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Old-Fashioned Roses 
Baronne de Stael. (Vibert, 1820.) A brilliant pink Rose striped or stip¬ 
pled with a lighter shade. 
Belle Adelaide. (Miellez.) Flat; very double; cerise-red. 
Belle de Marly. (Introducer unknown.) Small; double; dark red. 
Belle de Yebles. (Desprez.) Flowers bright red. 
Belle des Jardins. (Guillot fils, 1872.) Bright purple - crimson flowers 
streaked with white, double, well shaped, and fragrant. $1 each. 
Belle Isis. (Parmentier.) Small, double flowers of pale flesh-pink. 
Belle Rosine. (Introducer unknown.) Very double; silvery pink with deep 
pink center. 
Bossuet. (Introducer unknown.) Flowers are scarlet. 
Boule de Nanteuil. (Introducer unknown.) Large; very double; deep pink, 
outside petals silvery pink. 
Bouquet Charmant. (Introducer unknown.) Reported in Gore’s Manual 
of 1838 to have large, double, brilliant pink flowers. This Rose is confused with a 
Gallica called Venus Mere, or Mother Venus, put out by Noisette in 1822. 
Captain Williams. Very double, medium-sized. Good dark red. 
Cardinal de Richelieu. (Laffay, 1840.) Very dark, double flowers of 
medium size and extremely handsome and rich in coloring. In some lights the 
deeper violet tones are almost blue, and in others they are purple verging to velvety 
black. A pink Hybrid Perpetual of the same name was introduced by Trouillard 
in 1857. 
Caura. (Introducer unknown.) Large; double; flesh-pink, shading to blush- 
pink. 
Cerise d’Orlin. (Introducer unknown.) Loose; semi-double; deep pink 
center, silvery outside and reverse. 
Chapelain d’Arenberg. (Introducer unknown.) Another of the numerous 
bright pink varieties. 
Commandant Beaurepaire. (Moreau-Robert, 1874.) Large, double 
flowers of bright rose-pink, streaked with purple-violet and marbled with white. 
Sometimes confused with Panachee d’Angers introduced by Moreau-Robert, 1879. 
$1 each. 
Comte de Nanteuil. (Quetier, 1852.) Very double; dark red. 
Comte Foy de Rouen. (Savoureux.) Large, very full flowers of soft 
blush or pale rose-pink. A charming variety of low, compact growth. 
Conditorum (Rosa gallica conditorum). (Dr. Dieck, 1900.) Rather large, 
tawny pink flower of extremely fine fragrance. The petals of this variety are used 
for condiments in the Orient. 
