176 DESCRIPTION OF THE ROSE. 



The following are good examples of these Perpetuals : 

 JOASINE HANET has deep purplish-red flowers, very showy. 

 SYDONIE bears large flowers of a rose or bright salmon, 

 and blooms profusely. YOLANDE OF ARAGON has deep- 

 pink flowers, and is an abundant autumn bloomer. The 

 above belong to Vibert's new division. The following 

 are unquestioned Damask : CRIMSON, or ROSE DU ROT, is 

 of a bright crimson, very large, very fragrant, and an ex- 

 cellent autumn bloomer. There is a history attached to 

 it. Count Lelieur was superintendent of the royal gardens 

 of St. Cloud, where this rose was raised from seed, a little 

 before the restoration of the Bourbons. He named it 

 Rose Lelieur, after himself. When Louis the Eighteenth 

 came to the throne, an officer of his household insisted 

 that the new rose should be named after him. Count 

 Lelieur resisted. A debate ensued. The party of the cour- 

 tiers prevailed : the new rose was called the King's Rose, 

 Hose du Roi ; and the count resigned his post in disgust. 

 MOGADOR is a seedling from this rose, and is, perhaps, an 

 improvement on it. PORTLAND BLANCHE is pure white, 

 and blooms well in autumn. An English writer sets it 

 down as worthless : whence I infer that there must be two 

 of the same name; for here it has proved itself one of the 

 most beautiful of white roses. BERNARD is a small but 



