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THE WHITE EOSE. 



s. (ROSA ALBA.) 



Rosier Blanc. 



ROSA ALBA, or the White Rose, so called because 

 the original species is white, is a native of middle 

 Europe, and was introduced to our gardens in 

 1597. In some of the old farm and cottage 

 gardens of Hertfordshire and Essex a semi-double 

 variety is frequent ; this is but a slight remove 

 from the single-flowering original species, and 

 grows luxuriantly, without culture, in any neg- 

 lected corner. The roses of this division may be 

 easily distinguished by their green shoots, leaves 

 of a glaucous green, looking as if they were 

 covered with a greyish impalpable powder, and 

 flowers generally of the most delicate colours, 

 graduating from pure white to a bright but deli- 

 cate pink. 



Madame Audot is a fine rose, with flowers 

 beautifully shaped, of a delicate flesh-colour. 



Felicite is a beautiful rose ; its flowers are 

 exactly like a fine double ranunculus, of a most 

 delicate flesh- colour: this is a distinct and fine 

 variety. 



La Seduisante is most appropriately named : it 

 is not a new variety, but a rose most perfect in 

 shape, and in its colour it is surpassingly so ; its 

 flowers are of the most delicate blush in their 



