CATALOGUE OF VARIETIES. 



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Namk of Variety, and 

 Habit of Growth. 



Class. 



776. Persian Yel 

 low, free. 



777. Pierre Guillot, 

 mod. 



778. Pierre Notting, 

 free. 



779. Pierre Seletzki, 

 78o.Pius the Ninth, 

 vig. 



781. Portland 

 Blanche, free. 



782. Prefet Lim- 

 bourg, vig. 



A. 



H.T. 

 H.R. 



H.R. 

 H.R. 



Dam. 



H.R. 



mossed, unattractive either in 

 bud or flower ; the name is a 

 deception, as it very rarely 

 blooms in the autumn. Great- 

 ly inferior to Whi/e Baih, and 

 also Comtesse de Alurinais. 



Introduced from Persia by H. 

 Willock, in 1S30. Bright) el- 

 low, small, nearly full, well 

 formed ; small foliage, faintly 

 scented like the Sweetbrier; 

 seven leaflets ; the wood is 

 chocolate-brown in color, arm- 

 ed with numerous brown 

 thorns ; it is the finest of all 

 hardy yellow roses. It must 

 not be closely pruned ; it is 

 desirable to grow more than 

 one plant, and by pruning one 

 this year, in the usual way, and 

 the other the next, annual 

 crops of flowers may be had. 

 Does not grow from cuttings. 



Guillot fils, 1879. Deep red, fra- 

 grant and good, 



Portemer, 1863. Deep crimson, 

 tinged with violet, large, or 

 very large, fine, globular form, 

 highly scented ; the most 

 beautiful dark rose, after Louis 

 Van Hotctte. 



Levet, 1872. Violet-red. 



Vibert, 1849. Violet-rose, a very 

 sullied shade, flat form, very 

 full, free blooming, very hardy. 



Vibert, 1836. White, tinged with 

 flesh, large, very full, flat form; 

 often comes with green centre. 



Margottin fils, 1878. Crimson, 

 tinged with violet, double, or 

 full : a rose of fine color. 



