April] ROSA ODORATA OR TEA ROSE. 71 
Elisa Sauvage, Canary yellow, fading to creamy white, very 
large and double. 
Etienie, pure white, cupped form. 
Elvira, creamy blush, tinted with rose. 
Fragoletta, large, rosy blush shaded with pink. 
Flavescens, lutea or yelloio tea, pale straw colour, cupped pe- 
tals, very large, and though only semi-double, has not 
a rival of its colour; it was introduced into England 
from China by Mr. Parkes, in 1824 j is a strong 
grower, but more tender than any other tea rose of its 
habit. 
Floralie, beautiful blush, bloomy in clusters, very fragrant, 
and as yet quite rare. 
Goubault, rosy blush with yellow centre, very large. 
Hippolyte, yellowish white, large and double, a strong grower 
and profuse bloomer. 
Hymenee, white, with cream centre, globular, large, and 
very double. 
Julia Mansais, yellowish white. 
La Sylphide, rosy buff changing to creamy white, very per- 
fect, and always beautiful. 
Lyonnais, very large, pale pink inclining to deep blush. 
Madame Desprez, or Bengal Madame Desprez, pure white, 
cupped, large and finely double ; is a beautiful rose, 
and is rarely excelled in delicacy of fragrance. 
Mansais, buff, very lurge, finely double, and highly fragrant. 
Marechal Bugeaud, bright waxy rose. 
Melville, flesh colour, a strong grower. 
Moire, rose and blush, beautifully cup-formed, very perfect, 
and proves to be a fine grower. 
Nephitos, pure white, very large, quite distinct. 
Odorata, or common tea rose, fine blush, very large cupped 
petals, delightfully scented, and everywhere admired, 
and is the foundation of this sweet-scented family. 
Princess Marie, flesh colour, a most superb rose of first-rate 
merit, perfectly double, and finely scented ; when well 
grown, will have flowers about five inches in diameter. 
Safrano, when the bud first opens it is of a fine saffron 
colour, very pretty. 
Strombio, creamy white, perfectly double, large and globular. 
Triomphe du Luxembourg, yellow flesh or copper colour, ex- 
