The French Rose 
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Julie d’Estanges. (Introducer unknown.) Deep pink center, silvery at 
edges and on reverse of petals. Large cupped blooms. 
La Couronne Tendre. (Introducer unknown.) Small; double; flesh-pink. 
La Plus Belle des Ponctuees. Deep rose, beautifully spotted with pale 
rose; flat, open flowers. 
La Rubanee. (Vibert, 1845.) This very popular old variety rejoices in the 
additional names of Village Maid, Panachee Double and Perle des Panchees. The 
flowers are large, double, cupped, and variously striped with rose, purple, and white. 
Lady Curzon. (Turner, 1901.) A modern addition to this old class, with 
the ancient fragrance in its pale pink, single flowers. The plant is very vigorous 
and thorny, and almost a climber. $1 each. 
Lee (Lea). (Vibert, 1823.) Large, full flowers of a clear, uniform shade of 
light pink. The variety, Lea, is thought to be a bright red Rose introduced by 
Vetillard. 
L’Enchanteresse (Grande Henriette). Evidently a Belgian variety intro¬ 
duced into France from Brussels about 1826. The flowers are large, flat, deep 
pink shaded lilac. 
Louise Mehul. (Parmentier.) Large; flat; light red, spotted white. 
Malek-Adel (Melik El Adel). (Introducer unknown.) A very fine, 
large-flowering variety of soft pink dotted with white. 
Malesherbes. (Vibert, 1834.) Lilac-pink, spotted white. 
Marie Tudor. (Introducer unknown.) Described in old catalogues as 
cherry-red or cerise, but the variety we have under this name is salmon-pink, 
blotched with rose. 
Mercedes. (Vibert, 1847.) Large, double flowers of white and lilac, changing 
to pale pink. 
Mile. Sontag. (Introducer unknown.) Deep pink, with outside petals pale 
blush, giving a two-tone effect. 
Mme. d’Hebray. (Pradel, 1857.) The double white flowers are prettily 
streaked with pink and lilac. A very beautiful variety likely to turn pure white. 
According to one authority, it was originated in an amateur’s garden in Havre in 
1820. $1 each. 
Mme. Saportas. (Introducer unknown.) The large, full, exceptionally fra¬ 
grant flowers are bright rosy red. 
Montigny (Monthyon). (Introducer unknown.) Very double; petals streaked 
with dark red and purple. The flower darkens to a purplish orchid shade. 
Napoleon. (Laffay.) Small; very double; deep pink, with petals edged 
white. 
