CATALOGUE OF VARIETIES. 



293 



VARIETY, HABIT 

 OF GROWTH, AND CLASS. 



DESCRIPTION. 



872. Perfection de Mon 

 plaisir, mod. T. 



873. Perfection des Elan- Schwartz 

 ches.free. H.N. 



874. Perle d'A n g e r s 

 mod. B. 



875. * Perle d'Or, mod 

 Pol. 



876. Perle des Blanches 

 mod. H.N. 



877. Perle des Jardins 

 free. T. 



878. Perle deLyon, mod. 



879. Perpetual White 

 Moss, free. M. 



880. Persian Yellow, free. 

 A, 



Levet, 1871. Yellow, a good Tea, which 

 may be described as an improved Ca- 

 nary ; like that sort it is delicate. 

 :hwartz, 1873. White, a good sort, but 

 inferior to Coquette des A Ipes. 



Moreau- Robert, 1879. Blush. 



Dubreuil, 1883. Nankeen -yellow with 

 orange centre ; very dwarf, branching 

 habit, blooming in clusters of twenty to 

 thirty flowers. 



Lacharme, 1872. From Blanche Lafitte 

 X Sappho. White, inferior to others 

 of the type. 



Levet, 1874. Canary -yellow, large or 

 very large, full, well formed, stiff stems, 

 very free ; the leaflets are five to seven 

 in number, deeply serrated, very dark 

 and glaucous. A superb sort for forc- 

 ing, and fine also in open air. 



Ducher, 1872. Yellow with saffron cen- 

 tre, large, full, very fragrant ; fully as 

 fine in quality as the preceding, but so 

 subject to mildew as to be worthless to 

 ordinary cultivators. 



Laffay. A sport from White Damask. 

 White, tinged with flesh, flowers in 

 clusters, medium size, semi-double or 

 double, coarse form ; but little mossed, 

 unattractive either in bud or flower ; 

 the name is a deception, as it very 

 rarely blooms in the autumn. Greatly 

 inferior to White Bath^ and also Com- 

 tesse de Murinais. 



Introduced from Persia by H. Willock, 

 in 1830. Bright yellow, small, nearly 

 full, well formed ; small foliage, faintly 

 scented like the sweetbrier ; seven leaf- 

 lets ; the wood is chocolate brown in 

 color, armed with numerous brown 

 thorns ; it is the finest of all hardy yel- 

 low roses. It must not be closely 

 pruned ; it is desirable to grow more 

 than one plant, and by pruning one this 

 year, in the usual way, and the other 

 the next, annual crops of flowers may 

 be had. Does not grow from cuttings. 



