ii2 AUTUMNAL ROSES. 



doors, and seldom more than second-rate there ; the 

 colours are brilliant red, shaded with blackish purple. 

 Caroline de Sansal, clear flesh colour with blush edges, 

 is a first-class show Rose when it can be found clean ; 

 it is, however, a fair-weather Rose only, and while it 

 cannot be dispensed with, it cannot be confidently relied 

 on. Colonel de Rougemont is a very large expanded 

 Rose of a pale rose colour, shaded with carmine ; it is of 

 rather delicate habit, and requires a rich soil and close 

 pruning, which extra attention it is quite worthy of. 

 Comte de Nanteuil is a perfect Rose according to rule ; 

 the flowers are rosy carmine, large, full, and quite circular 

 in outline ; quite a show Rose. The same may be said 

 of Comtesse de Chabrillant, whose flowers are pink and 

 very sweet ; this is not so constantly good as the last 

 named, but when in its best state, it is of matchless 

 beauty. Due de Cazes is a very distinct flower ; the 

 colours are purple, crimson, and maroon, very velvety, 

 and variously shaded ; it is a most effective Rose in the 

 garden if pruned sparingly ; the growth is vigorous. 

 Duchesse d'Orleans is a good show Rose ; the flowers are 

 lavender blush, large and full, the growth vigorous. 

 Empereur de Maroc, though not a show Rose, can hardly 

 be left out of a limited collection ; the rich velvety 

 maroon flowers, the summits of the petals folding back 

 with so much regularity and grace, are unique and lovely. 

 Francois Arago, with dark velvety purple flowers, is also 

 a valuable addition to our dark Roses ; it is hardy, free, 

 and the best of its colour. Fran9ois ier. i s quite 

 first-class, whether for exhibition or garden decoration ; 

 the flowers are brilliant cherry, of good size and form. 

 General Jacqueminot is almost too well known to need 

 description ; the flowers are brilliant red, very velvety, 

 large, and very double. The introduction of this Rose 

 was quite an era in Rose culture ; it produces seed so 

 freely, and the seedlings have proved so good, that we 

 have already a numerous race derived from it. General 



