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is in its right position under this heading, and shall not be sur- 

 prised if in the future some other group should establish a 

 stronger claim to its possession. 



Section XII. 



Group 28. — The Microphylla Bose. — The original micro- 

 phylla rose is an exceedingly pretty variety, well suited for 

 placing against a south wall. Both leaves and flowers are distinct 

 and interesting. 



Group 29. — The Bugosa Bose. — Where large showy roses 

 are valued, these flowers will not fail to please, and the bright 

 scarlet fruit of the " Eegeliana " and " Rugosa alba" is very 

 attractive in the autumn. 



Section XIII. 



Group 30. — The Hybrid Perpetual Bose. — We have here a 

 group that requires something more than a passing word, for it 

 contains the largest proportion of our most valued garden varie- 

 ties, which have all sprung into existence within the last forty 

 or fifty years. The "Damask Perpetuals," which were the 

 immediate source of this group, were exceedingly popular at that 

 time, although now scarcely ever heard of. If we wish to trace 

 their origin still further back, and some may, as the " pedigree " 

 movement among roses is fashionable just now, we must go to 

 the old four- seasons rose, which is a variety of the " Damask." 

 Our first " Hybrid Perpetual " roses were hybrids of the " Da- 

 mask Perpetual," and later on a stronger race was reared 

 between the " Damask Perpetual" and " Hybrid Chinese," and 

 still more recently a more varied brood from between the 

 " Hybrid Perpetuals " themselves and various groups — the 

 " Tea-scented " and " Bourbon " especially. 



Group 81. — The Bourbon Perpetual. — It would seem that 

 we have here a race between the "Hybrid Perpetual" and 

 " Bourbon." The flowers are mostly white, blush, and rose, not 

 large, but nicely shaped, and there is a finished appearance about 

 them that pleases the lovers of precision. They bloom more 

 freely in the autumn than the ordinary run of " Hybrid 

 Perpetuals." 



Group 32. — The Bose de Bosomane. — I have often thought 

 that this group has some of the blood of the " Crimson Chinese" 



