 flesh with buff cen. expanded and double 

 bright rose, shaded globular and double 

 rosy buff cupped and very large 



pure white globular, large and double 



pale flesh cupped, very large and dble 



globular, with stiff petals 

 cupped and very double 

 globular and very large 

 cupped, large and double 

 cupped, large and semi-dble 



bright rose 



crimson 



cream and blush 



blush 



pale sulphur 



These are China Roses having a strong odour of tea; they are seminal 

 varieties of the old blush tea scented rose, (rosa indica odorata) and of rosa 

 ochroleuca, or the yellow China rose. They are more delicate than those of 

 the preceding section as to the cold in Winter, and also in their flowers, as 

 they seem to require the warm dewry nights of August and September to 

 bring them to perfection; in hot weather, in June and July they are very 

 fleeting, as their flowers are large and of a delicate texture, soon fading in 

 sunny weather. They require careful cultivation, and must have a raised 

 border against a south, south-east, or west wall. This border should be a com- 

 post of rotten manure, or leaves, light loam and sand, equal parts, and raised 

 about eighteen inches above the surface ; when grown as low Standards, they 

 are surpassingly beautiful; but they should be taken up in November, and 

 their roots laid in mould, in a shed, as our sharp winters would injure them, 

 so as to prevent their blooming in perfection, if left exposed. 



MINIATURE, OR DWARF CHINA ROSES, (Rosa Lawranceana.) 



FORM AND CHARACTER. 



NAME. 



Bicolor 



Blush 



Crimson 



Caprice des Dames 



Jenny 



Gloire de Lawranceas 



Liliputienne 



La Miniature 



Mouche 



Minima 



Nigra 



Pallida or "Alba" 



Petite Laponne 



Retour du Printemps 



Zaluca 



Zelinette 



COLOUR. 



rose 

 crimson 

 blight rose 

 bright crimson 

 dark crimson 

 red 



deep rose 



very dark crimson 

 pale flesh 

 bright crimson 

 purplish red 

 lilac 

 rosy lilac 



