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23. Roi des Roses. 

 King of Roses. 



Leaflets, large and near together. 



Flower-buds, red. 



Flowers, large or middle-sized, full, convex ; deep pink 



in the centre and pale on the edges ; or a light 



pink spotted with red. 

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24. Triumph of Flora. 



Branches, unarmed, thick, glandulous ; usually purple 



at the summit. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, very full, regular; pink, with 



paler edges. 



25. Van-Dael. 



Flowers, large, full; lilac or deep pink, with pale 

 edges. 



26. Corinna. 



Shrub, armed with straight strong thorns ; uneven and 



mingled with bristles. 

 Leaves, very near together. 



Leaflets, five or seven ; veined, undulated, and curled. 

 Tube of calyx, ob-conical, covered with glandulous 



hristles. 



Sepals, reflexed, foliaceous, pinnatifid. 

 Flowers, full, small, convex; light pink, with white 



27. Rose with yellow-nerved Leaves. 

 Shrub, vigorous. 



Leaflets, usually veined and marbled with yellow. 

 Sepals, three of them pinnatifid, with large lanceolated 



appendages. 

 Flowers, full, middle-sized, regular, fragrant ; of a clear 



bright pink, with whitish edges. 



