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Lamesche, Debutante, and Mrs K. Harris. The 

 Multifloras give us Waltham Bride, which besides pos- 

 sessing a fragrance quite its own is one of the earliest 

 Roses to flower in summer, while the Polyantha class 

 includes Lady Violet Henderson and Anna Marie de 

 Montravel. 



Then there are the Musk Roses, especially Mme 

 d'Arblay and Nassau, whilst although the China Roses 

 are not especially noted for fragrance, two of them, Mrs 

 Bosanquet and Comtesse du Cayler, deserve a place on 

 our list. The Rugosa section includes Conrad F. Meyer, 

 Blanc double de Coubert, Fimbriata, Belle Poitevine, 

 Mrs Anthony Waterer, Rose-a-parfum-de-rHay, and 

 Alba. 



Lastly we have the very beautiful species of Wild 

 Roses, nearly every one of which has an individual 

 perfume, no less delicious though often more subtle than 

 the cultivated garden varieties. It is hopeless to attempt 

 to place these in any order of excellence, but we may 

 name Pissardi, Moschata, and Brunonis as seeming to 

 us the most delightful. The " Rose Garden," by Mr 

 William Paul, founder of the great Rose-growing firm 

 of that name, published in 1848, gives a list of fragrant 

 Roses, very many of which have now gone out of cultiva- 

 tion. The Crimson Damask or Rose du Roi, a very old 

 Rose given amongst them, is one of the very few 

 survivals of the class called Damask Perpetuals, now 

 almost driven out by the hybrid Perpetual. The same 

 authority gives Desprez as one of the finest scented 

 Noisettes whilst out of the list of very sweet tea-scented 

 Roses the only survivor is Gobbault. The Stanwell 

 Perpetual again appears here as the sweetest of the 

 Scotch Roses. 



