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MADAME PLANTIER ; see Group XL, Hybrid Noisette. 

 M ALTON ; see Fulgens. 



7. PAUL VERDIER ; flowers light red, of fine globular form. A good pot Rose. 

 Growth vigorous. 



8. SOUVENIR DE PIERRE DUPUY; flowers deep velvety red, very large and 

 double ; fine. 



9. VIVID ; flowers brilliant crimson, very showy. A fine pillar or climbing Rose. 

 Growth vigorous. 



Rosa Gallica. 

 GROUP XL HYBRID NOISETTE. 



The Hybrid Noisette Roses form but a small group. They are, nevertheless, a 

 distinct and interesting one. Their parentage on the one side is mostly of the French 

 or of the Provence, and on the other of the Noisette Rose. They resemble the 

 Hybrid Chinese more nearly than any other group ; they differ from them in the 

 flowers being of smaller dimensions and formed in large corymbs or clusters ; owing 

 to which there is a greater succession and longer duration of bloom. They are suitable 

 for the same purposes and require the same treatment as the Hybrid Chinese, 

 Group X. 



1. MADAME PLANTIER ; flowers creamy white when newly opened,, changing to 

 pure white, of medium size, full ; form compact ; habit branching ; growth vigorous ; 

 shoots slender ; foliage light green. An immense bloomer and a beautiful Rose, 

 forming a large bush or tree, producing a sheet of white blossom, and lasting a long 

 time in flower. 



2. MADELINE (Emmeline) (Double-margined hip} ; flowers creamy white, sometimes 

 pale flesh, usually margined with crimson, large and very double ; form compact ; 

 habit erect ; growth vigorous. A beautiful Rose when produced true to character, and 

 by no means an inconstant one. 



Rosa Gallica. 



GROUP XII. HYBRID BOURBON. 



The Hybrid Bourbon Roses are also in greater part descended from the French 

 or the Provence crossed with the Bourbon, or vice versa. They are less diffuse and 

 more robust in growth than the Hybrid Chinese, being readily distinguished from 

 them by their broad stout foliage, the leaflets of which are more obtuse. The tout 

 ensemble of these Roses is particularly fine ; some are compact growers, others are 

 abundant bloomers, and the flowers are in general large and handsome. They are 



