250 GARDEN CLASSIFICATION. 



Reine des Vierges is a new rose, much resembling Souvenir 

 de Malmaison. Its flowers are more pale, and smaller than that 

 variety, but perfect and regular in their shape. 



SoucHET is a new and very fine variety, with large, double, 

 and perfectly cupped flowers. Its color is dark-crimson, shaded 

 with purple. 



Souvenir de Malmaison is altogether the most perfect and 

 superb rose of this or any other class. It was originated by Be- 

 luze, a Frenchman. Its flov/ers are cupped and of very perfect 

 form, very double, with thick, velvety petals ; they are of the 

 largest size, often four to five inches in diameter, and their color 

 delicate blush, with a rich tint of cream. Its large and very 

 luxuriant foliage, compact habit, and flowers of exceeding beauty, 

 render this the very finest rose known. We should have figured 

 it, had we been familiar with its beauty at the time our engrav- 

 ings were executed. 



Splendens is a fragrant rose, of robust and very luxuriant 

 habit. It opens well, and is an abundant bloomer. Its color is 

 rich purplish-crimson, and its leaves are remarkably large and 

 beautiful. It Vvill make a good pillar rose. 



Triomphe de la Guillotiere is one of the most vigorous 

 pillar roses of this family. It blooms in large clusters of deep 

 rosy-red flowers. 



Many of these varieties of Bourbon roses are well adapted for 

 pot-culture and forcing. For window culture some of them are 

 unsurpassed, when budded on strong stocks. Nearly all of them 

 are so difficult of propagation by cuttings, that they will be 

 found budded, in most of the nurseries. When planted in groups 

 in a rich soil, and with a skilful blending of colors, they will pre- 

 sent a beautiful show of leaf and flower throughout the season ; 

 they make, also, fine standards for a lawn, and many of them are 

 almost sufficiently luxuriant to make a good hedge. They do 

 not require so much pruning as Perpetuals, but should be thinned 

 out in the winter, and shortened to half a dozen buds. We hope 

 to see this class of roses more generally cultivated, for it is cer- 



