62 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



In the foregoing table, we have instituted a 

 comparison between two varieties, and their 

 parent species. Varieties, differing far more 

 extensively from their original type, might 

 have been selected for the purpose; but we 

 prefer the white rose and its varieties, on ac- 

 count of the Placidia being literally only a 

 detached branch of the Cuisse de Nymphe. 



