50 ROSES THAT BLOOM IX JUNE. 



would facilitate the love of flowers to a great de- 

 gree if their names were always expressive of 

 colour or character; but the title is often all the 

 quality the article can boast of. Chardon Bleu, 

 or, in other words, Blue Thistle; such a name for 

 a dark slatey shaded crimson rose is preposter- 

 ous; yet so it is. Coronation is very brilliant, 

 nearly approaching scarlet, with bold full petals, 

 a profuse bloomer, and perfectly formed. Due 

 de Choiseul is a very distinct article; flowers 

 freely, double, and well formed, of a pale rose 

 colour, with a deep carmine centre. Elemensie 

 is another very distinct variety, with large ex- 

 panded flowers of a rosy crimson colour, growing 

 and blooming freely. Eliza is a large blush, finely 

 cupped, and a late bloomer. Eliza Leker is a 

 beautiful pale rose, frequently a little marbled, but 

 so very indistinctly that it must have been fancy in 

 him who described it as such. Eclat des Roses; 

 there are several roses cultivated under this loud 

 name ; the one before us is a large bright rose, with 

 bold and perfect petals, and always very double. 

 Fanny Bias, or Fanny Parissot, is a great 

 favourite, and has few compeers. Every one ad- 

 mires it; the colour is also scarce in the family, 

 being pale blush shading to bright pink towards 

 the centre ; it is extremely double, and is greatly to 

 be admired for its symmetry ; it is a free bloomer. 



