212 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE chap. 



globular high centred, pointed or reflexed, are 

 rather cumbrous expressions, but they may be 

 understood, and I am not prepared to offer amend- 

 ments. 



" Cupped " is another unfortunate term, for, 

 contrary, I believe, to all botanical and scientific 

 nomenclature, it is used in the N.E.S. Catalogue to 

 signify, not that the flower is hollow within, but 

 that it is outwardly of the shape of a chalice — an 

 inverted cone. It is the more misleading because a 

 hollow centre is considered a very serious fault, and 

 " cupped high centre " must be a considerable puzzle 

 to the uninitiated. 



" Flat " is a plain term with which no fault can be 

 found, Souvenir de la Malmaison, B., and Her 

 Majesty, H.P., when expanded too far, being 

 typical examples of this shape. It is rightly 

 considered a very faulty shape for exhibition, as every 

 one will admit that the plate-like form is inferior. 



There should also be a name for the type of Eose 

 whose petals are folded on either side at the 

 extremities so as to form points, as in Mrs. W. J. 

 Grant and many others : the outline is not so 

 smooth as in those Eoses whose petals retain their 

 rounded extremities, but it is perhaps even more 

 effective. 



Variations of the above standard forms may be 

 found in Madame de Watteville, which might be 

 called the "winged" or "butterfly" rose, an 

 addition to the pointed or high-centred shape being 

 found in the long outer petals which project as 

 wings : and in Innocente Pirola, where the petals 

 radiate away from the centre point in the perfect 

 form of the whorl of a shell. But a regular shape, 



