558 General Notices. 



times one, three, or seven flowers, forming a stiff and erect bouquet. Rose 

 de Quatre Saisons may be taken as the type of their growth and their 

 flowers ; also La Reine, Baronne Prevost, Jaques Laffitte, Madame Laffay, 

 Duchess of Sutherland, Amandine, Louis Bonaparte, Clementine Seringe, 

 Gloire d'Angers, Corate de Montalivet, &c. 



Class 3. — Hybrid Perpeluals, from the Ile-Bourbon. — It seems that plants 

 of this class keep the balance between Perpetual and Bourbon kinds : they 

 approach, however, in appearance more to the latter. The sepals of the 

 calyx are generally very strongly fimbriated. The rounded form of the 

 calyx is also another sign by which they may be distinguished from the 

 Portland hybrids. An irregular and intricate position of the branches 

 gives them a peculiar appearance. Examples are Clementine Deval, Comte 

 de Bobinski, Ernestine de Barante, Colonel Foissy, G6ant des Batailles, 

 Vicomtesse de Belleval, &c. 



Class 4. — Bourbon Roses. — The wood of these is smooth ; their branches 

 are sometimes short, terminating with a single flower. But the buds of 

 some kinds are strong, and produce vigorous shoots, on the tops of which 

 appear from three to twelve flowers. The thorns at the base are strong, 

 curved, and placed at some distance from each other. The sepals are 

 oval, rounded, strong, fimbriated, smooth, and dark-green. The calyx is 

 rounded. It often happens that the branches of some kinds in this cla§s 

 grow horizontally. Examples : La Reine des Ile-Bourbon, Madame Des- 

 prez, Charles Souchet, Paul Joseph, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Souvenir 

 du 4 Mai, Remond, Mrs. Bosanquet, &c. 



Class 5. — JVoisette Roses. — Their foliage has much resemblance to that 

 of the Tea Roses, but their branches are more vigorous, much longer, and 

 terminated by numerous flower-buds. The bark of the branches is smooth 

 and thorny. Examples: Lamarque, Ophyrie, Aimee Vibert, Rose Mille 

 Ecus, Noisette Desprez, &c. 



Class 6. — -Bengal Roses. — In this class the branches are nearly without 

 thorns, the bark is smooth, the sepals are more or less prolonged and fim- 

 briated, the branches seldom bear more than one flower. The calyx is 

 rounded, the flowers have nearly always color, whilst those of the Tea 

 Roses (with which this class is in close relationship) are, with few excep- 

 tions, pale white or yellowish. It is also to be observed, the flowers of the 

 Bengal Roses are very seldom scented. Examples : Bengale Ordinaire, 

 Cramoisie Sup6rieure, Prince Eugene, Eugene Hardy, Beaucarmin du 

 Luxembourg, Augustine Hersan, &c. 



Class 7. — Tea Roses. — The branches have a very smooth bark, and have 

 not many thorns. The leaves are glossy, and the flowers appear on the 

 top of the branches, which are slender and not very long. In most cases 

 the weight of the flowers bends the branches, so that only their under-side 

 is seen. Vigorous examples produce sometimes stronger shoots, Avhich are 

 not so flexible, and bear three or often five flowers on their end, as Devo- 

 niensis, Safrano, Souvenir d'un Ami, Vicomtesse Decazes, Elisa Sauvage, 

 Bur6s, Goubault, Moir6, Sic.—{Gard. Jour., 1852, p. 724.) 



Plants for Pillar-Decoration. — Experience of the usefulness of 



