1 86 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



replaced by better Roses — the white by Blanche- 

 fleur, \cry pretty, although the blancJic is decidedly 

 a French white ; by Madame Hardy, a true white, 

 and a well-formed Rose, but alas ! " t^recn-eyed," 

 like "jealousy" — envious, it may be, of Madame 

 Zoutman, who, though not of such a clear com- 

 plexion, is free from ocular infirmities , or with 

 more reason of Princesse Clementine, before de- 

 scribed (see p. 173) as one of our best wliite Roses ; 

 by Princesse de Lamballe, which most resembles 

 the Alba of my boyhood, producing an abundance 

 of Roses, distinct and pretty, but undersized ; and 

 by Triomphe de Bayeux, whose praise has been 

 sung at p. 159, supra. 



These white Roses are no candidates (though 

 caiididatce) at our severe competitive examinations; 

 but they are delightful members of our Rose com- 

 munity, beautiful in themselves and enhancing 

 greatly the beauty of others. We must not be 

 fastidious because they are of medium size in some 

 cases and not purely white in others, remembering 

 that their colors are still the most rare of all, and 

 that their flowers are plenteous always. They are 

 easily cultivated on the Brier, the Manetti, or their 

 ov/n roots. 



In place of the dark crimson, which we called 

 the Damask, Rose, the amateur is advised to sub- 



