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7. Bourbon Rose rvith full flowers. 

 Branches, slender. 



Leaflets, large, irregularly toothed. 

 Flowers, full, large ; pale pink, very regular, in clusters. 

 Petals, gradually diminishing in size from the circum- 

 ference to the centre, which bears a projecting 

 green bud. 

 This rose is*ln flower throughout the summer. 



8. ralida. 

 Shrub, ramiferous. 



Thorns, straight, scattered, coloured. 



Leaflets, three or five, oval, acuminated, doubly and 



regularly toothed ; glaucous underneath. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, full, fragrant; of a brilliant pink. 



9. Chloe. 

 Shrub, dwarf, bushy. 



Thorns, numerous, slightly hooked. 



Leaflets, five in number, oval ; glaucous underneath, 



with a few glandulous thorns. 

 Flowers, middle-sized ; pale pink. 



10. Themis. 



Shrub, not very high ; bushy. 



Thorns, rather crooked. 



Leaflets, five, oval, rounded, sharply and doubly tooth- 

 ed ; glaucous underneath, with a few fine thorns 

 on the midrib. 



Flowers, middle-sized, double ; flesh-coloured. 



11. Parmentiers. 



Isle of Bourbon Rose. 

 Foliage, and Wood, of a glaucous green. 

 Thorns, scattered. 



Flowers, full, expanding well ; hemispherical, well 

 formed, three inches wide; of a fresh lilac. 



