beautiful. 
So See [ 407 ] 
Rosa PROVINCIALIS (var.) PoMPONE Rose. 
Much pains have been taken by the late Mr. Arron in the 
Hort. Kew. to fettle the different Rofes, cultivated in our 
gardens in his time ; in this difficult bufinefs, as well as in the - 
whole of his moft ufeful work, he ‘was affifted (as he acknow- — 
_ ledges in his dedication) by men more learned than himfelf; 
we may confider therefore his account, as far as it goes, tobe 
as perfeét as can reafonably be expefted ‘in a matter of fuch. 
Antricacy. 
There are two rofes (from the names they bear, evidently 
of French ‘origin, Meaux being the name of a town in France, 
and pronounced as if written Mo) introduced to our gardens 
fince the time of Mriixer, and held in very high eftimation, 
viz. the greater and fmaller Rofe de Meaux of the Hort. Kew. 
confidered by Mr. Arron as varieties of the Rofa provincialis, 
the latter of thefe (the one here figured) is generally known 
‘by Nurferymen and others as the Pompone Rofe; we received 
it as fuch from Mr. Matter, of Guernfey, a gentleman very 
-converfant in plants, very fond of their culture, and to whofe — 
kindnefs we are much indebted. ie 
This rofe from its‘root throws out numerous ftems, which — 
rarely exceed a foot or a foot and a half in height; they are 
ufually ftraight, rigid, and very prickly; the flowers are _ 
fmaller than thofe of any other double rofe, generally of the 
fize of thofe reprefented on the plate, and particularly diftin- 
_ guifhed by the brilliant colour of the eye or central petals; @ 
flower of this fort juft on the point of expanfion is fuperlatively. 
Mr. Atron makes it a variety of the Rofa provincialis ; we 
have cultivated it many years in our garden at, Brompton, 
and have always found it conftant to its principal characters, 
and to differ in many effential points from the greater Ro/é 
de Meaux of the fame author. A eS ae ee 
_ It requires an open fituation, a pure air, and a light foils 
is improved by manure, and watering indry Summers. 
Its flowers are produced in June, and the plant is increafed 
by fuckers, which are not very plentifully produced, nor €X- 
tend to any length, oS fe 
The roots fhould not be divided oftener than once in three 
years; if the old wood be cut down every year, after_the 
_ Plant bas done blowing, this rofe will throw out more 
gerous fhoots and bloffom more freely. ee 
