64 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



rose colour. Couronne Blanche is a pure Damask 

 rose, distinct in habit, and a pretty white variety. 

 Coralie is a beautifully formed rose, of a pale 

 flesh- colour, with rosy centre, to which several of 

 this family are inclined. Deesse Flore is a first- 

 rate variety, with flowers rather larger than 

 Coralie, and much like it in colour : when about 

 half expanded they are most beautiful. 



Imperatrice is not a pure Damask rose, but 

 very nearly allied. This is a large compact rose, 

 very robust, and distinct in habit. La Fiancee 

 seems a hybrid between the Globe Hip and the 

 Damask, a pretty shaded rose, nearly white, with 

 a pale rosy centre. La Ville de Bruxelles is a 

 new variety, with rose-coloured flowers, very large 

 and double : this is a distinct and fine rose. Lady 

 Fitzgerald is a beautiful rose, most valuable in 

 this division, as its brilliant rose-coloured flowers 

 are so conspicuous in a clump of Damask roses ; 

 this is not a pure Damask rose, but very nearly 

 so : its foliage when young is a little stained with 

 the colouring matter of some variety of Rosa 

 gallica, which much adds to its beauty. Ma 

 Favorite is a very small rose, of a delicate flesh- 

 colour, and exceedingly neat and pretty. Madame 

 Hardy was raised from seed in the Luxembourg 

 gardens, by Monsieur Hardy in 1832 ; this is not 

 a pure Damask rose, as its leaves have scarcely 

 any pubescence ; but a more magnificent rose does 

 not exist, for its luxuriant habit and large and 



