THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 29 



work too much to enumerate and describe all that 

 have been received since the first edition was pub- 

 lished. In List No. 2., I have, as show roses, given 

 the names of some of the finest varieties in this 

 family; but, as the characters of the variegated 

 roses cannot be given with such facility, a few of 

 the most remarkable must have a passing word. 



Panachee pleine, which ought perhaps to be 

 called the New Carnation Rose, is a seedling from 

 the Village Maid Hose, with striped flowers, like 

 it in every respect, but more compact and double 

 in its flowers, and better calculated to show as a 

 prize rose singly. 



Triomphe de Beaute is also a dark violet crim- 

 son rose, prettily streaked with red ; this is a very 

 pretty bright-coloured well-shaped rose. 



Pulchra Marmorea is one of the best of this 

 class, a bright rosy-red, marbled with white. 

 Superb Marbled, Superbe Marbre, or General 

 Damremont is a finely-shaped full rose, crimson, 

 sometimes marbled very beautifully with purple ; 

 this is an inconstant, but, when perfect, a very 

 superb rose. Arethuse, like A N Feuilles a Fleurs 

 Marbre, has its leaves prettily variegated or rather 

 marbled ; this is rather a small but very pretty 

 rose, of a bright rose-colour, spotted with pale 

 blush. 



A perfect crowd of new varieties have lately been 

 raised belonging to this family. My limits will 

 only allow me to notice a few of the most striking 



