Dwarf Polyantha.
PERLE D'OR.
In the other class the Tea blood is shown as strongly; the flowers are borne singly, or at most in heads of four or five, on smooth and delicate yet firm little stalks; while the foliage is that of a miniature Tea rose. These as to the actual blossoms are perhaps even more attractive. For what can be prettier than a perfectly formed flower the size of a Fairy rose—and sweetly scented too—such as those of Étoile d'Or, lemon shaded with sulphur; or [Perle d'Or], nankeen yellow with orange centre; or Eugénie Lamesch, coppery pink; or the beautiful Cecile Brunner, its well-shaped flowers blush with a deeper pink centre?
In one or two we get an example of the double strain. For the velvety crimson flowers of Perle des Rouges are borne in clusters, though in substance and foliage the plant appears to take after the Tea rose.
But I deprecate the tendency which I see among some varieties, to produce much larger flowers such as those of Clothilde Soupert and Georges Pernet. This quite alters the character of the pretty little plants; giving us a rose that is neither one thing or another, neither a fine bedding rose or a miniature edging rose.
Bourbon Roses, R. Bourboniana.
Baron Gonella. Guillot père, 1839. Violet rose.
Baronne de Maynard. One of the best white roses.
Catherine Guillot. Guillot fils, 1861. Purple red.
Comtesse de Barbantane. Guillot père, 1859. Flesh colour.