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25. Belle Antide. 



Shrub, very vigorous, resembling the common Hundred- 

 leaved. 



Leaflets, glaucous underneath ; oval, slightly toothed. 



Flowers, numerous, clustering, well-formed, very dou- 

 ble ; white, slightly tinged with flesh-colour. 



Petals, sometimes rolled in the centre ; rumpled at the 

 circumference, slightly sloped. at the summit. 



VARIEGATED FLOWERS. 



26. Hundred-leaved Marbled Rose. 

 Rumpled Hundred-leaved Rose. 



Flowers, middle-sized or large ; full, of a light pink, 

 marbled or veined with deeper pink ; petals curled. 



A change of soil or culture will cause the variegation 

 to disappear. 



27. Striped Unique. 

 Tulip Rose. (Paltot.) 



Leaflets, doubly toothed, with very glandulous teeth. 

 Flowers, full, middle-sized, white. 

 Petals, white ; striped and veined inside with bright 

 pink. 



28. Duke of Choiseul. 



Flowerstalks, long, tinged, as well as the branches, with 



purple. 



Sepals, foliaceous, very long. 

 Buds, conical. 

 Flowers, very large, double, of a spotted bright pink. 



29. Variegated Hundred-leaved Rose, 



(of Chartres!) 

 Flowers, double, very fine ; variegated like a Provins rose. 



