PL 321. 
\ THE BELLE PORTUGAISE ROSE. 
(Rosa sp., S. P. I. No. 29729.) 
Belle Portugaise was sent to the Department of Agriculture from the Botanic Garden at 
Lisbon, Portugal, in 1911, by M. Charles de Navel. It is a hybrid, one of the parents 
of which is believed to be Rosa odoraia gigantea. Because of its vigorous growth and free- 
■ flowering habit, together with the large size and beauty of its flowers, it has rapidly won 
a place for itself in California, where it is considered one of the best climbing roses intro- 
duced in recent years. (Photographed by Peter Bisset at the Coolidge Nurseries, Pasa- 
dena, Calif., April 22, 1922.) 
