216 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



28. Zoe. 



Flowers, very double, large; a brilliant pink in the 

 centre, the petals pale at the edges. 



29. Lasmedon. 



Flowers, full, large ; of a lilac-pink in the centre, almost 

 white at the circumference. 



30. Malvina. 



Shrub, vigorous. 



Branches, divergent. 



Thorns, uneven, chiefly long, purple, enlarged at the 

 base. 



Leaflets, dark green, five or seven ; some oblong, some 

 oval, irregularly toothed. 



Flowers, numerous, united to the number of three or 

 four on the same footstalk ; large and well formed, 

 very double, middle-sized, cup-shaped and resem- 

 bling a China rose, but rising into a convex shape ; 

 of a pale pink, mixed with white at the circum- 

 ference. 



Petals, close together; curled, irregularly sloped at 

 the summit. 



31. General Foy. 



Shrub, vigorous. 



Branches, straight, almost thornless ; furnished with 



short, harsh, black bristles. 

 Leaflets, five or seven; simply toothed, some oblong, 



some oval. 

 Flowers, very large, full, well formed, flat, in clusters ; 



of a deep purplish red in the centre, lighter at the 



edge. 

 Petals, irregularly cut at the summit, close set and well 



arranged in the centre of the flower. 



