Shrub rose plant named `Meiriental`

#The new variety of Shrub rose plant of the present invention was created by artificial pollination wherein two parents were crossed which previously has been studied in the hope that they would contribute the desired characteristics. The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the product of the pollination of the `Centenaire de Lourdes` variety (non-patented in the United States) and the `Picasso` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,351). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) of the new variety was the `Meihaiti` variety (non-patented in the United States). The parentage of the new variety can be summarized as follows:

#(`Centenaire de Lourdes`.times.`Picasso`).times.`Meihaiti`.

#The seeds resulting from the above pollination were sown and small plants were obtained which were physically and biologically different from each other. Selective study resulted in the identification of a single plant of the new variety.

#The accompanying photograph shows as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same, in a color illustration of this character, typical specimens of the plant parts of the new variety. The rose plants of the new variety described herein were three years of age and were observed during June while budded on Rosa froebelii understock and growing outdoors at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France.

#FIG. 1 -- illustrates a specimen of a young shoot;

#FIG. 2 -- illustrates a specimen of a floral bud before the opening of the sepals;

#The chart used in the identification of the colors is that of the Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S. Colour Chart). The terminology preceding the numbered reference to the chart has been added to indicate the corresponding color in more common terms. The description is based on the observation of three year-old specimens of the new variety during June while growing outdoors when budded on Rosa froebelii understock at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France.

#Class: Shurb.

#Plant