156 Rosacce — Rosa. 
trary classifications adopted by horticulturists have no scientific 
value, and we might add that in a gardening point of view 
they are of very slender utility. The catalogues are filled with 
names of varieties, many of which it is utterly impossible to 
distinguish. It would be a great service to amateurs if these 
catalogues were scrupulously purged, and thenceforward none 
but varieties of real merit admitted, In this way many of the 
older varieties, almost abandoned at the present time, would 
reassert their claims to be placed in the first rank, and this fact 
induces us to enumerate a few here which already date back 
many years. 
Amongst the common Centifolias or Provence Roses we have 
the Painters’ Rose (fig. 83), very large, very double and rose- 
coloured; the common Cabbage Rose, very large, double, rosy- 
pink; the Celery-leaved Rose, medium size, full, and rose- 
Fig. 83. Painters’ Kose. (4 nat. size.) Fig. 84 Dwarf Pompon. (4 nat. size.) 
coloured; Triomphe P Abbeville, very largo, double, bright 
rose; Vilinorin, large, full, flesh-coloured; Avngston, very 
small, full, rose; Uniyue bluuche, medium size, full, and 
white. 
Miniature Provence or Pompon Roses:—Saint Fruneois vx 
Dwarf Pompon (fig. 84), very small, full, and rose-coloured ; 
the White Poinpow or Pompon blanc, very small, full aud 
