212 THE ROSE. 



It certainly takes after the characteristics of 

 those two sorts. The flowers are more wavy 

 in outline than in the other families; the 

 growth is somewhat less vigorous, the wood 

 more smooth. Dr. Andry, Glory of Ches- 

 hunt, Harrison Weir, Horace Vernet, Lord 

 Macaulay, Madame Anna de Besobrasoff, 

 Marguerite Brassac, Mrs. Harry Turner, Paul 

 Jamain, and W. Wilson Saunders are the 

 leading kinds. 



Prince Camille, which was introduced in 

 1 86 1, by E. Verdier, gives us the darkest type 

 of roses which we have. From appearances, 

 we should think it originated in a natural 

 cross between varieties of the Giant of Battles 

 and General Jacqueminot types, the charac- 

 teristics of the latter predominating. None 

 of these bloom freely in autumn, but they are 

 magnificent in their dark, velvety shades, as 

 seen in the spring. Baron Chaurand, Baron 

 de Bonstetten, Abel Carriere, Henry Bennett, 

 Jean Cherpin, Jean Liabaud, Jean Soupert, 

 La Rosiere, Monsieur Boncenne, and Presi- 

 dent Leon de St. Jean comprise the family. 

 More than the others, Abel Carriere and Jean 

 Soupert take after Giant of Battles. 



Alfred Colomb, another of Lacharme's 

 raising (1865), has a similar habit of growth 

 to the Jacqueminot type, but the thorns are 



