24 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



its description, as it is not margined, but it is a 

 first-rate show rose.* 



Camaieu is a very distinct striped rose. Its 

 flowers are rather small, and sometimes not 

 of a good form; still it is a very pretty rose. 

 Comte de Murinais is a large flattish rose, of a 

 slate-coloured ground, spotted with rose colour; 

 a very distinct and 'good variety. Cramoisie 

 Picotee is a distinct and curious slate-coloured 

 spotted rose, not so pretty and brilliant as the 

 Old Picotee ; its spots have a reddish-brown 

 tinge. Delille is a new rose, very prettily 

 spotted on a purple ground. Like most of the 

 roses of this colour it is only to be seen in per- 

 fection in the morning, if the weather is sultry ; 

 but in cloudy weather it will retain its beauty the 

 entire day. Due de Trevise is a most beautiful 

 rose, of first-rate form for a show rose, and of a 

 robust and distinct habit. Due d' Orleans is also 

 a fine and brilliant rose; large, finely cupped, and 

 distinctly spotted with white, and of the most 

 robust and vigorous habit. E'clatante is a rose 

 that may be distinguished in a group, however 

 crowded, as it is so extremely bright ; it perhaps 

 ought not to be called scarlet, yet no other term 

 so well describes its colour. 



E'clat des Roses is a very double and large 



* This term is applied to those varieties that produce very 

 double and perfect flowers, fit to be exhibited singly, as dahlias 



