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green ; flower large, double, arched, and carnation-white. 

 Seedling of Madam Isaac P^reire. 



''Souvenir de Lady Ashburton (tea) was introduced by 

 Charles Verdier, Ivry-sur-Seine. Plant very vigorous, 



branched, and floriferous ; branches numerous, rather short, 

 the bark red and slightly glaucous ; thorns long, very sharp, 

 curved ; peduncles strong ; sepals reddish ; foliage glossy 

 green above, glaucous and often tinged with red below; flow- 

 ers large, double, and very variable in color, being copper-red, 

 salmon-yellow, sometimes red, often intense red, light yellow, 

 and presenting all these shades either separately or mingled, 

 depending upon the stage of flowering ; very fragrant. A 

 vegetable chameleon. 



''Nabonnand & Sons, of Golfe-Juan, introduced the follow- 

 ing kinds : 



"Princess Marguerite d' Orleans (tea). Plant very vigor- 

 ous ; flower very large, double, perfect, peduncle long and 

 firm ; buds long and well formed ; the outer petals very deli- 

 cate pale rose, silvery on the lower side, the inner ones bright 

 carmine red. Cross of Papa Gontier and Isabelle Nabonnand. 



"G6n^ral de Mertchansky (tea). Plant very vigorous; 

 flower large, double, erect, and of perfect form ; buds elon- 

 gated and opening well ; wood reddish, thorns few ; color a 

 soft carnation rose, the center more bright ; very floriferous. 



''Jaune Nabonnand (tea). Plant very vigorous; flower 

 very large, double, opening easily ; buds long and well form- 

 ed ; wood reddish, thorns few, foliage large. Color a chrome 

 yellow, tinted with chamois, the center somewhat copper col- 

 ored, the under side of the petals much lighter ; outer petals 

 very large ; floriferous. 



" Maurice Rouvier (tea). Plant very vigorous and hardy, 

 forming a large bush ; flower very large and double, of per- 

 fect form ; buds long, opening well ; wood reddish-brown, 

 thorns few ; foliage light green ; flowers abundantly and con- 

 tinuously. Color a soft rose, lightly veined with red, the 

 outer petals somewhat lighter. 



"La Chanson (tea). Plant very vigorous; foliage large, 

 deep green ; flower very large, double, erect, usually solitary 

 on a firm peduncle ; buds long and perfect ; color bright rose- 

 carmine, nacreous, the center darker, gilded. A cross of Isa- 

 belle Nabonnand and G^n^ral Schablikine. 



