378 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



they were obtained by cultivation, or perhaps from 

 China, differ from the Semperflorens, or common China 

 rose, chiefly in their diminutive proportions. 



1 . Single Larorance Rose. 



Shrub, from three to six inches in height ; forming a 



close bush. 



Leaflets, very small, purple when young. 

 Tube of calyx, smooth, fusiform. 

 Flowers, very small ; pink, having five or eight petals. 



2. Dwarf Larvrance Rose. 

 Larvrance of Chartres. 



Shrub, from two to five inches high ; forming a close 



bush. 



Leaflets, very small. 

 Tube of calyx, smooth, pyriform. 

 Sepals, smooth, terminating in a toothed, long leaflet. 

 Flowers, very double ; pink, the size of a shilling. 

 Styles, twenty or twenty-five ; filiform, red. 



3. Double Bengal Lawrance. 



Shrub, larger than the preceding, and less bushy. 



Leaflets, tinged underneath with purple when young. 



Tube of calyx, smooth, short, gibbous. 



Sepals, simple or foliaceous. 



Flowers, very small, full ; of a deep lilac-pink. 



Styles, red and filiform ; from thirty to fifty. 



4. Bengal Pompon. 

 Dwarf China Rose. 



Shrub, from one to two feet high. 



Leaflets, same size as the preceding, never tinged with 



purple. 



Tube of calyx, oval, smooth. 

 Flowers, semi-double, light pink. 



