62 HYBRID CHINESE ROSES. [April. 



shoots may be thinned out year after year, but never short- 

 ened. They require very rich soil, and do best on their 

 own bottom, except elegans, Bizzare de le Chine, Welling- 

 ton, and other dwarf growing sorts, which do well as 

 standards. If they only possessed the property of ever- 

 blooming, they would be decidedly the finest division 

 of the tribe ; however, their general beauty and richness 

 of colour greatly make up for the deficiency. Many of 

 them are also delightfully fragrant. The following are 

 select sorts : 



Blanchefleur, white, a free grower. 



Belle parabere, shaded crimson, a strong grower. 



Bon Ginneure, bright red, very early. 



Belle Marie, bright pink, a fine dwarf. 



Bizzare de la Chine, brilliant crimson, superb form, profuse 

 in flower, and perfectly double. 



Bouquet blanc, white expanded, large and very double. 



Brennus or Brutus, of some French collections, vivid red 

 or nearly scarlet, and as a pillar rose is one of the 

 finest objects I have ever witnessed ; flowers ex- 

 tremely large, and of the most exquisite form, cup- 

 ped, and perfectly double. 



Catel, dark crimson, globular shape and very double. 



Duke of Devonshire, rosy lilac faintly striped with white, 

 imbricated and perfect in its shape. 



Due de Choiseul, pink, blush and rose, perfect form, and 

 makes a fine standard rose. 



Egerie, brilliant red, a free grower. 



Fabvier, very large changeable pink and red. 



Fulgens or Malton, unique in brilliancy, approaching bright 

 scarlet, with large globular flowers, and of vigorous 

 growth, and foliage finely tinted with red. 



General Lamarque, very dark crimson, of luxuriant growth, 

 and very distinct. 



George the Fourth (Rivers's) most beautiful crimson, very 

 large and exquisitely double, and of globular form. 

 If in goofl. rich soil, the shoots will grow eight feet 

 in one season ; foliage, of a shining dark reddish 

 green, and is unquestionably one of the finest of the 

 family. 



Georgiana, deep pink, cupped, large and finely double. 



