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interest to this elegant family : among these, 

 Chateaubriand is remarkable for its brilliant red 

 flowers, very perfect and beautiful in shape. Louis 

 the Sixteenth has flowers rather deeper in colour 

 than the preceding: this is a distinct and good 

 rose: but La Negresse is by far the darkest Damask 

 rose known; its flowers are of a deep crimson 

 purple. Blanche Davilliers and Pulcherie are 

 two pure white roses; the latter, in particular, 

 most elegant and beautiful. Semiramis is quite 

 novel in colour, and a most perfect and beautiful 

 rose : the centre of the flower is of a bright fawn- 

 colour, its marginal petals are of a delicate rose. 

 This fine variety ought to be in every collection. 

 Penelope is remarkable for its fine foliage ; the 

 edges of its leaves tinged with red ; flowers of a 

 very deep rose, globular, large, and distinct. 



The roses of this neat and elegant family have 

 a pretty effect arranged in a mass ; like the varie- 

 ties of Eosa alba, they are so beautiful in contrast 

 with the dark roses : they also form fine standards, 

 more particularly Madame Hardy and the Painted 

 Damask, which will grow into magnificent trees, 

 if their culture is attended to. The pruning re- 

 commended for Eosa gallica will also do for these 

 roses. 



The only roses of this family that bear seed 

 freely are the Purple Damask or Jersey Eose, 

 which should be planted with Imperatrice. From 

 this union large and very double roses might be 



