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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



Pierre Netting, S. d'un Ami, S. de Therese 

 Levet, and Sylph. These will be found 

 fully described as to form and colour in 

 the catalogues of rose-growers. 



Climbing Roses of the Tea Charac- 

 ter. — These are among the most precious 

 of all plants, and now include all colours 

 save crimson-scarlets. That their origin 

 is somewhat obscure is clear from our find- 

 ing the same Roses sometimes among the 

 Noisettes, sometimes among the Teas. 

 That matters little if we remember the 

 good ones, and of those I have grown and 

 found hardy and opening well these are 

 the best : Lamarcjue, Celine Forestier, 

 Reve d'Or, Bouquet d'Or, L'Ideale, W. 

 A. Richardson, Mme. Alfred Carriere, 

 Gloire de Dijon, Mme. Berard, Du- 

 chesse d'Auerstadt, Aimee Vibert, Mme. 

 Pierre Cochet, and Gaston Chandon. 



When a warm wall needs clothing, 

 the Banksian Rose or the various hybrids 

 of the Noisette and Tea Roses may be 

 used, though they are liable to be cut 

 down in cold situations and seasons. For 

 sweetness as well as continuity of bloom 

 Lamarque's clusters of lemon-white flowers 

 must stand first. Marechal Niel, though 

 unrivalled for the splendour of its golden 

 blooms, is only a shy bloomer in autumn. 

 Climbing Aimee Vibert,which is thoroughly 

 hardy, should be in every garden. Its 

 white clusters are so continuously abun- 

 dant and its foliage, so persistent that it 

 ranks high as a garden Rose. Reve d'Or 

 is a delightful climber, in a warm situation, 

 and may be called a climbing Mme. Falcot, 

 so bright are its half-expanded buds. 



Hybrid Perpetual Roses. — The 

 general name " Perpetual '• to all the varie- 

 ties of this class is a misnomer, as many 

 are not at all perpetual ; but some varieties, 

 more especially some of our oldest Roses, 

 keep on blooming until November. 

 Amongst the old H.P. kinds one may 

 instance especially Fisher Holmes and 

 Charles Lefebvre, and amongst newer 

 varieties, Frau Karl Druschki and Victor 

 Hugo as true perpetuals ; whereas many 

 H.P.s do not usually bloom after the 

 month of August. To this large class new 

 varieties are continually being added, from 

 which growers will select their favourite 

 shades of colour. Those requiring good 

 garden kinds rather than show flowers 

 will find those just mentioned and the fol- 

 lowing a good selection: Captain Hay ward, 

 Duke of Wellington, Jubilee,Mrs. S. Craw- 

 ford, Pauls Cheshunt Scarlet, Paul's Early 

 Blush, Prince Camille de Rohan, Senator 

 Vaisse, and Ulrich Brunner. 



Hybrid Teas.— The race of Hybrid 

 Teas was obtained from crossing the 



beautiful Tea Rose and the Hybrid Per- 

 petuals ; and so we get a group inter- 

 mediate in form and in colour, and 

 often, as in the case of La France 

 and its varieties, very charming. They 

 are also in some cases very endur- 

 ing in bloom, which makes them more 

 useful than the usual red Roses of our 

 gardens. The ordinary culture of the 

 Rose-garden suits them well, and the 

 finer kinds should, if possible, be got on 

 their own roots as well as grafted. 

 Picked kinds for colour, and freedom of 

 flower during a long season, are Antoine 

 Rivoire, Augustine Guinoisseau, Camoens, 

 Captain Christy, Caroline Testout, Clara 

 Watson, Gloire Lyonnaise, Gruss an 

 Teplitz, Gustave Regis, Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria, Killarney, La France, Lady 

 Battersea, La Tosca, Liberty, L' Inno- 

 cence, Mme. Abel Chatenay, Mme.Edmee 

 Metz, Mme. Jules Grolez, Mme. Pernet 

 Ducher, Mme. Ravary, Marjorie, Mar- 

 quise de Salisbury, Airs. W. J. Grant, 

 Princess Bonnie, Prince de Bulgarie, 

 Purity, Richmond, Souvenir de President 

 Carnot, and Viscountess Folkestone. 



The Best Autumn Roses. — Of late 

 years it has come to be recognised that 

 good kinds should flower in autumn as well 

 as early summer, and those that will do 

 this are now being specially sought by 

 all who love the Rose. The display seen 

 at recent autumn shows has been a revela- 

 tion to many who have not followed this 

 development. By a good choice of kinds 

 it is now possible to cut flowers freely 

 from the open garden far into the autumn. 

 Among the many good sorts for their 

 autumn beauty are : Antoine Rivoire, 

 Bardou Job, Camoens, Corallina, Dr. Grill, 

 Fabvier, Grand Due de Luxembourg, 

 Gruss an Teplitz, Gustave Regis, Hugh 

 Dickson, J. B. Clarke, Killarney, Lady 

 Battersea, Liberty, L'Innocent, Mme. 

 Abel Chatenay, Mme. A. Guinoisseau, 

 Mme. Chas. Monnier, Mme. Eugene 

 Resal, Mme. Jules Grolez, Mme. Pernet 

 Ducher, Mme. Ravary, Papa Gontier, 

 Souvenir du Pres. Carnot, Viscountess 

 Folkestone. But all the Roses of the 

 Bengal and Tea races flower long into the 

 autumn under good culture ; hence one 

 of their claims to be better worth growing 

 than the summer-flowering Roses. 



Climbing Roses. ^In no section of 

 the Rose family has there been such 

 advance as among Climbing Roses. In 

 earlier editions of the Englisli Flower 

 Garden we have deplored our lack of 

 anything approaching in charm and 

 luxuriance the Climbing Roses of southern 

 Europe. The best of our Rambling 



