146 THE BOOK OP ROSES. 



Thorns, straight, numerous, blackish. 



Leaves, five or seven leaflets. 



Leaflets, long, oval, tinged with purple, deeply and 



closely toothed. 

 Flowers, rather fragrant, very double, large, well 



formed, pale pink. 



This sub-variety is one of the most beautiful of the 

 tribe. 



45. Charlotte. 



Shrub, of moderate size. 



Branches, slight and numerous. 



Thorns, straight, some long and sharp, some small and 



terminating in a gland. 



Leaflets, seven or eleven, rounded, oval, crenelated. 

 Flowers, semi-double, large, of a dark violet. 

 Petals, wide at the base, sloped towards the centre. 



46. Celinette. 



Shrub, small and elegant. 



Branches, divergent, feeble, armed with reddish thorns ; 



thin, uneven, rather bent. 

 Leaflets, nine, small, lanceolated, dark green, regularly 



toothed. 

 Flowers, small, well formed, pale pink, opening of a 



cup-shape, and becoming gradually flat ; solitary. 



47. Large-flowering Burnet-leafed. 



Flowers, very large, three or four inches in diameter; 

 double, pink, producing a noble effect. 



This is the largest of the Burnet-leafed roses. 



48. Mignonne. 



Flowers, of a bright pink, well formed, numerous and 

 beautiful. 



