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and tolerably dry, for they produce a great number and regular succession of flowers 

 throughout the Summer and Autumn. The " Sanguinea " of this group is frequently 

 seen growing on cottages. and garden walls. In 1835 there was a plant of it growing 

 on a wall at North Stoneham Parsonage, 27 feet high, covered with flowers from the 

 summit to the ground. 



1. ABBE MiOLAND; flowers reddish purple, often streaked with white, large and 

 very double ; form globular. 



AGRIPPINA ; see Cramoisie Superieure. 



2. ALBA ( White} ; flowers white, tinged with straw-colour, of medium size, double ; 

 form cupped. 



3. BELLE DE FLORENCE ; flowers pale cherry, produced in elegant clusters, of 

 medium size, semi-double ; form cupped. A showy Rose. 



4. CRAMOISIE EBLOUISSANTE (L'Eblouissante] ; flowers vivid crimson, small and 

 full. 



5. CLIMBING CRAMOISIE SUPERIEURE ; a very vigorous growing form of 

 Cramoisie Superieure. 



6. CRAMOISIE SUPERIEURE; flowers velvety crimson, of medium size, very 

 double ; form cupped ; exquisite in bud. A good Pot Rose. Growth moderate. 



CRIMSON ; see Sanguinea. 



7. EUGENE BEAUHARNAIS (Prince Eugene) ; flowers amaranth, the buds 

 beautiful when first unfolding, sometimes dying off blackish crimson, large and 

 very double ; form cupped. 



8. FABVIER ; flowers crimson scarlet, of medium size, semi -double ; form 

 expanded. One of the most brilliant of Roses, very showy, and a superb kind for 

 planting in masses. 



9. FIELD MARSHAL ; a splendid addition to brilliant-flowered Climbing Roses. 

 The blossoms are very large, full, and of beautiful shape. Being so double, they are 

 very lasting, and from the free-flowering nature of the group this Rose inherits good 

 Autumn-flowering qualities. 



LADY OF THE LAKE ; see Alba. 

 L'EBLOUISSANTE ; see Cramoisie Eblouissante. 



10. Louis PHILIPPE ; flowers dark crimson, the edges of the centre petals almost 

 white, of medium size, full ; form globular. Raised at Angers. 



11. NEMESIS ; flowers very dark red ; distinct. 



12. PRINCE CHARLES; flowers brilliant crimson, often suffused with light purple, 

 of medium size, full ; form cupped. 



13. SANGUINEA or OLD CRIMSON ; flowers crimson, small and very double. 

 WHITE ; see Alba. 



