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Dwarf Bedding Roses 



V>\ .1. Wai-son. Cloiitari. 



T\ recent, years so many rcallv" jiood varieties 

 liave been introihieed for heddiiiif. es])f(ialiy of 

 llie l)\\arf I'olyanllia ty|)e. tlii'ir is no doul)t tliat 

 when their trrand (|iiahties as hcddintj: i)lants 

 heeonie better known we shall sec thdii more 

 •renerally nsed instead of tlic (Icraiiiiiin and 

 Begonia, of which so many arc tired. All I lie 

 sliades of colour found in llicotlicr Itosc sect ions 

 are not yet at oui- connnand. hut for heddinu 

 definite colours arc the most clTcct ixc. and these 

 we possess now in the Dwaif I'olyantlius. 

 A bed of .lessie or Orleans, liodhatte. 

 Erna Tesehendorff, Mrs. W. H. Cutbush. 

 Manian Tnrbat. or Pliyllis. will be as 

 brilliant from the end of Jinie till well on in 

 November as any arrangement of Geraniums or 

 lU'gonias could be. and with half the trouble. 

 No more lifting and storing of bedding plants 

 over the winter, or spending valuable time 

 '■ bedding out "" when everything in the garden 

 is calling for attention. The u|)-to-date gardener 

 beds with looses in Novend)ci\ and there the 

 jtlants renuiin for years. 



China or Monthly Roses are beautiful 

 bedders, but in these there has been little or no 

 advance since the introduction of the two 

 lovely varieties. Laurette Messimy and 

 Madame Eugene Resal ; these with their 

 salmon-copper and ])ink shadings make beautiful 

 masses, and are well known. Leuchtfeuer is, 

 however, a China of recent introduction which 

 cannot be overlooked. Unlike most Chinas its 

 ilowers are fully double, in shape resembling one 

 of the exiiandcd flowers of the Hjbrid Tea 

 CJcneral McArthur, but the colour is dazzling 

 blood-red, very telling when lit up by the sun, 

 and highly fragrant. 



Coming to the d-warf Polyanthus, one is now- 

 confronted with a long list and a surjmsing range 

 of colour. Not many years ago the variety 

 Madame Norbert Levavasseur (miscalled 

 Dwarf Crimson Rambler) was hailed with 

 great joy, but now that we have several real 

 crimson sorts without a suspicion of the magenta 

 found in that variety, one realises forcibly the 

 great advance made in a comparatively short, 

 time. Onh' six years ago Jessie showed its 

 brilliant flowers at the Ro3al Horticultural 

 Society's show in London ; it is now groA\n l)y 

 everyone who has discovered the value of dwarf 

 Polyantha Roses. There are four reds, which 

 may be planted wherever Roses can be grown, 

 and which will please the most fastidious. They 

 are Frna Tesehendorff, of a full deep crimson 



with no suggestion of blue; . lessie. bright 

 cliciiN -red and mar\-ellonsly fi-ee-flowei-ing : 

 .M( iNcille des luiuges. with larger rich crimson 

 lliiwcis t lian cit licr of t lie preceding, and ju'rhaps 

 the dwail.-t of all. Kodhatte ( Ued I'viding- 

 hood) is llic tunrtli. and dcser\es special notice, 

 as it may he the Im-cruinicr of (juite a new class 

 a very pleasing pros])e(t. We have counted up 

 to three dozen flowers on one truss even on one- 

 year-old plants ; each flower stands boldly erect, 

 and. uilh many t iii>ses ( ,n each plant . t he (dfect 

 i> most strikin'j. cs|)c(ially as the flowers are 

 (juilc dilVcicnt from all other xaiiet ics. w itii much 

 larger petals of a shell shape. The colour is 

 bright cherry -caiinine. the foliage suggests a 

 Hybrid 'l\'a Vtose. and the llowcis are produced 

 as freely and peisistently as any other dwaif 

 Polyantha. the ])lant being ])articularly neat. 



In ))iid< shades there is now an end)arrassing 

 number of good sorts to select from. Orleans 

 comes easily first, this variety having in fidl 

 measure all the attributes of a betiding Rose 

 combined with charm of colour. It is descril)ed 

 in catalogues as Geranium-red, which suggests 

 a pleasing colour, but a suspicion of orange has 

 the effect of livening it u]), giving the flowers 

 that s]XH-ial a])peal which \\v find here and there 

 in flower eoloms. Newer than Orleans is 

 Ellen Poidsen. She has larger flowers, i>ro- 

 duced in fine big clusters, of a ca]itivating shade 

 of salmon-i)ink. This is a good doer, and being 

 of a desirable colom*, quite distinct from all 

 others. Mill be very useful. Then we have Mrs. 

 W. H. Cutbush," rosy-pink, a grand grower, 

 giving an al)undance of flowers. Phylhs, a 

 brighter piidc, with small flowers ; Mrs. Taft, 

 a deeper shade than either of the foregoing : 

 also Maman Turbat, shell ])ink. and the 

 older Aermchen Muller, which at its best is 

 hard to beat, but is very subject to mildew, a 

 trouble from which most of the newer kinds are 

 free. 



In the yellow and bronzy shades one is met 

 with the difficulty that although there are many 

 prettj' sorts, none of them is as satisfactory in 

 growth as one could wish. They do not continue 

 to send up new growths from the base in extremes 

 of weather, and as this is essential to keep up a 

 succession of flower, they cannot be relied upon 

 to the same extent as the other colours. 

 Eugenie Lamesch and Leonie Lamesch 

 are delightful colours, especially the latter, 

 which is a fair doer. The dainty little Perle 

 d'Or, with its miniature Hybrid Tea flowers, 

 causes one to wish it grew better. Petit 

 Constant, reddish-orange and variable, is very 

 effective in a place where it is happy. 



Of white varieties there are several, and with 

 most of them there is no difficulty in obtaining 



