Plate 168. 
BOURBON BOSE, BEY. EL DOMBRAXN. 
The race of Bourbon Boses, although not so numerous as 
that of the hybrid perpetuals, contains some of the most beauti¬ 
ful and useful Boses in cultivation. For symmetry of form no¬ 
thing can exceed such flowers as Catherine Guillot and Modele 
de Perfection , and no white Boses can surpass Acidalie and Sou¬ 
venir de la Malmaison, while their habit of blooming in the 
autumn renders them especially valuable in prolonging the Bose 
season until the severe autumn frosts set in. They have (or 
had, for the Bose now figured is very fragrant) one drawback, 
their absence of perfume; but their other excellent qualities 
nullified this. 
Amongst those French Bose-raisers who have so materially 
increased our enjoyment in this charming tribe, no one stands 
higher than M. Margottin, of Bourg-la-Beine, near Paris. As 
long as Boses are grown Jules Margottin will hold a place in 
the rosarium, while in the Bourbon family we owe to him Louise 
Odier , Emotion , and Louise Margottin. Louise Odier was raised 
by him about sixteen years ago, and although it has seeded 
freely, he has never been able to procure, until of late years, 
anything from it that pleased him. Last season, however, he 
sent out a very fine seedling of a lighter shade of colour, which 
has been several times exhibited under the name of Louise Mar- 
gottin , and this autumn intends letting out the very beautiful 
and high-coloured variety figured in our plate, which we ven¬ 
ture to predict will be a general favourite, no flower of the 
same form and colour having previously appeared amongst the 
Bourbons. 
We had the opportunity in May last, when in Paris, of see¬ 
ing it growing in M. Margot tubs garden, and nothing could 
