210 THE BOOK OP ROSES. 



32. Ruban Dore. 

 Belle Alliance. 

 Rose Marguerite. 

 Rosa Tricolor. 



Gallica Mexica JLurantia. 



Tube of calyx, globular, thick, bulging, tightened at 



the throat ; as thick as the bud. 

 Flowers, small, double, velvety ; purple, with a stripe 



of white in the centre of each petal. 



33. Triomphe d 'Europe. 



Flowers, very full, middle-sized ; of a dark violet-purple, 

 often streaked with paler. 



34. Spotted Violet. 



Flowers, semi-double, middle-sized; of a dark violet, 

 becoming paler when expanded, usually spotted; 

 the first that open are seldom spotted. 



35. La Maculee. 



Branches, slender, armed with strong thorns, of which 



the largest are scythe-shaped. 

 Flowers, semi-double or double, large or middle-sized ; 



of a bright red-purple, spotted. 



This variety, though not beautiful, should be cul- 

 tivated by those who propagate roses from seed, as 

 its seeds are apt to produce spotted or streaked sub- 

 varieties. It is, in fact, the parent of almost all the 

 sub-varieties enumerated in this section. 



36. Toutain. 



Branches, very thorny. 



Flowerstalks, glandulous, triangular, in erect clusters. 



Sepals, three of them pinnatifid. 



