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8. Boursault Rose. 



Boursault Bengal Rose. 



Rose with Drooping Buds. 

 Shrub, very lofty. 



Branches, vine-like, of a purple-green, glaucous. 

 Leaves, composed of five or seven leaflets. 

 Lea/lets, oval, smooth, pointed, with simple toothing. 

 Leafstalks^ usually red. 

 Stipules, entire, edged with glands. 

 Flowers, of a vivid pink ; semi-double, middle-sized, 



in multifloral clusters. 

 Floral leaves, large, pointed, oval. 



9. Full Boursault Rose. 



Shrub, lofty. 



Branches, long, vine-like, purple, smooth, and glaucous. 



Leaves, composed of seven or nine leaflets. 



Leaflets, smooth, lanceolated, sharp, simply toothed. 



Stipules, smooth, entire, edged with glands. 



Flowers, very double, vivid pink; numerous, grow- 

 ing on long branching peduncles. 



Floral leaves, lanceolated, pointed, entire, smooth, hairy 

 on the margin. 



Tube of calyx, smooth, glaucous, top-shaped, expand- 

 ing at the summit. 



Sepals, glandulous, shorter than the corolla. 



10. Boursauli Double Rose. 



Shrub, very vigorous, having great analogy with the 



common Boursault, as to wood and foliage. 

 Flowers, double, of a brilliant velvet crimson. 

 Petals, sloped towards the summit ; the base white. 



1 1 . Full-flowering Boursault Rose. 

 Shrub, vine-like. 



Thorns, long and straight ; scattered. 



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