IRISH GARDENING 



VOLUME IX 



No. loi 



Edited by C- F. Ball. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



ARBORICULTURE IN IRELAND 



JULY 

 1914 



Rose Fr agr ance^ 



Bv Rev. Joseph H. PEMiiEKTON. 



" Messrs. Clay have presented to the Council 

 a silver-gilt cup of the value of £75 for anniial 

 competition (open to all) at the Holland House 

 Show, the object being to endeavour to obtain 

 a race of Roses of both good form and colour, 

 but above all else, ]iossessing the true, old 



florist's flower — was due to its fragrance. It 

 would be quite easy to insert quotations from 

 the poets in praise of its fragrance, but this is 

 quite mmecessary ; we all know it. But what 

 is not so generally known is the variety in the 

 perfume, and the liold statement that there is 



rhutu hy-\ [Miss .1. .1. Laiif 



An Old kSwket-scented Rose and Tkkk Liimx at Tankehsley CoTTAtiE 



BAETJN(!I,EN, (*<). WlCKI.OW. 



geiuiine Rose scent, such as may be found in 

 the old Cabbage or Provence Rose, in ' (leneral 

 Jacqueminot,' ' Marie Maumann,' " Duke of 

 Wellington,' " General McArthur,' &c. The 

 distinctive scent known as ' Tea Rose " is not, 

 for the purpose of this competition, to be 

 accounted as the true old Rose .scent." The 

 foregoing is an extract from the "" Book of 

 Schedules '" issued by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, and it has much that commends it to 

 all rose-lovers. The popularity of the Rose in 

 days of long ago — days before it became a 



■ tlie true old rose scent "' calls for a few ob- 

 servations. 



All \v\\d Roses are fragrant — tlistinct and 

 icHned in some, powerful and decided in others, 

 and as variable as the species are in habit and 

 form of l)lossom — a delicious fragrance, such as 

 is perceived in no other flower which charms 

 the sense of smell. Rosa caniiui has its own 

 perfume, so has Rosa arvensis, and ])oth grow 

 side by side in the same jieilgerow. Do you 

 know the diflerence >. If not, now is the time 

 to test it. Or perhaps you know, and can dis- 



