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13. Belle de Crecy. 

 Shrub, pretty vigorous. 



Branches, slender, armed with numerous thorns, slight- 

 ly hooked ; of a dark brown. 



Leaflets, seven in number ; long ; irregularly and very 

 deeply toothed. 



Flowers, numerous, in clusters, full, middle-sized. 



Petals, violet ; shaded and velvety, irregularly sloped 

 at the summit, symmetrically arranged at the cir- 

 cumference, rolled in the centre. 



14. Multifloral Bengal Violet Rose. 



Shrub, bushy. 



Branches, straight. 



Thorns, rare and very small, interspersed with small 

 flexible bristles. 



Leaflets, five in number ; oval, of a glossy green, un- 

 dulated on the margin, and much toothed. 



Flowers, very full, rather large, well formed ; of a fine 

 violet colour. 



G. CRIMSON, SPOTTED OR VARIEGATED. 

 1. Noemie. 



Shrub, with branches, horizontally spreading. 



Thorns, scattered, brown, pretty numerous ; dilated at 

 the base. 



Leaflets, oval, reverted, not much toothed. 



Flowers, large, very double, well-formed, pretty nu- 

 merous ; of a lilac-pink, having a few petals striped 

 with white. 



2. Jlntiope. 



Tube of calyx, almost smooth, oval. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, very double ; of a vivid crimson, 

 marbled with purple-black. 



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