CHAP. XLII. ROSA CER. ROSA. 781 
and then to water them with manured water in July and August, which will 
make them shoot and bloom most luxuriantly all the autumn.” 
Hybrid China Roses, 89 sorts. These roses are all hybrids between R. 
indica and R. gallica: “they are all very beautiful, and have that pleasing, 
glossy, sub-evergreen foliage peculiar to the China ‘rose, but make a great 
deviation from that section, in not being perpetual bloomers; in this division 
are some of the most beautiful roses known; and, among them, George the 
Fourth, raised from seed by T. Rivers, jun., may rank among the best. 
These are also all very robust, and will grow and bloom well in the most 
unfavourable rose soils: their peculiar habit and vivid colours render them 
particularly well adapted for standards.” 
Varieties of Rosa alba, 25 sorts. The roses in this section have their 
‘branches green, and thinly set with thorns; leaves of a glaucous green; and 
flowers of the most delicate hues imaginable, from the purest white to a 
peculiarly vivid rose-colour ; but so delicate in their gradations, that no terms 
can describe them accurately.” 
Damask Roses, 19 sorts. “ In this distinct section are some of the most de- 
licately beautiful roses in existence ; in habit, they are much inclined to spread, 
their foliage is mostly pubescent, and in some varieties large, and very profuse. 
The original damask rose may be found in many old gardens, with ragged pale 
rose-coloured flowers, very fragrant, branches very thorny, and rudely 
straggling in their growth: it forms a good stock for many tender roses, not 
throwing up suckers.” 
Rosa géllica, or French Roses,99 sorts. “ The roses in this division have all 
stiff erect shoots, with dense foliage; the flowers are on short erect flower 
stalks, having rather a formal appearance; but, to compensate for this, they are 
trim and neat, and are well adapted for small gardens. Many of them differ 
in the pretty compact shape of their flowers from all other roses, and in bril- 
liancy and diversity of colour cannot be surpassed. The spotted, striped, and 
marbled roses in this division are very novel and beautiful, and will be appre- 
ciated by those who admire variegated roses. In France, this is called the 
Provins rose, whence the confusion in most rose catalogues with the Pro- 
vence rose; the Agatha rose is of this family, having curled leaves and 
pale flowers. Gallic roses are too lumpish and stiff in their growth for 
standards.” 
Select Roses of uncertain Origin, 25 sorts. ‘These are hybrid roses of un- 
known origin. The new white roses are, seemingly, varieties of that fine rose, 
the white globe hip, and are indeed beautiful.” 
Climbing Roses, 53 sorts. There are four sections of climbing roses, 
Ayrshire, Sempervirens, Multiflora, and Boursault. The Ayrshire climbing 
roses are all varieties of R. arvénsis; and most of them have been raised 
from seed by Mr. D. Martin of Rose Angle, near Dundee. There are 14 
varieties, all vigorous growers, making shoots from 12ft. to 20 ft. every 
season. The most remarkable of these is the #. a. riga, which is a hybrid 
between R. arvénsis and &. indica odorata, and has the climbing habit and 
vigorous growth of one parent, with the large fragrant flowers of the other. 
There are 20 varieties of R. sempervirens, all decidedly climbers, and nearly 
evergreen; making long, slender, graceful shoots, though not with an equal 
degree of vigour to those produced by the varieties of R. arvénsis. They are 
all quite hardy, and are remarkable for the neatness and elegance of their 
flowers. The triomphe de Bollwyller is a hybrid between 2. sempervirens 
and &. indica odorata, and has large fragrant flowers. On this division 
Mr. Rivers observes : “ It will be something of a novelty to apply climbing 
roses as underwood, but I know of no plant so eligible for elegant under- 
growth, in a wilderness near pleasure-grounds, as the varieties of FR. sem- 
pervirens: they grow in every description of soil with great luxuriance ; 
under the shade of trees they are nearly evergreen ; and, with their beauti- 
fully shaped and delicately coloured flowers, are calculated to form the 
prettiest mass of undergrowth it is possible to conceive. They grow with 
