40 ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



the quality. The Provins or Cabbage JRose takes its 

 name from a town about twenty leagues from Paris, 

 where it is extensively grown for distilling ; Cabbage, 

 from the form of the rose, being of a large round 

 cupped form, never expanding flat. Some suppose 

 that its name is Provence, from a province in the 

 south of France, of which it is said to be a native ; 

 the authority is rather vague, and not adopted by the 

 scientific. The colour is a clear delicate pink, the 

 wood strong, distantly studded with thorns. The 

 Unique, or White Provins, is a sported branch from 

 the old variety, differing in colour, and also in the 

 shape of flower, being weaker, having the petals m.ore 

 <;rumpled, and not so cupped; the colour is pure white, 

 though it is liable to sport, for I have seen it a pretty 

 blush, and in some instances striped and margined. 

 Belgic, or Dutch Provins, is even larger than the 

 \;abbage, being four or five inches in diameter ; colour 

 red; buds large and very splendid, and is the most 

 common rose in the country — called the Cabbage 

 Pose, from which it differs very materially in the 

 wood not having such strong prickles, though of 

 more free growth ; the flower also expands fully, 

 which the cabbage never does. Duchesne is a large 

 blush, and a good bloomer, with Avell-formed flowers. 

 Duchesse d^ Orleans is perhaps a little hybridized, 

 and is a very splendid variety, of a bright rosy pink 



