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3. Celestial Tea Rose. 



Leaflets, five in number ; smooth, glossy, slightly toothed. 

 Flowerstalks, thick and glandulous. 

 Tube of calyx, smooth, glossy, very large, bulging. 

 Buds, globular. 



Flowers, full, very large, regular, convex, very fra- 

 grant ; of a pale pink, paler at the circumference. 



4. ^The a Fleurs Chagrinees. 



Shrub, vigorous, thornless except at the base of the 



flower branchlets. 

 Branches, flexible, 



Flowerstalks, short, thick ; almost smooth. 

 Tube of calyx, short, thick, globular or pyriform. 

 Buds, red. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, semi-double, fragrant ; of a light 



or vivid pink. 



C. THIRD FAMILY. 



BOURBON ROSES. 

 Rosa Canina Burboniana. 



These differ from the Bengal or China rose, in 

 having more flexible branches, colour more certain, 

 leaves closer together, sepals closer together, sepals 

 less reverted at the time of flowering. 



1. Isle of Bourbon Rose. 

 Edn-ards's Rose. 

 Rosa Canina Burboniana. 

 Branches, long and divergent. 

 Thorns, very crooked ; glandulous at the base. 

 Leaflets, large, oval, cordiform at the base. 

 Tube of calyx, oval-oblong, glaucous and smooth at 



the summit. 



Flowers, middle-sized, cup-shaped, semi-double or dou- 

 ble ; of a brilliant deep pink. 



