Plate 29. 
Rosa indica , var. 
This beautiful Rose is of American origin, and was introduced 
to the public last year through Mr. William Paul, of the Ches- 
hunt Nurseries, Waltham Cross, by whom some magnificent 
specimens were furnished for our drawing in the course of the 
past summer. We can only regret that our limited page by no 
means does justice to the admirably cultivated examples fur¬ 
nished by our friend. 
The President Rose has been exhibited before the chief me¬ 
tropolitan authorities, and has borne away the honours of a 
first-class certificate from the Royal Botanic Society, and from 
the Floral Committee of the Horticultural Society. The beau¬ 
tiful blossoms produced by the plants exhibited on the occasions 
referred to, well entitled it to such distinction. 
We learn from Mr. Paul that the plant is of free growth and 
of a hardy character, being, in regard to habit and constitution, 
very similar to the variety called Caroline, which was one of 
its parents. Its wood is of a firm and rather wiry character, 
and its foliage bold and healthy-looking, while the flowers, 
which are globular in form, are large, full of firm smooth petals, 
and very sweet. The colour is blush, tinged in the younger 
stages with salmony-buff, as shown in our figure, but in the 
older stages the latter tint more or less passes away. Mr. Paul 
describes the colours as fawn and salmon, varying somewhat 
according to the season at which it blooms. The plants bloom 
freely and force well. The variety is no doubt a decided ac¬ 
quisition to the group to which it belongs, and will take rank 
Plate 29.— Rosa ixdica, var. Peesident : flowers large, full, globular, 
with firm well-cupped petals, blush tinged with salmony-buff, very fragrant. 
