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doubtless from one of the La Heine type 
crossed with some monthly rose, probably a 
Bourbon. The descendants are very numerous, 
and in spite of their rather tender habits form 
a valuable group, being the most free-flowering 
of them all. Had they but fragrance they 
would be unrivalled, but alas ! they are devoid 
of scent, and therefore cannot rank as high as 
the others. Fine feathers alone do not con¬ 
stitute fine birds, and surely fragrance is to 
the rose what song is to the bird. The shoots 
are of moderate growth, stout, upright, nearly 
smooth, of a reddish green, with an occasional 
reddish thorn ; the foliage is very large, of a 
deep lustrous green, very attractive. The 
flowers are large, well built up generally, 
shades of rose and pink prevail. It is the 
best adapted for forcing in winter of all the 
families. The leading varieties grown are : 
Andre Dunand, Captain Christy, Charles 
Verdier, Countess of Oxford, Etienne Levet, 
Hippolyte Jamain, Julius Finger, Mad. George 
Schwartz, Mad. Devert, Mad. Eugene Cham- 
beyran, Mad. Louis Donadine, Mad. Maxime 
de la Rocheterie, Mdlle. Eugenie Yerdier, 
Marie Cointet, Marie Finger, Mrs. Baker, 
Oxonian (somewhat fragrant), President Thiers, 
Pride of Waltham, Rosy Morn, Souvenir de 
President Porcher. 
Jules Margottin type. —In 1858, Jules 
Margottin, of Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris, 
sent out a fine rose which he called after 
himself; though he has been raising seedling 
roses ever since, none of them have quite 
come up to this in worth. Wood light green ; 
sharp red thorns, somewhat numerous ; shoots 
rather stout, and generally of vigorous growth ; 
crimpled foliage. Flowers of large size, very 
full, somewhat flat shape, mostly shades of 
rose and carmine, almost without perfume; 
generally free in the autumn. They are very 
hardy ; as a rule difficult of propagation from 
cuttings, but making very vigorous plants when 
budded. Abel Grand, Achille Gonod, Bessie 
Johnson (quite fragrant), Claude Bernard, 
Countess of Serenye, Duchesse de Valombrosa, 
Edward Morren, Egeria, Emily Laxton, John 
Hopper, Magna Charta, Mad. Gabriel Luizet, 
Mad. Lacharme, Mad. Louise Leveque, 
Mdlle. Therese Levet, Marchioness of Exeter, 
Marguerite de St. Amande, Marquise de Cas- 
tellane, Miss Hassard (scented), Mons. No¬ 
man, Paeonia, Peach Blossom, Princess Mary 
of Cambridge, Rev. J. B. Camm (very sweet), 
are the leading sorts. 
SkNATEUR Vaisse type. —Senateur Yaisse 
was introduced in 1859. In this family we 
find what are perhaps the most perfectly- 
formed flowers. The varieties are of moderate 
growth, with smoother wood than most dark 
roses ; the foliage, too, is more round and of a 
deeper green. Amicet Bourgeois, E. Y. Teas, 
Mad. Adelaide Cote, Mad. Victor Yerdier, 
and Mrs. Laxton, are members of this group. 
Charles Lefebvre type. —Lacharme in¬ 
troduced Charles Lefebvre in 1861 ; he 
believes that it is the result of a cross (I in¬ 
fer by natural agencies) between Victor Verdier 
and General Jacqueminot; it certainly shows 
many of the characteristics of these two sorts. 
The wood and foliage are light green, occasion¬ 
ally armed with pale red thorns, but as a rule 
the wood is very smooth. The flowers are 
more waving in outline than any of the 
other families, the habit of growth is free, in¬ 
termediate between Victor Verdier and General 
Jacqueminot. Glory of Cheshunt, Harrison 
Weir, Henry Bennett, Mad. Anna de Beso- 
brasoff, Marguerite Brassac, Paul Jamain, 
President Leon de St. Jean, and W. Wilson 
Saunders are marked members of this type. 
Dr. Andry, Horace Vernet, Lord Macaulay, 
Mrs. Harry Turner, Rev. W. H. Stomers, 
and Souvenir du Dr. Jamain, also seem to find 
a place in this group. 
Prince Camille type. —In 1861, E. Verdier 
sent out Prince Camille de Rohan. In this type 
we find the darkest most velvety roses. It would 
seem as though the family must have been 
produced by the blending of General Jacque¬ 
minot with Giant of Battles. The varieties 
are of vigorous or free growth ; the wood is 
somewhat darker, the spines less numerous, 
the habit more spreading than in those of the 
Jacqueminot type. None of these bloom freely 
in the autumn, but in the spring their won¬ 
drous rich crimson shades gain more admirers 
than any others. Baron Chaurand, Baron de 
Bonstetten, La Rosiere, Mons. Boncenne, are 
prominent members of this family. Abel 
Carriere, Jean Liabaud, Jean Soupert, and 
Souvenir d’Auguste Riviere can also be classed 
with them, though they show more of the 
Giant of Battles character than the former, 
and might therefore not inappropriately be 
placed by themselves. 
Alfred Colomb type. —Alfred Colomb, 
sent out in 1865, has a somewhat similar 
habit of growth to General Jacqueminot, but 
the thorns are much less numerous, and with 
a more yellow hue ; the flowers are also fuller, 
and more globular, and blossom much more 
abundantly. A. K. Williams, Mad. Alphonse 
Lavallee, and William Koelle may be grouped 
under this head. 
Duke of Edinburgh type. —The only 
English rose which is the head of a type was 
sent out by George Paul in 1868. The habit 
