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1 1 . Banse Rose. 

 Flowers, large, full, deep lilac. 



12. Beauty of Monza. 

 Bengal Rose of Florence. 



Branches, erect. 



Tube of calyx, smooth, oval-turbinated. 

 Flowers, almost full, middle-sized ; of a very pale pur- 

 ple, often marbled with a deeper shade. 

 Petals, those of the centre, narrow and wrinkled. 



This beautiful rose is one of more than twenty va- 

 rieties of the Bengal or China rose created by Signor 

 Villaresi, superintendent of the Archducal gardens at 

 Monza, in the Milanese. 



1 3. Bengal Juno. 



Branches, usually glandulous. 



Tube of calyx, narrow. 



Flowers, double, middle-sized, cup-shaped ; of a bright 

 red-purple or amaranth ; the petals usually cordi- 

 form with a point between the lobes. Those of 

 the centre striped with white. 



Styles, from fifteen to thirty. 



14. Rose Devaux. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, double ; lilac. 



15. Amphitrite. 



Flowers, middle-sized, full ; of a pale violet. 



16. Colbert. 



Flowers, double ; of a purplish red. 



17. L'Argentce. 



Flowers, double, middle-sized ; of a light violet. 



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