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o. Alphonsine. 



Flowers, middle-sized, full, globular, regular ; of a 

 light carmine, edged with white. 



6. Judicelli. 



Flowers, semi-double ; of a pale purple, striped with 

 white. 



7. The Fragrant, 

 L' Odor ante. 



Branches, striped with green and yellow, as well as 

 the fruit. 



Flowers, middle-sized, double, very fragrant ; claret- 

 colour, streaked with yellow. 



8. Aline. 



Flowers, semi-double ; of a brilliant purple at the cir- 

 cumference, white in the centre. 



9. Zephyr. 



Shrub, pretty vigorous. 



Thorns, scattered, almost straight. 



Leaflets, toothed, acuminated ; of a fine green. 



Flowers, double or semi-double, well formed. 



Petals, white from the base to the centre of their ex- 

 panse, and of a bright pink from the centre to the 

 summit ; some are pink underneath, some quite 

 white. 



IX. HYBRID BENGAL ROSES. 



These roses blow but once a-year. Their branches 

 are usually long, straight, and sometimes sarmentous ; 

 they have five or seven leaflets. The styles are de- 

 tached, and the calyxinal tube varies considerably. 



A. PINK FLOWERS. 



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