IRISH GARDENING 



V^OLUME XII 



No. 140 



Editor-J- W. Besant. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



ARBORICULTURE IN IRELAND 



OCTOBER 

 1917 



Roses* 



Wichuraiana Ramblers. 



Although barely known at the beginning of 

 the century, this class of ramblers now occupies 

 sa prominent a, place in our gardens that it 

 would require a considerable effort to imagine 

 what it would mean to be without them. Should 

 it ever be the fashion to erect statues to horti- 

 culturists, the introducer of "Dorothy Perkins"' 

 should be pne of the first to be so honoured. 



Wichuraiana Roses occupy the forefront 

 amongst ramblers for many reasons. They 

 flourish with very little care in almost any soil 

 or. situation. Their beautiful foliage alone 

 renders them worth growing even if they never 

 flowered, and, with the possible exception of a 

 few of the early flowering sorts, they clothe 

 themselves from tip to base with their charming 

 leaves. Very few varieties are liable to mildew, 

 and none is very subject to other pests. Their 

 flexible stems enable us to grow them in all sorts 

 of ways, and the lavish profusion of their flowers 

 decks the garden throughout the most enjoyable 

 three months of the year. 



The varieties are now numerous, and I propose 

 to deal only with a selection of the best. The 

 early kinds flower in June and early July, 

 followed immediately by the late kinds, which 

 continue during the greater part of August in 

 this part of Ireland. 



1. Early Sorts. — Chieflv R. wichuraiana 

 crossed with Tea, H. T. and H. P. Roses. The 

 individual flowers of some are very large, and 

 most are borne in small trusses. Some are good 

 on walls, as, for example. Francois Juranville, 

 Alberic Barbier, and American Pillar. 



Alter icBarbier. — Golden yellow buds, opening 

 to fully double flowers of creamy white, and 

 of good size and form. Small trusses but in 

 great profusion 



Alex, Girault^ — Bright carmine, with salmon- 

 yellow at base of petals ; a good grower, 



with a great profusion of medium-sized double 

 blooms. 



American Pillar. — Some one has described this 

 as a Rose for an\^ backyard. It is a tremendous 

 grower, with dense leafage and big trusses of 

 single flowers of large size standing out boldly 

 from the plant. The colour is a very vivid 

 shade of rose or deep pink, and the variety is 

 very popular ; mildew-proof. 



Ariel. — A very pretty single, with copper buds 

 opening to large flowers of a bright amaranth- 

 pink. 



Elise Rohichon. — This is a lovely Rose, not at 

 all sufficiently well known. It flowers in the 

 utmost profusion for a month or more, and none 

 is more charming as a standard weeper, or on a 

 pillar, tripod or trellis. Salmon buds opening to 

 pink shaded with copper. 



Evangeline. — Softest pink single flowers with 

 golden anthers ; very charming and deliciously 

 fragrant. 



Frangois Foucard. — Yellow, fading to cream ; 

 very pretty in the bud. 



Frangois Guillot. — Cream buds, opening to 

 extra large double white flowers ; very handsome 

 indeed, and with beautiful foliage. 



Frangois Juranville. — None is more desirable 

 than this. The flowers are of a delightful clear 

 salmon-pink shade, are of extra large size, and 

 very strongly Tea-perfumed ; the stems and 

 foliage are beautifully tinted and glossy. 



Gerbe Hose. — Handsome double flowers of 

 large size, soft pink in colour, and opening 

 well. One of the sweetest of Roses, and will do 

 on a North wall. 



Leontine Gervais. — A most beautifully coloured 

 Rose with coppery buds, the open flowers in 

 shades of salmon, copper and yellow ; extremely 

 profuse and decorative. Everyone should have 

 it. Tea-scented, 



