But of all the hybrids none can be compared to the superb [Conrad Ferdinand Meyer] (Müller, 1900). This last is said to be crossed with Gloire de Dijon. It certainly possesses just the same rich fragrance as that invaluable rose, while its beautiful colour, a warm tender pink, its large size and perfect form, its more than vigorous growth, and its persistence in blooming—I have it in flower here from the middle of May till December—render it one of the most valuable additions to the rose garden of the new century.
Besides these there are numbers of other varieties, as the continental growers, such as Bruant, Cochet, Gravereaux, Schwartz, etc., have paid considerable attention to these roses of late years. But the future of this race is bound to be a very important one, and so far we have not in the least realized what its effect may be.
Provence Roses, R. Centifolia.
[Cabbage], or Common Provence, 1596. Rosy pink.
Crested. Vibert, 1827. Rosy pink, pale edges.
Unique, or White Provence. Grimwood, 1777. Paper white.
Sulphurea, or the Old Yellow Provence. Golden yellow.
Miniature Provence Roses.
De Meaux, 1814. Rosy lilac.
Spong. Blush pink.