17)i THE ROSE. 



pale red thorns, but as a rule the wood is very 

 smooth. The flowers are more waving in out- 

 line than any of the other families ; the habit of 

 growth is free, intermediate between Yictor 

 Yerdier and General Jacqueminot. Glory of 

 Cheshunt, Harrison Weir, Henry Bennett, 

 Madame Anna de Besobrasoff, Marguerite Bras- 

 sac, Paul Jamain, President Leon de St. Jean, 

 and W. Wilson Saunders are marked members 

 of this type. Dr. Andry, Horace Yernet, Lord 

 Macaulay, Mrs. Harry Turner, Rev. W. H. 

 Stomers and Souvenir du Dr. Jamain, also seem 

 to find a place in this group. 



Pkince Camille Type. — In 1861 E. Yerdier 

 sent out Prince Camille de Rohan. In this type 

 w^e find the darkest, most velvety roses. It 

 would seem as though this family must have 

 been produced by the blending of General Jac- 

 queminot with Giant of Battles. The varieties 

 are of vigorous or free growth ; tlie wood is 

 somewhat darker, the spines less numerous, tlie 

 habit more spreading than in those of the Jac- 

 queminot type. None of them bloom freely in 

 the autumn, but in the spring their wondrous 

 rich crimson shades gain more admirers than any 



