276 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



61. Bouquet Parfait. 



Shrub, armed with thin, long, crooked thorns. 



Tale of calyx, very short, turbinated, spreading at the 



summit. 

 Flowers, full, middle-sized, regular, of a bright pink. 



62. Red York Rose. 



Flowers, middle-sized, full ; of a dark pink, or light red. 



V. Rosa Evratina. 

 Red Nutmeg Rose. 

 Evrat's Rose. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Shrub, vigorous, very strong, dark green. 



Branches, spreading, armed with scattered thorns ; 



sometimes in pairs, almost straight. 

 Branchlets, almost entirely devoid of thorns. 

 Stipules, biforked, narrow, fringed at the edges with 



hairs. 

 Leaflets, five or nine ; of a dark green on the upper 



surface, paler and hairy on the under; simply 



toothed, oblong and obtuse. 

 Leafstalks, armed with small thorns. 

 Flowerstalks, very hispid. 

 Tube of calyx, oval, very hispid. 

 Sepals, long, hispid. 

 Floral leaves, pretty large ; lanceolated, fringed, united 



in pairs at every division of the flowerstalks. 

 Flowers, numerous, middle-sized ; pale red, usually 



double. 



This shrub is, according to Lindley, a native of 

 Carolina. Bosc, the botanist, found it in the possession 

 of Monsieur Evrat, and was ignorant of its origin. It 

 has no sub-varieties. 



