52 Annals of Hortiadture . 



''Etienne Levet, Montplaisir-Lyon, sent out Mademoiselle 

 Josephine Viollet (noisette). Plant vigorous, hardy, sar- 

 mentous ; flower very large and double, opening well, of 

 perfect form, very fragrant ; color copper-yellow at the cen- 

 ter of the petals and rose-salmon on the borders, sometimes 

 a soft rose white ; buds long, foliage dark green. Cross be- 

 tween Ophirie and Mar^chal Niel. 



' ' The following sorts were put out by M. Corboeuf-Marsault, 

 of Orleans : 



"Mademoiselle Marie-Louise Bourgeois (moss). Flowers 

 large, double, well formed ; color a light carnation-white upon 

 a ground color of chrome-yellow ; fragrant and vigorous. 



''Madame C^cile Morand (hybrid remontant). Plant 

 moderately vigorous ; flower large, very double and well 

 formed ; color deep carmine-red, the under side of the petals 

 silvered ; very floriferous. 



''Mademoiselle Madeleine Delaroche (tea). Plant sar- 

 mentous : flower large, very double, carnation-rose ; very 

 floriferous. A seedling of Mathilde Lenaerts. 



"M. Chauvry introduced two varieties : 



" Mademoiselle Thirion-Montauban (tea). Plant very vig- 

 orous, of good habit, hardy ; foliage deep green, reddish-pur- 

 ple on the under side ; buds round, usually solitary ; flowers 

 cup-shaped, large, well formed ; color white, center light yel- 

 low, the borders of the petals rose, sometimes dotted with 

 red. Seedling of Shirley Hibberd. 



"Souvenir de Pierre Magne (tea). Plant vigorous, 

 branches straight, foliage deep green ; flower medium to large, 

 semi-double ; color a deep china-rose on a copper-yellow 

 ground color, passing to light rose, the under side of the 

 petals a deeper rose ; very floriferous. Cross of Souvenir de 

 David d'Angers and Madame B^rard. 



"L^veque & Son, of Ivry-sur-Seine, gave the following : 



" Mademoiselle Andr^e Worth (bourbon). Plant very vig- 

 orous ; flower large, double, perfect in form ; color white, 

 slightly tinged with rose or pure carmine, shading exceedingly 

 delicate. 



"Belle Yvryenne (hybrid remontant). Plant very vigor- 

 ous ; foliage glaucous-green and abundant ; flower very large 

 and double, perfect in form ; color a bright rose-red, mingled 

 with white and carmine. 



