(1867)  Page(s) 107.  
 
The Hybrid Perpetual Rose.
Blush and Flesh-coloured.
And then we have Mademoiselle Eugénie Verdier, Marguerite Dombrain, Marguerite de St. Armand, Alba Mutabilis (which changes from white to rose-colour), Madame Hoste, and Madame de Canrobert, all roses of delicate colour and rare beauty.

(1867)  Page(s) 92.  
 
Perpetual moss....new roses of this class....Alfred de Dalmas, ...pretty, but not very distinct...

(1867)  Page(s) 106.  
 
The Hybrid Perpetual Rose.
Rose-coloured and Pink.
Madame Guinoiseau, Louise Margottin, Madame Eugène Verdier, Madame Rousset, Madame Amélie Halphen [sic], and Semiramis, are all fine first-class roses, and all well worthy of a place in a select rose garden...

(1867)  Page(s) 69.  
 
Sempervirens. Banksiaeflora is more fragrant than the generality of these roses; it seems hybridised in a trifling degree with the old Musk rose, which has probably imparted a little of its delightful perfume; this has small and very double white flowers.

(1867)  Page(s) 105.  
 
The Hybrid Perpetual Rose.
Carmine and Cherry-coloured.
Madame Heraud, Madame Furtado — a perfect pattern of elegance in shape — Charles Margottin, Beauty of Waltham, John Hopper, Madame Victor Verdier, Madame Boutin, Duchesse de Caylus, Denis Helye, and Victor Verdier, are the 'crême de la crême' of this group, and no roses can be more charming; they all, or nearly all, have an intensity of rose colour, if the expression may be used, which is of all colours the most pleasing; for do we not say 'the rosy morn,' the rosy hues of life, and employ many other expressions, all denoting the invariable charm of this most delightful of all tints?

(1867)  Page(s) 24.  
 
For fine crimson roses we may take Boula de Nanteuil, D'Aguesseau, Gloire de Colmar, Grandissima, Kean, Latour d'Auvergne, Ohl, Schönbrunn, Triomphe de Jaussens; these are large, very double, and finely-shaped crimson roses, of slightly different shades.

(1867)  Page(s) 105.  
 
The Hybrid Perpetual Rose.
Carmine and Cherry-coloured.
Madame Heraud, Madame Furtado — a perfect pattern of elegance in shape — Charles Margottin, Beauty of Waltham, John Hopper, Madame Victor Verdier, Madame Boutin, Duchesse de Caylus, Denis Helye, and Victor Verdier, are the 'crême de la crême' of this group, and no roses can be more charming; they all, or nearly all, have an intensity of rose colour, if the expression may be used, which is of all colours the most pleasing; for do we not say 'the rosy morn,' the rosy hues of life, and employ many other expressions, all denoting the invariable charm of this most delightful of all tints?

(1867)  Page(s) 105.  
 
The Hybrid Perpetual Rose.
Carmine and Cherry-coloured.
Madame Heraud, Madame Furtado — a perfect pattern of elegance in shape — Charles Margottin, Beauty of Waltham, John Hopper, Madame Victor Verdier, Madame Boutin, Duchesse de Caylus, Denis Helye, and Victor Verdier, are the 'crême de la crême' of this group, and no roses can be more charming; they all, or nearly all, have an intensity of rose colour, if the expression may be used, which is of all colours the most pleasing; for do we not say 'the rosy morn,' the rosy hues of life, and employ many other expressions, all denoting the invariable charm of this most delightful of all tints?

(1867)  Page(s) 105.  
 
The Hybrid Perpetual Rose.
Carmine and Cherry-coloured.
Madame Heraud, Madame Furtado — a perfect pattern of elegance in shape — Charles Margottin, Beauty of Waltham, John Hopper, Madame Victor Verdier, Madame Boutin, Duchesse de Caylus, Denis Helye, and Victor Verdier, are the 'crême de la crême' of this group, and no roses can be more charming; they all, or nearly all, have an intensity of rose colour, if the expression may be used, which is of all colours the most pleasing; for do we not say 'the rosy morn,' the rosy hues of life, and employ many other expressions, all denoting the invariable charm of this most delightful of all tints?

(1867)  Page(s) 11.  
 
The Prolific Moss is not the Prolifère of the French, but a dwarf variety of the common Moss, and a most abundant bloomer. This is known by the French florists as the Minor Moss: it is a most excellent vareity to keep in pots for forcing.