168 VAKIETIES AND HABITS. 



They form good weeping Roses on tall stems, 

 and flower from June to July. They need no pruning 

 or training, and do best if allowed to ramble at will, 

 growing where other Roses would not exist and 

 thriving in the poorest of soil. Good types of this 

 group are the Dundee Rambler, Ruga and Splendens. 

 Foreign growers seldom list these Roses, but our own 

 nurseries generally stock a good list of varieties. 



The Evergreen Rose (R. wSempervirens). 



This group is suited for the same purpose as the 

 Ayrshire, and is even more valuable by reason of its 

 varieties retaining their foliage almost throughout the 

 winter. It is supposed to have been introduced into 

 this country in 1629 from the Continent. It is found 

 throughout the middle of Europe growing In profusion, 

 and being very hardy is easily propagated and main- 

 tained. 



Most of the varieties make superb Pillar, Climb- 

 ing or Weeping Roses, and need no pruning beyond 

 the tipping of shoots. Alba Plena, Felicite Perpetue 

 and Rampante are good types, and no Rose garden 

 should be without one or the other, if only for the 

 sake of the foliage when all else is bare. 



The Boursault Rose (R. Alpina). 



The name of this group was given out of com- 

 pliment to M. Boursault, a French grower, and it was 

 so named after the introduction of the first double 

 Alpine Rose. 



The Boursault Roses are very distinct, and form 

 — like the Ayrshire — a most valuable group. The 

 shoots are long, very flexible, and almost free from 

 thorns. The flowers are produced in clusters and are 

 most conspicuous. 



Coming, as they do, from the Alps of Austria and 

 Switzerland, as might be expected, they are extremely 

 hardy, and will face almost any situation or soil. In 

 pruning, the trees should be well thinned out of all 

 weakly wood, and the shoots that are left for flower- 

 ing should be only shortened a little. Poor soil will 



