130 THE CHINA ROSE. 



at one time, were our only roses that gave flowers 

 constantly in autumn, and were proportionately 

 esteemed. 



Culture, 



In cultivating China Koses but little care is 

 required, as most of them are quite hardy. All 

 the varieties of Eosa semperflorens are adapted 

 for the front edges of beds or clumps, as they are 

 of more humble growth than the varieties of the 

 Common. It must also be recollected that the 

 latter are those alone adapted for standards. The 

 varieties of Eosa semperflorens, though they will 

 exist for several years on the Dog Eose stock, 

 yet do not form ornamental heads, but become 

 stinted and diseased ; on the contrary, the varie- 

 ties of the China Eose, as standards, particularly 

 on short stems two or three feet in height, form 

 good heads, swelling and uniting with the stock, 

 and giving a mass of bloom from June to 

 November ; on tall stems I have not found them 

 flourish equally. About the end of March, not 

 earlier, the branches of standards will require 

 thinning out, and shortening to about half their 

 length ; in summer, a constant removal of their 

 faded flowers is necessary, and this is all the 

 pruning they require. 



China Eosesare better adapted than almost any 

 other class for forming groups of separate colours. 



