70 L'ISLE DE BOURBON ROSES. [April 



climbers, or bushes ; their foliage is large, exuberant and 

 agreeable, and when the plants are established and well nur- 

 tured, they produce their flowers in immense clusters. There 

 are now many varieties; the talent and ingenuity of the 

 French in rose culture and reproduction will soon give the 

 floral world a farther supply of some fine varieties, and many 

 finer names. I can cheerfully recommend the following sorts, 

 which require pruning similar to hybrid Roses : 



Acidalie, rose white, large and perfect. 



Anne Beluze, waxy blush, very perfect in form. 



Appoline, rosy pink. 



Bouquet de Flore, bright rose, large flower, and a profuse 



bloomer. 



Cesarine Souchet, shaded carmine. 

 Desgaches, pale waxy rose, flat form, very distinct 

 Due de Chartres, large, rosy pink. 

 Dupetit Thouars, bright crimson. 

 Desfosses, waxy pink, very double. 

 Enfant d'Ajaccio, very bright scarlet; makes an excellent 



pillar rose. 



Henry Clay (Boll), carmine, very large. 

 Hermosa, bright rose, most perfect cupped form, a profuse 



bloomer, and highly esteemed. During the summer 



months it loses much of its colour; but in autumn 



it is truly charming. 

 Julia dc Fonteuelle, crimson. 

 Levesou Gower, dark rosy red, large cupped, flower profuse 



and distinct. 

 Madam Angelina, creamy waxy white, cupped flower. 



Nerard, waxy pink, expanded and very double. 



Neuman, or Monthly cabbage, bright rose, very large 



and fragrant. 

 Desprez, dark rose, globular, and perfectly double, 



blooms in large clusters, and approaches more the 



Noisette tribe than any ' il.er of the Bourbon Roses. 

 Marianne, rosy red. 

 Paul Joseph, brilliant crimson, very double. and perfect, 



though not so large a flower as many others. 

 Prince de Joinville, crimson purple. 

 Queen of the Bourbons, beautiful waxy blush, perfect in form 



profuse of flower, 



