212 THE BOOK OP ROSES. 



2. Belle Aurore. 

 Branches, angular at their base. 



Flowers, middle-sized, very full ; pale pink, edged with 

 a lilac-tinged flesh-colour. 



3. Desbrosses. 

 Shrub, vigorous. 



Stems, upright, almost thornless; young branches 



bristly. 

 Leaflets, five or seven ; large, oblong, rather undulated, 



regularly and deeply toothed ; dark green. 

 Flowers, not numerous, very double, middle-sized, well 



formed and convex ; pink in the centre, pale pink 



sometimes veined at the circumference ; growing 



in clusters. 

 Petals, elegantly disposed, often cordiform. 



4. Belle de Fontenay. 



Flowers, regular, full, middle-sized ; of a cherry-colour- 

 ed pink, brilliant, the edges almost white. When 

 the centre is red, the edges are pink. 



5. Beaute Riante. 



Flowers, small or middle-sized, very full, regular, convex, 

 of a deep pink, with pale edges. 



6. Belle Herminie. 



Branches, unarmed, glandulous, of a purple-brown. 

 Flowers, full, middle-sized; of a lilac flesh-colour, with 

 paler edges. 



7. Cornelie. 



Flowers, full, middle-sized, convex ; of a bright pink, 

 with lilac edges. 



8. Ancien Diademe de Flore. 

 Branches, thick, unarmed, glandulous. 



