ON THE DERIVATION OF SOME RECENT VARIETIES OF ROSES, 4538 
‘Wallflower ’—‘ Crimson Rambler’ x Tea ‘ Beauté Inconstante.’ 
‘Waltham Rambler ’—from naturally fertilised seed; single flowers, 
pink with white eye. 
‘ Wedding Bells ’—a seedling from ‘ Crimson Rambler’ ; double flowers, 
pink with white eye. 
Special mention must be made of the three American varieties 
‘Dorothy Perkins’ (Rosa Wichwraiana x H.P. ‘Madame Gabriel 
Luizet’), ‘Lady Gay’ (a seedling from ‘Crimson Rambler,’ other parent 
not stated), and ‘The Farquhar’ (Rk. Wichuraiana x ‘Crimson Rambler’), 
These gorgeous decorative roses possess a certain family likeness, and 
under varying conditions of cultivation, soil, and climate are apt at times 
to resemble each other, although in the trialsat Waltham Cross the points 
of difference have been apparent, especially when the plants have been 
grown under glass. Probably ‘ Lady Gay’ will be found to be the finest 
of the three for general purposes of garden ornamentation. 
Two most valuable properties of R. multiflora are the prodigious 
quantities of flowers the plants produce, and the long period during which 
the flowers remain in beauty on the plants. Even the single-flowered 
varieties maintain their beauty in the garden for five or six weeks if the 
weather is fine at the time of flowering. In the progeny of crosses with 
fi. Wichuraiana we have obtained in addition the glossy and almost 
persistent foliage of that species, as well as the tendency to produce strong 
prostrate or lateral shoots, which render such varieties valuable for 
carpeting rough ground and banks as well as for climbing. 
I have previously alluded to the autumnal-flowering dwarf forms of 
f. multiflora known as Polyantha roses, which have been obtained by 
hybridising this species with others of a low-growing nature and perpetual- 
blooming qualities, and I think that the facility with which R&. multiflora 
produces its seeds, and the strong tendency to variation shown by the 
progeny resulting from artificial fertilisation, render this species one of 
the most promising for obtaining further distinct variations for our 
gardens. By judicious and persevering hybridising with autumnal- 
flowering species of a strong habit of growth, there seems no reason why 
we should not obtain climbing roses that will be as effective in the 
autumn as in the summer, in the same manner as are the dwarf Polyantha 
roses ; and, by further crosses with varieties of persistent foliage, a new 
class of evergreen climbing roses might be evolved which would surpass 
the older varieties of Sempervirens and Noisette roses. 
By the hybridising of R. Wichwraiana with varieties of the Tea-scented 
and Noisette classes we have also obtained some distinct and valuable 
additions to our climbing and running roses, some with single flowers, 
whilst others have double blossoms. ‘They commenced a few years ago 
with a small series from America, and subsequently some valuable 
additions have reached us from France. Some of the most distinct are 
the following : 
‘ Albéric Barbier,’ R. Wichuraiana x Tea ‘Shirley Hibberd.’ 
‘Edmond Proust,’ ditto x Tea ‘Souvenir de Catherine Guillot. ; 
‘ Eliza Robichon,’ ditto x Noisette ‘ L’Idéal.’ 
‘Ferdinand Roussel,’ ditto x Tea ‘ Luciole.’ 
