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47. Henri IV. 



Shrub, vigorous, armed with short thick thorns mixed 

 with glandulous bristles. 



Leaflets, purple in their youth, hairy underneath, oval- 

 oblong. 



Tube of calyx, top-shaped. 



Flowers, ve^y large, attaining sometimes five inches in 

 diameter ; full, regular, of a bright pink. 



48. Isoline. 



Flowers, large, regular, bright pink. 



49. La Constance. 

 Hundred-leaved ofAvranches. 

 Centifolia Incarnata. 

 Centifolia Peonceflora. 

 Duchesse de Grammont. 



Shrub, with spreading branches, diffuse and flexile; 



very thorny. 

 Flowers, double, large, of a light pink, vivid in the 



centre. 



50. Illustre Beaute. 



Thorns, feeble, thin, scattered, mixed with numerous 



glandulous bristles. 

 Leaflets, glandulous, simply toothed. 

 Tube of calyx, oval-turbinated, smooth. 

 Flowers, full, regular, middle-sized, bright flesh-colour ; 



very pretty. 



51. La Rochefoucault L'iancourt. 



Shrub, very vigorous, with uneven thorns ; the larger 



ones curved. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, very double, dark pink ; pretty, 



but rare, and covered with the foliage. 



