CHAP. V. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 479 



1. BOOTH'S KOSE. A local name in Calcutta, supposed by 

 some to be Goubault, but more probably Bougere ; as delightful 

 a Eose as we either have, or could have, in the country ; of 

 strong vigorous growth, producing large exceedingly double 

 deep blush flowers of delicious fragrance : easily propagated by 

 cuttings, and very common in the Calcutta gardens. 



2. WOOD'S EOSE. A local name, the true name unknown ; 

 very similar indeed to the last both in foliage and flower, but 

 the flowers are scentless. Called by some Marshal Bugeaud. 



3. SOUVENIR D'UN AMI. No Eose that I have seen in India 

 can at all be compared for beauty of form with the large rose- 

 coloured, drooping, half-expanded flower of this. 



4. FRENCH WHITE. Its local name in the Gardens of the 

 Agri-Horticultural Society, but certainly not appropriate as 

 regards the colour of its flowers ; supposed by some to be " Maid 

 of Athens : " a bush of considerable size and very abundant 

 foliage, bears in great profusion prettily-formed fawn-white very 

 fragrant flowers of moderate size: very common in Calcutta, 

 and easily propagated by cuttings. 



5. GLOIRE DE DIJON. Accounted one of the very finest of 

 the Tea-roses flowers large, expanded, very double, with* orange- 

 yellow centre, the central petals crowded and crumpled. The 

 colour in different specimens varies much, ranging from palest 

 yellow through reddish-orange up to pure red : an exceedingly 

 strong-growing Eose ; so much so as to be often trained to cover 

 the side of a house : easily propagated. 



6. Devoniensis. Known commonly by the name of Victoria 

 in gardens about Calcutta : one of the finest Eoses in existence, 

 producing fine large double creamy-white deliciously fragrant 

 flowers, disfigured often by having a green bud in the centre ; 

 of stout, vigorous habit ; needs frequently to have the old wood 

 cut out, which otherwise would die down and become unsightly ; 

 considered difficult to propagate. I have met with most success 

 by putting down cuttings in the open ground beneath a low 

 bush in the month of August a season of the year when cuttings 

 of other kinds seldom succeed. 



7. JULIE MANSAIS. A small plant with pale yellow-green 

 leaves, of delicate habit, and difficult of propagation ; produces 

 small pale lemon-coloured flowers, exquisitely beautiful when 

 only half-expanded. 



