168 THE ROSE. 



excites and pleases our senses by their charms and 

 lovehness. This family probably originated 

 from the old Hybrid China Gloire des Roso- 

 manes ; they are moderately hardy, bnt less so 

 than those of the Baronne Prevost, Jnles Mar- 

 gottin and La Reine types. The flowers are in- 

 variably shades of red and crimson, generally 

 highly perfumed, freely produced in the spring, 

 but varying greatly as to their autumnal bloom. 

 As a family they are much more shy in the 

 autumn than any of the others. 



The shoots are of vigorous growth, not very 

 thick, generally upright, with quite numerous 

 light green spines ; the foliage handsome, rather 

 pointed. It is now the most numerous of the 

 families, popular taste demanding crimson roses 

 and those of dark shades. Leading varieties of 

 the type are : Beauty of "Waltham, Camille Ber- 

 nardin, Dupuy Jamain, Leopold Premier, Marie 

 Baumann, Marie Rady, Maurice Bernardin, 

 Pierre l^otting. Prince Arthur. There are also 

 Charles Lefebvre, Alfred Colomb, Duke of 

 Edinburgh, Prince Camille, and Senateur 

 Yaisse, which are supposed to be seedlings of 

 Jacqueminot, but they cluster about them other 



