24. ESMERALDA; flowers delicate flesh, their margin white, of medium size, full. Raised in the neighbourhood of Paris. Introduced in 1847.

25. ETOILE DE LA MALMAISON; flowers flesh, fading to French white, large and full; form, cupped. Habit, erect; growth, vigorous. A showy Rose, with fine dull green leaves.

26. FANNY; flowers salmon blush, large; form, expanded.

27. FANNY SOMMERSON; flowers rosy lilac blush, of medium size, full; form, compact. Habit, erect; growth, moderate.

28. FÉLICITÉ PARMENTIER; flowers rosy flesh, their margin white, exquisite in bud, of medium size, full; form, compact. Habit, erect; growth, robust. A very abundant bloomer, and indispensable even in a small collection.

29. FEROX; flowers white. Habit, curious.

30. FLOTINE; flowers white, tinged with flesh, of medium size, full; form, cupped. Habit, branching; growth, moderate.

31. FRANÇOISE DE FOIX; flowers bright rose; form, cupped.

32. GRACILIS; flowers flesh colour; small and full.

33. HENRIETTE CAMPAN; flowers dark purplish rose, of medium size, full; form, expanded. Habit, branching; growth, moderate. A beautiful and distinct Rose.

34. JEANNE D'ARC; flowers delicate flesh, their margin blush, of medium size, full: form, cupped. Habit, branching; growth, robust.

JOSEPHINE BEAUHARNAIS; see Belle de Segur.

35. LA REMARQUABLE; flowers white; form, cupped, sometimes do not open. Growth, robust.

36. LA SÉDUISANTE; flowers rosy flesh, large and full; form, compact. Habit, erect; growth, robust. Shoots covered with small red spines. A superb Rose.

37. LADY FITZGERALD; see Group IV. The Damask Rose.

38. LASTHÉNIE; flowers flesh colour, of medium size, full; form, globular. Raised at Angers. Introduced in 1844.

39. LUCRÈCE; flowers pale rose, their centre deep rose, very large and double; form, globular. Raised at Angers. Introduced in 1847.

40. MAIDEN'S BLUSH; flowers soft blush, colour of the buds exquisite, of medium

size, double; form, globular. Habit, branching; growth, moderate. 41. MADAME AUDOT; flowers glossy flesh, edges creamy blush, large and full; form, cupped. Habit, branching; growth, moderate. A beautiful Hybrid Rose. (See Plate V.)

42. MADAME CAMPAN; flowers vivid rose, mottled with dove, of medium size, full; form, cupped. Habit, erect; growth, moderate. One of the

best mottled Roses.

43. MADAME LEGRAS; flowers pure white, their centre sometimes creamy, very

large and full; form, expanded. Habit, branching; growth, moderate. A free bloomer, and superb White Rose.

44. MALVINA; flowers blush, their centre rosy.

45. MARIE DE BOURGOGNE; flowers rose, spotted with white, of medium size, very double.

46. MENAGE; flowers flesh colour, of medium size, full; form, cupped. Raised at Angers. Introduced in 1847.

NAISSANCE DE VÉNUS; see Queen of Denmark.

47. NEW CELESTIAL; flowers bright pinkish rose, large and showy.

48. NOVA COELESTIS; flowers pure white; form, cupped.

49. PETITE CUISSE DE NYMPHE; flowers flesh colour, small and full.

50. POMPON BLANC, OR BAZARD; flowers pink, their margin blush, small and full; form, compact. Habit, branching; growth, small. An abundant bloomer, and a pretty miniature.

51. POMPON CARNÉE; flowers flesh colour, of medium size, full.

52. PRINCESSE LAMBALLE; flowers pure white, sometimes delicately tinted with flesh, of medium size, full; form, compact. Habit, branching; growth, vigorous in some places, in others shy and delicate. A lovely Rose.

53. QUEEN OF DENMARK; flowers rosy pink, their margin paler, of medium size, full; form, cupped. Habit, erect; growth, moderate. A beautiful Rose; a hybrid.

54. ROYAL; flowers pink, of medium size, full; form, cupped.

55. SOPHIE DE BAVIÈRE; flowers deep rosy pink, produced in clusters, of medium size, full; form, compact. Habit, branching; growth, moderate. An abundant bloomer; a lively and showy Rose.

56. SOPHIE DE MARSILLY; flowers blush, their centre rose, large and full; form, globular. Habit, erect; growth, vigorous; more spinous than others of the group. A beautiful Rose when about half blown; but requires clear dry weather to produce its flowers in perfection.

57. VENUS; flowers pure white; form, cupped.

58. VIRIDIS; flowers creamy white, buds greenish before expanding, of medium size, full; form, cupped. Rarely opens its flowers well.

59. VISCOMTE DE SCHYMACKER; flowers pale carmine, their margin lighter,

large.

60. VIX BIFERA; flowers rose, of medium size, double.

61. ZENOBIE; flowers rose, of medium size, full. Raised at Angers.

ROSA RUBIGINOSA.

GROUP XIV.-THE SWEET BRIER AND ITS HYBRIDS.

The Sweet Brier! the Eglantine! the favourite Rose of the Poets! with whom we are content to leave it: it can need no praise at our hands.

Few, if any, of the Hybrids, have their leaves so highly scented as the native species, whose modest flowers delight us in summer, and whose bright scarlet hips enliven the hedges at the close of autumn. What school-boy, whose lot may have been cast amid its favourite haunts, is not familiar with the flavour of these latter.

The varieties of this group are very hardy, requiring no particular cultivation, thriving equally well as standards or dwarfs. They are distinguished by the fragrance of the leaves and a certain roughness of appearance.

1. CARMINE; flowers brilliant carmine, distinct; form, cupped.

2. CARNATION; flowers blush.

3. CELESTIAL; flowers pale blush, semi-double; form, compact. Growth, vigorous.

4. CHINESE; flowers fine deep rose, of medium size, double; form, compact. Habit, erect, delicate; growth, dwarf.

5. CLEMENTINE; flowers rosy blush, distinct.

6. HEBE'S LIP; flowers creamy white, their margin pink, single; form, cupped. (Margined Hip)

7. IVER COTTAGE; flowers pale pink; form, cupped.

LA BELLE DISTINGUÉE; see Scarlet.

8. MAIDEN'S BLUSH; flowers pale rose, compact and double.

MARGINED HIP; see Hebe's Lip.

MARGINED HIP, DOUBLE; see Group XI. Hybrid Noisette, "MADELINE."

9. MONSTROUS; flowers light rose, very large; form, cupped.

10. Mossy; flowers light pink, the buds mossy.

RIEGO (Hybrid); see Group X. Hybrid Chinese.

11. ROSE ANGLE; flowers bright lilac rose; form, cupped. Raised by Mr. Martin, of Rose Angle, near Dundee.

12. ROYAL; flowers pale rose; form, cupped.

13. SCARLET; flowers bright rosy crimson, small and very double; form, com(La Belle distinguée) pact. Habit, erect; growth, moderate. Very pretty.

14. SPLENDID; flowers light crimson; form, cupped.

15. SUPERB; flowers bright rose, full; form, cupped. Growth, robust.