176 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Flowers, large or middle-sized, very full, fragrant, of a 

 light purplish violet, vivid and uniform. 



40. Triomphe de Rouen. 

 Flowers, large, full, of a pale pink. 



DOUBLE HYBRID ROSES. 



4 1 . Emilie Mauger. 



Alba Bifera, or Vix Bifera. 



Leaves, of a glaucous green. 

 Leafstalks, having crooked thorns. 

 Leaflets, rounded, doubly and sharply toothed. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, double, flesh-coloured. 



42. Soeur Vincent. 



Flowerstalk, short. 



Flowers, middle-sized, full, of a pale pink or flesh- 

 colour. 



43. Rose a Odeur de Dragees. 



Branches, vigorous, rather vine-like at the summit. 



Leaflets, glossy on the upper surface. 



Tube of calyx, smooth, sometimes claviform. 



Flowers, full, large, flesh-coloured. 



Petals, narrow, and longitudinally plaited. 



The flowers seldom expand favourably. 



44. Pompon of the Four Seasons. 



Shrub, small, delicate, susceptible to frost. 



Leaves, small, and near together. 



Flowers, very small, double, fragrant, of a pale pink 



colour, springing from the leaf-buds at the second 



flowering. 



