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bular flowers, and curious sepals ; so that the 

 flower-bud seems surrounded with leaves. The 

 Monstrous Provence, Cabbage-leaved, or Centi- 

 folia bullata, has that large and curious inflated 

 foliage, which we have no expressive name for, 

 but which the French call " bullee : " it is a vi- 

 gorous-growing plant, with flowers like the Old 

 Provence. La Reine de Provence really deserves 

 to be the queen of this division. Its large and 

 finely-shaped globular flowers have a good effect 

 when suspended from a standard : these are of a 

 pale lilac rose-colour, distinct and beautiful. The 

 Scarlet Provence is an old variety, one of those 

 misnomers that in flowers so often lead to disap- 

 pointment: it was probably the first Provence 

 Rose that made an approach to scarlet ; but the 

 faint carmine of its flowers is very far removed 

 from that rare colour among roses. The Spotted 

 is a hybrid Provence of great beauty, with large 

 globular flowers of the deepest rose-colour, deli- 

 cately spotted. This fine rose has large leaves, 

 and makes upright shoots of great luxuriance and 

 vigour. The Striped Provence is a delicate 

 variety, with flowers of a pale flesh-colour, often 

 striped with red. This rose has smooth glaucous 

 green shoots, and leaves much resembling the 

 Striped Moss, and the Old White Moss. 



The Unique Provence is a genuine English 

 rose, which, I believe, was found by Mr. Grim- 

 wood, then of the Kensington Nursery, in some 



