TYPICAL KOSES. 16ft 



varieties of the family, and are worthy of sepa- 

 rate mention and consideration. 



Victor Yeedier Type. — The head of this 

 family originated with Lacharme, of Lyons, and 

 was sent out by him in 1852. It is doubtless 

 from one of the La Reine type crossed with 

 some monthly rose, probably a Bourbon. The 

 descendants are very numerous, and in spite of 

 their rather tender habits form a valuable group, 

 being the most free flowering of them all ; had 

 they but fragrance they would be unrivalled ; 

 but, alas ! they are devoid of scent, and there- 

 fore cannot rank as high as the others. Fine 

 feathers alone do not constitute fine birds, and 

 surely fragrance is to the rose what song is to 

 the bird. The shoots are of moderate growth, 

 stout, upright, nearly smooth, of a reddish green, 

 with an occasional reddish thorn ; the foliage is 

 very large, of a deep lustrous green, very attrac- 

 tive. The flowers are large, well built up ; 

 generally shades of rose and pink prevail. It is 

 the best adapted for forcing in winter of all the 

 families. 



The leading varieties grown are Andr6 Du- 

 nand. Captain Christy, Charles Yerdier, Countess 



