318 THE FLORIST. 



MY ROSE-JOURNAL. 



BY THOMAS KIVERS. 



[Concluded from p. 259.] 



Sept. 28th. — Bourbon Roses still in full beauty. What glorious 

 pillar Roses the vigorously growing varieties form ! Acidalie, Ame- 

 na'ide, Dupetit Thouars, Imperatrice Josephine, Julie de Fontenelle, 

 Madame Aude, Madame Lacharme, Raymond, Splendens, Triomphe 

 de la Guillotiere, Le Grenadier, and Lavine d'Ost, are all robust grow- 

 ers, and form fine pillar Roses of moderate height, say from six to 

 seven or eight feet. 



Bourbon Roses seem to bloom more freely as dwarf standards, 

 on stems from twelve to twenty inches in height, than in any other 

 mode of culture. I have observed this season, and indeed in several 

 past ones, that late in September and October, when my show-beds 

 of Bourbons, on their own roots, have been scant of flowers, my dwarf 

 standards have been covered with blossoms and buds ; I have seen 

 the same difference also with my neighbours, the Messrs. Paul ; their 

 dwarf standard Bourbons have always late in autumn a profusion of 

 flowers. 



Oct. 5th. — In common with all the autumnal Roses, the Tea- 

 scented Roses have been this season, and are still, in great beauty ; 

 but we have no novelties to boast of. Fortune's Yellow Tea, or 

 China Rose, is of the same orange-fawn colour as Noisette Ophirie, 

 and is much like it in habit. When Mr. F. returned from China, he 

 sent me a coloured figure of this Rose, and by return of post I sent 

 him a bloom of Ophirie ; the resemblance in every respect was most 

 striking. I was at the moment quite impressed with the idea that 

 it was the same Rose, and wrote to a friend at Angers to know the 

 origin of Ophirie ; but in his reply he said that it was to a certainty 

 raised from seed at Angers, and was not an imported Rose. 



It is a triumphant fact for English cultivators, that no Tea- 

 scented Rose raised in France excels, or scarcely equals, our English 

 variety Devoniensis. The gems of this family are, Adam, Bougere, 

 Elise Sauvage, Goubault, Julie Mansais, Moire, Pellonia, Souvenir 

 d'un Ami, Triomphe du Luxembourg, Vicomtesse de Cazes, and Vic- 

 toria. Safrano, when in bud, with its brilliant orange-fawn colour, 

 ought not to be passed over : this fine hardy Rose is most beautiful 

 in September and October. 



It is to be regretted that Tea- scented Roses cannot be cultivated 

 with success as border Roses, unless in the extreme south and west 

 of England ; they require more than ordinary protection, and glass 

 alone seems the only efficient material to guard them from the variable 

 weather of our winters ; a dry frost, however severe, does not injure 

 them, but extremely wet weather and alternate frosts and thaws 

 are fatal to them. In mild seasons, bunches of evergreens stuck in 

 the ground round the plants will often save them ; but then, when 

 we have a real English winter, they will be killed root and branch. 



