330 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



18. Karaiskaki Bengal Rose. 



Stems, erect, bark glossy. 



Thorns, lilac, uneven, almost straight, irregularly placed. 

 Leaflets, five ; lanceolated, pale green, simply toothed. 

 Flowers, large, very full, cup-shaped. 

 Petals, pale lilac at the circumference, deep red in 

 the centre. 



19. Heraclius. 



Shrub, very vigorous with divergent branches. 



Leaflets, pale green, rather glossy, deeply and irregu- 

 larly toothed. 



Flowers, very numerous, not always expanding to ad- 

 vantage ; flesh-coloured, inclining to pink. 



Petals, curled and rumpled; close-set in the centre, 

 sometimes rounded at the summit. 



20. Flesh-coloured Camuzet. 



Shrub, pretty vigorous, with green bark ; thorns red 



and numerous. 



Lea/lets, five in number, of a long oval. 

 Flowers, large, double, convex, well formed, fragrant ; 



flesh-coloured, or pale pink. 



D. FLOWERS OF A RED MORE OR LESS VIVID. 



1. Alphonse Maille, (of Boutigny.) 

 Tube of calyx, smooth, oval-turbinated. 



Flowers, small, full, regular, convex ; of a bright red, 

 or light uniform pink. 



AlpJionse Maille, (ofLaffay.) 

 Flowers, of a deep crimson. 



2. Bizarre Incomparable. 



Flower stalks, in multifloral clusters. 

 Flowers, semi-double, middle-sized, velvety ; of a bright 

 red-purple. 



