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do not give flowers, they preserve a healthy and 

 vigorous foliage until late in the autumn. 



THE DWARF FRENCH ROSE. 



The Burgundy Rose, a very old variety, holds 

 the same place among French roses as the Rose 

 de Meaux among the Provence: it is a pretty 

 little rose, very double, and of a bright rose- 

 colour ; useful as an edging rose, and interesting 

 from its having been so long in our gardens the 

 favourite of every child gardener. 



Culture and Pruning. 



Most of the varieties of Rosa gallica are robust 

 and hardy, and flourish equally as bushes on 

 their own roots, grafted or budded on short stems, 

 or as standards; but they cannot be recommended 

 for tall standards, as their growth is too compact 

 to be graceful. To grow them for exhibition as 

 single blooms or ' show roses,' the clusters of 

 buds should be thinned early in June, taking at 

 least two-thirds of the incipient flowers from 

 each ; manure should also be laid round their 

 stems on the surface, and manure water given to 

 them plentifully in dry weather. With this cul- 

 ture, these roses will equal anything we have yet 

 seen in this country. 



Although the varieties of this group are sum- 

 mer roses only, their period of flowering may be 



