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3. Hybrid of the Luxembourg. 

 Tube of calyx, short, smooth, oval-pyriform. 

 Flowers, full, small, regular ; of a red-purple, the edges 



of a darker purple. 



4. The African, 

 Boulotte. 



L& Spdndonck. 

 Duke of Wellington. 



Branches, pretty thick. 

 Thorns, mingled with glandulous bristles. 

 Flowerstalks, usually glandulous below the floral leaves. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, very double, demi-globular ; of 

 a red-purple, shaded with dark purple. 



5. Bizarre China Rose. 

 Branches, less stout than in the preceding. 

 Flowerstalks, smooth below the floral leaves. 

 Tube of calyx, smooth, oval, pear-shaped. 

 Leaflets, smaller and more pointed. 



Sepals, the appendages shorter, and less divergent. 

 Flowers, middle-sized or small ; very double, regular, 



hemispherical ; of a light red-purple, shaded with 



dark purple. 



6. Hybrid with Crimson Flowers. 

 Tube of calyx, oval, long and narrow in the throat. 

 Flowers, semi-double, large, of a bright crimson. 



7. Zulma. 

 Bengal Descemet. 



Tube of calyx, smooth. 

 Flowerstalks, hispid and glandulous. 

 Sepals, glandulous. 



Flowers, middle-sized or small, very double ; of a light 

 red-purple, turning to pale violet. 



