48 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



hybrid Bourbon of the most robust habit, pro- 

 ducing very large flowers, nearly the colour and 

 shape of the common cabbage rose. Lusseldem- 

 bourg is a fine spherical-shaped rose : its flowers 

 are of a bright rosy lilac, very beautiful and dis- 

 tinct. Monteau and Miaulis are both good dark 

 roses; but they are certainly surpassed by Mi- 

 ralba, which has recently been named f( Chevrier : " 

 this is not a large rose, but decidedly one of the 

 most brilliant and beautiful dark crimson roses 

 we possess. Moyena, a bright purplish rose, has 

 flowers very double and finely shaped; it will 

 prove a good show-rose. Ne Plus Ultra, the 

 Pallagi of two or three rose cultivators, and 

 called also Gloire des Hy brides, is now an esta- 

 blished favourite. Like many others of this di- 

 vision it is not at all adapted for a show-rose ; its 

 flowers resemble in colour the red stock, and are 

 singularly brilliant. 



Princess Augusta is an English rose, a vigorous 

 grower, and well adapted either for a pillar rose 

 or a standard. Petit Pierre is one of those rapid 

 and diffuse growing roses, like Belle Parabere 

 and the King of Roses in luxuriance and vigour 

 of growth ; this is one of the largest and the 

 most double of hybrids, and when grown as a 

 standard, forms a magnificent tree. Pompone 

 bicolor is rather a small, but well-shaped rose, 

 its centre inclining to scarlet, with outer petals of 

 fine crimson purple, a most distinct and desirable 



