70 THE EVERGREEN ROSE. 



tiful, of a shining dark green, contrasting finely 

 with its flowers. 



Myrianthes, sometimes called Ranunculacea, is 

 a charming plant : its flowers are so perfectly and 

 elegantly shaped, and their colour so delicate, 

 that if not the most beautiful of all, it is one 

 among them. Princesse Louise is a fine and 

 vigorous growing variety, flowers of a pale rose, 

 very double and prettily cupped. Princesse Marie 

 is one of the deepest in colour in this group ; her 

 flowers are of a bright rosy pink, beautifully 

 cupped, and blooming in large clusters. Ram- 

 pant, as its name implies, is a most vigorous and 

 rampant grower, and a very pretty pure white 

 rose. This will cover a wall or building with 

 ixearly as much rapidity as the common Ayrshire. 

 Spectabile, or Eose Ayez of some catalogues, is 

 a fine and distinct climbing rose, with bright rosy 

 lilac flowers, and curiously incised petals ; a most 

 vigorous growing and desirable variety. Triomphe 

 de Bolwyller, or Sempervirens odorata, is a hybrid 

 between the Rosa sempervirens and the Tea- 

 scented China Rose ; its large globular flowers are 

 very fragrant, and much like Noisette Lamarque, 

 differing slightly in colour. This rose often 

 blooms in the autumn, and that pleasing quality 

 makes it still more desirable. It is, however, 

 not nearly so hardy as the other members of 

 this group, and requires a wall with a southern 

 aspect. 



