368 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 



groups, and have not hitherto been held in very high esteem for 

 their flowers, but the modern varieties have charming blossoms. The 

 following are both beautiful : 



Conrad F. Meyer, rose. | Nova Zembla, white. 



The former is a splendid variety, with large double flowers, and 

 adds new value to the class. The latter is a white sport from it. 



DWARF POLYANTHA ROSES 



These delightful little Roses are among the most interesting 

 of the whole genus. They are of neat, bushy habit, and they 

 bear their flowers in bunches. The colours are bright and varied. 

 It will give the reader an idea of this class if we ask him to 

 imagine the popular arch Rose Dorothy Perkins as a low bush 

 plant, say two feet high and the same through, with bunches of 

 flowers similar to those which it bears on arches, but the clusters 

 somewhat smaller. There are two or three such sorts, and there are 

 other varieties of different colour. Here are the names of a few : 



Cecile Brunner, rose. 



Leonie Lamesch ^ copper. 



Madame N. Levavasseur, crimson. 



Maman Levavasseur, pink. 

 Mrs. W. H. Cutbush, pink. 

 Phyllis Merryweather, pink. 



Madame N. Levavasseur is the dwarf Crimson Rambler. Maman 

 Levavasseur is the variety called by British florists the Baby 

 Dorothy, as it is a non-rambling form of Dorothy Perkins. Both 

 Mrs. W. H. Cutbush and Phyllis Merryweather might be similarly 

 described, and they are superior to Maman Levavasseur. Either 

 of these, with Leonie Lamesch, would make a charming pair of 

 representatives of the Dwarf Polyantha Roses. 



DWARF CHINA ROSES 



This class somewhat resembles the foregoing in habit. The 

 plants are dwarf, bushy, and covered with pretty little flowers. 



