178 THE ROSE. 



Reine types. The flowers are invariably 

 shades of red and crimson, generally highly 

 perfumed, freely produced in the spring, but 

 varying greatly as to their autumnal bloom. 

 As a family they are much more shy in the 

 autumn than any of the others. 



The shoots are of vigorous growth, not 

 very thick, generally upright, with quite 

 numerous light green spines; the foliage 

 handsome, rather pointed. It is now the 

 most numerous of the families, popular taste 

 demanding crimson roses and those of dark 

 shades. Leading varieties of the type are : 

 Beauty of Waltham, Camille Bernardin, 

 Dupuy Jamain, Leopold Premier, Marie 

 Baumann, Marie Rady, Maurice Bernardin, 

 Pierre Netting, Prince Arthur. There are 

 also Charles Lefebvre, Alfred Colomb, Duke 

 of Edinburgh, Prince Camille, and Senateur 

 Vaisse, which are supposed to be seedlings of 

 Jacqueminot, but they cluster about them 

 other varieties of the family, and are worthy 

 of separate mention and consideration. 



VICTOR VERDIER TYPE. The head of this 

 family originated with Lacharme, of Lyons, 

 and was sent out by him in 1852. It is doubt- 

 less from one of the La Reine type crossed 

 with some monthly rose, probably a Bourbon. 

 The descendants are very numerous, and in 



