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7. La Nymphe. 

 Flower stalks, long and thick. 



Tube of calyx, sometimes pyriform at the base. 

 Flowers, large, full, flesh-coloured ; rather yellowish 

 in the centre. 



8. Red Tea Rose. 



Branches, slender ; often tinged on one side with red. 



Leaflets, five or seven. 



Tube of calyx, pyriform at the base. 



Flower;;, large or middle-sized, fragrant, double ; of 

 a bright deep red or crimson ; the petals often 

 showing in the centre a stripe of white. 



9. Queen of Golconda. 

 Shrub, vigorous and floriferous. 

 Tube of calyx, pyriform. 



Flowers, large, double ; flesh-coloured, almost white ; 

 extremely fragrant. 



10. Tea Rose of Anjou. 

 Buds, of a purple brown. 



Flowers, large, double ; deep red without, and pale 



within. 

 Petals, having a yellow base. 



11. Tea Rose, (ofGuerin.) 

 Shrub, small and puny. 



Stems, pale green, armed with brown, slightly bent 

 thorns. 



Leaflets, five in number ; of a pale glossy green, deli- 

 cately and regularly toothed. 



Flowers, double, middle-sized, well-formed, expanding 

 well ; of a pale pink, becoming red after expansion, 

 particularly when the tree is vigorous. Very 

 agreeably scented with the odour of Pekoe tea. 



