4.6 Annals of Horticulture. 



Color silvery-white on a rose ground color, the center shaded 

 with a nankeen-yellow, the under side of the petals being 

 Isabelle rose ; very fragrant. Cross between Bouquet d'Or 

 and Sylphide. 



''Charles de Franciosi (tea). Plant vigorous ; buds long, 

 well formed and orange-red in color. Flower large, double, 

 broad, in the form of a rosette. The color is a chrome-yellow, 

 shaded with a soft salmon-yellow. The exterior petals are 

 lightly tinged with rose. This variety is particularly good 

 for forcing in winter. Cross of Sylphide and Crombez. 



''Comtesse Eva Starhemberg (tea). Plant vigorous and 

 of good carriage ; flower large, double and of perfect form ; 

 buds elongated, petals firm and broad ; color a yellow-cream, 

 the center being chrome-ochre, and the edges of the external 

 petals tinged with a light rose. Cross of Etendard de Jeanne 

 d'Arc and Sylphide. 



"Joseph Degueld (hybrid remontant). Plant vigorous 

 and straight ; flowers large and double, having the exterior 

 petals imbricated ; color a brilliant lake-carmine blended with 

 vermilion, the under side of the petals blood-red ; very fra- 

 grant. A cross of Duhamel du Monceau and Charles Mar- 

 gottin. 



''Mr. Moreau-Robert, Chemin de la Treille, near Angers, 

 introduced the following : 



"Madame Durand (tea). Plant very vigorous, almost 

 sarmentous ; foliage a beautiful purple ; wood firm, somewhat 

 thorny. The flowers are large and double, spherical, and open 

 early ; color a beautiful copper-yellow. The flowers are 

 borne in corymbs, and are very abundant. 



" Madame Simon (tea). Plant very vigorous, sarmentous, 

 the old wood only slightly thorny ; foliage beautiful red when 

 young, passing into a light green ; flower very large and 

 double, of the same form as Souvenir de la Malmaison ; color 

 rose-white, sometimes slightly tinged with yellow ; very flor- 

 iferous. Seedling of Madame B^rard. 



"Capitaine Basroger (moss rose). Plant exceedingly vig- 

 orous ; foliage a beautiful deep green, the leaves consisting of 

 5-7 leaflets ; wood very strong, with many very fine and hard 

 thorns ; flowers very large, well formed, spherical ; color a 

 bright carmine red, blended with black-purple. The plant 

 bears corymbs consisting of 15-25 flowers. 



