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ROSA INDICA, ETC. 



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Doctor Roques, dark cnmson. 

 Due de Chartres, large, rosy pink. 

 Duval, bright scarlet crimson, changeable. 

 Dupetit Thouars, bright crimson. 

 Desfosses, waxy pink, very double. 



Enfant d'Ajaccio, very bright scarlet; makes an excellent 



pillar rose. 

 Henry Clay (Boll), carmine, very large. 

 Hermosa, bright rose, most perfect cupped form, a profuse 



bloomer, and highly esteemed. During the summer 



months it loses much of its color ; but in autumn 



it is truly charming. 

 Leveson Gower, dark rosy red, large cupped, flower profuse 



and distinct. 



Madam Angelina, creamy waxy white, cupped flower. 



iSTerard, waxy pink, expanded and very double. 



Nerangot, dark rosy red, in clusters. 



Neuman, or Monthly cabbage, bright rose^ very large 



and fragrant. 



Desprez, dark rose, globular, and perfectly double, 



blooms in large clusters, and approaches more the 

 Noisette tribe than any other of the Bourbon Roses. 



Paul Joseph, brilliant crimson, very double and perfect, 

 though not so large a flower as many others. 



Queen of the Bourbons, beautiful waxy blush, perfect in 

 form, profuse of flower. 

 ' Souvenir de la Malmaison, pale blush, very large, the Prince 

 of Bourbons. 



Triomph de la Duchere, rosy blush, a rapid grower, and 

 makes an excellent pillar plant. 



There might be several others added to the above, though 

 we consider these the best and most distinct in color and 

 character. 



ROSA INDICA OR (BENGAL OF THE FRENCH) CHINESE 

 EVER-BLOOxMING ROSES. 



Perhaps no Rose has been so universally distributed and 

 industriously cultivated as Rosa indica (common Chinese or 

 daily Rose); and Rosa Semperflorens (crimson or sanguinea 



