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The majority of them are not pure white, but have 

 a pale pink flush, very pretty in the bud, and open 

 flat. They require rather close pruning. Felicite 

 Parmentier (1828) and Maiden's Blush (1797) are 

 the best known varieties. 



The Hybrid China Boses are hybrids between the 

 French or Provence, crossed slightly with the China 

 race, and showing very little of the cross ; for the 

 Chinese are true perpetuals, and these remain as 

 summer Koses. They are very strong growers, 

 almost all being vigorous enough for pillars and 

 sufficiently pendulous to form tall standards. They 

 should not be too closely pruned. Blairii No. 2, a 

 fine climber, Chenedole and Fulgens, of brilliant 

 colour, and Miss Ingram, a well-shaped old Eose of 

 more moderate growth, are now the best known. 

 Madame Plantier, a very profuse bloomer, often 

 placed in this group, seems to have in it some cross 

 of the Noisette race. 



The Hybrid Bourbons form a somewhat similar 

 group, being hybrids from the French or Provence 

 with the Bourbon race, but not generally having the 

 autumnal qualities of the Bourbons. Most of them 

 are strong enough in growth for climbing purposes, 

 and should not be pruned too closely when thus 

 used. But in no case is the whole art of pruning 

 more called for than in fine old standards or pot 

 Eoses of this group, where the production of a well- 

 shaped head, thickly and regularly covered with 

 large blooms all out at once, is sometimes a triumph 

 of -skill and training. Charles Lawson is especially 

 noticeable for its capabilities in this way, when 

 carefully trained as a pot Eose. 



Coupe d'Hebe, of a fresh pink with a cupped 



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