22 THE FRENCH ROSE. 



as possible, it will perhaps be the most eligible way 

 to give their descriptions in groups, thus: For 

 fine crimson roses we may take Boula de Nanteuil, 

 D'Aguesseau, Grloire de Colmar, Grandissima, 

 Kean, Latour d'Auvergne, Ohl, Schonbrun, 

 Triomphe de Jaussens; these are large, very 

 double, and finely-shaped crimson roses, of 

 slightly different shades. Kean approaches to 

 scarlet, and is really very beautiful. 



A group of fine rose-coloured varieties may be 

 formed with Letitia, Duchess of Buccleuch, 

 Napoleon, Prince Eegent, Due de Valmy, Phare- 

 ricus, and others : these and other summer roses 

 are more valued in Scotland, where they bloom 

 late in the summer and endure a longer time in 

 bloom, than in England ; and as they are not 

 therefore adapted for general culture, it will not 

 be judicious, in the present advanced state of rose 

 culture, to burden these pages with a long list of 

 varieties which are nearly obsolete. Autumnal 

 roses must very shortly to a great extent super- 

 sede the greater portion of the summer roses in 

 English gardens, with the exception of a few 

 select varieties of the Moss Eose. 



Variegated Koses form an interesting section 

 of this family. To that very old semi-double 

 striped rose, growing almost wild in some gardens, 

 and figured in ' Les Koses, par Eedoute,' under 

 the name of Eosa gallica versicolor, and known 



