CULTURE. Ill 



Pompon or Ernestine de Barante, with charming 

 lij^bt pink flowers, is one of the most distinct. 

 Pompon de vSt. Kadegonde, with rather larger 

 flowers of a deep crimson ; Vicomtesse de Belle- 

 valle, and Leonie Verger, with rose-coloured 

 pretty little flowers, are all distinct ; and Pauline 

 Bonaparte, with small nicely-shaped flowers of a 

 pure white, completes the list. 



These dwarf autumnal roses are rather delicate 

 in their habits, and not all adapted for standards. 

 In light rich favourable soils, and in a mild cli- 

 mate, tliey would form beautiful edging plants ; 

 and, as little pet plants for pot culture, they are 

 esteemed by lady amateurs. 



Culture and Pruning. 



All the robust-growing varieties of this family 

 form admirable standards, and are particularly 

 well adapted for planting in rows by the sides of 

 walks, giving them plenty of manure, and the 

 necessary culture required by these roses to make 

 them bloom freely in autumn — i.e. removing a 

 portion of their bloom buds in June ; thus, if 

 there are ten clusters of bloom making their ap- 

 pearance, cut off five to within about three buds 

 of the base of each shoot : these will soon push 

 forth, and give fine flowers in August. Constant 

 care should be taken to remove in the same man- 



