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8. Catherine of Medicis. 



Flowers, large, very double, red, often proliferous ; of a 

 singular form. 



9. Aphrodite. 

 Shrub, rather low. 



Branches, numerous ; very slightly armed. 



Lea/lets, fiv^ ; pretty close together, rounded, not deeply 



toothed. 

 Flowers, of a fine red, clouded with violet ; in bouquets 



of three. 

 Petals, a little fringed. 



10. Dositee. 



Shrub, four or five feet high ; very vigorous. 

 Branches, spreading, with crooked reddish thorns. 

 Leaflets, five ; very distant ; long, rumpled. 

 Flowers, of middle size ; of a deep red, with marbled 

 petals. 



11. Cire d'Espagne. 



Flowers, full, middle-sized ; the colour of red sealing- 

 wax. 



12. Mo'ise. 



Flowers, full, large ; of a superb flame-coloured red. 



13. Lady Morgan. 

 Shrub, very vigorous. 



Branches, numerous, armed with brown thorns, straight 



and uneven. 

 Lea/lets, five in number, large, rounded, deeply toothed; 



of a pale green. 



Flowerstalks, long, furnished with small black bristles. 

 Flowers, large, very full ; of a brilliant red, well formed, 



in clusters. 

 Petals, those of the circumference large ; those of the 



centre small and symmetrically arranged. 



