8l8 ROSA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



has been grown in English gardens for 

 more than a century, and remains one of 

 the best, although it is not seen nearly so 

 much as it might be. In a few gardens I 

 have seen this Rose grown as a standard, 

 but it is not a success. Dwarfs or bushes 

 on their own roots are much the best, 

 sending out long vigorous shoots, if 

 planted in rich soil, and these should be 

 pegged down to the ground. Some of the 

 other kinds may also be similarly grown 

 with advantage. 



In addition to the Common Moss, there 

 is Little Gem, a charming miniature 

 Rose, with small double crimson and well- 

 mossed flowers. Crimson Globe has well- 

 mossed buds, large, and of a deep crimson 

 colour. Lanei, too, with large rosy-crim- 

 son buds, Crested Moss (pale rosy-pink), 

 Marie de Blois (rosy-lilac), Celina (rich 

 crimson), Reine Blanche (pure v/hite), 

 Luxembourg (crimson). Baron de Wasse- 

 nar (bright red), and White Bath (paper- 

 white), are all good, and there are 

 many others. Other Moss Roses of 

 note are classed separately as perpetual 

 or autumn-flowering kinds, but there ap- 

 pears to be no need for this separation. 

 Blanche Moreau, for example, is one of 

 the best white Moss Roses, but only 

 blooms once. Other so-called autumnal 

 kinds are Madame William Paul, a fine 

 variety with bright rose-coloured flowers, 

 and Madame Moreau, rose - coloured, 

 edged with white. Madame Edouard 

 Ory, with large rosy-carmine flowers, and 

 the Perpetual White Moss, which blooms 

 in clusters, are also worth mentioning. 

 Other good kinds are Salet, and Soupert 

 and Notting (bright rose). The last- 

 named is sweet-scented, but not quite so 

 free in blooming as other varieties. 

 Zenobia is of satiny-rose colour. Con- 

 sidering their charms, it is curious how 

 seldom Moss Roses are well grown in 

 private gardens. They are usually seen 

 at their best in small gardens, where the 

 owner is kind to his soil. Success with 

 Moss Roses cannot be had except in good 

 rich soil. The Moss Rose is a form of the 

 Provence Rose, to which the same remarks 

 as to cultivation apply. 



Scotch Roses. — Varieties of our hardy 

 native Rose, they are as callous to frost 

 and snow, wind and storm, as the pro- 

 verbial Highlander in his plaid ; and, if 

 only the ground be well broken and 

 manured when the plants are first put in, 

 they are better able to take care of them- 

 selves tnan any other Rose of garden 

 origin. If carefully planted at first, they 

 will need neither pruning nor protection, 

 training nor top-dressing ; they are not 



victims of green-fly or mildew, and they 

 may be trusted to thrive for a considerable 

 number of years without special attention. 

 Scotch Roses are not particular as to 

 soil ; and, if the soil is poor, a light 

 mulching of short manure in November 

 will keep them in good condition. Scotch 

 Roses are only summer-flowering, but 

 then their delightfully fragrant flowers 

 come so early that they are especially 

 welcome. 



There are, unfortunately, in cultivation 

 many very dingy-coloured varieties, which 

 have got these Roses a bad reputation 

 from a decorative point of view, but 

 when only delicately-coloured varieties 

 are grown, nothing can be more charm- 

 ing than a mass of these dwarf, delight- 

 fully-fragrant, and very hardy Roses, 

 the buds of which are in miniature the 

 perfection of form^-a quality which is 

 maintained in the globular flowers of the 

 more double varieties ; while in soils and 

 situations where the cultivation of most 

 other Roses would be hopeless, flourishing 

 plants and flowers in abundance may be 

 had of the Scotch Roses.— T. W. G. 



POLVANTHA RosES. — These are often 

 of a dwarf bushy habit, rarely exceeding a 

 foot in height. The flowers naturally are 

 very small, but fragrant. Among the 

 good varieties are Anne Marie de 

 Montravel, pure white, \ery free ; Perle 

 d'Or, nankeen-yellow ; Paquerette, white ; 

 Blanche Rebatel ; Clothilde Soupert ; 

 Gloire des Polyantha ; Eugenie Lamesch, 

 orange and yellow ; Leonie Lamesch, 

 copper- red and yellow ; Mme. Norbert 

 Levavasseur (Baby Rambler), crimson ; 

 Mosella, white tmted rose ; Perle des 

 Rouges, velvet-crimson ; and White Pet, 

 creamy white. 



There is, however, some danger in tak- 

 ing up seriously new classes of Roses of this 

 kind, because there are ver>' few that are 

 not inferior in beauty to the lovely Tea and 

 other Roses which are now obtainable. 

 Roses that have not the finest forms, and 

 are unfit for cutting for the house, are 

 likely to take a back place. 



The Banksian Rose {Rosa Banksia:\ 

 a native of China, was brought to England 

 in 1807, and the best known sorts are 

 Alba Fo7iienei^ white, and yellow. The 

 Banksian Roses require a warm wall and 

 dry border, with two or three years' 

 growth to bloom in perfection. Merely 

 cut out a few of the old already-bloomed 

 shoots and any late-growing sappy wood 

 about July. They are very precious for 

 covering house walls in many parts of 

 England, Ijut are not so good on wet and 

 hilly shady places. Remove any growths 



