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" Sports " found at Burbage, which are being" tested 

 as to their stability and variability. 



In this garden there is also a collection of all the 

 existing Moss Roses, many of which are bud-sports of 

 the old Moss Rose or the old Cabbage Rose. 



3.— THE GARDEN OF PEDIGREE ROSE STOCKS. 



This covers an area of rather more than half an 

 acre, and contains a collection of individual bushes of 

 various species, varieties and hybrids, suitable for pro- 

 ducing Rose Stocks, either from seeds or cuttings. 



Most of these have been selected from the pedi- 

 gree and pure line cultures carried out at Burbage on 

 Mendelian lines from 1908 to 1914, while others have 

 been collected from various parts of the Continent and 

 America. 



The Stocks propagated from these bushes are 

 tested annually in the Rose nurseries. 



4.— THE GARDEN OF PEDIGREE ROSES- 

 In this garden are planted out the hybrid and 

 seedling Roses that have been raised at Burbage. 

 Since the war this work has been rapidly extended, 

 and last summer (192 1) about 5,000 Stocks were 

 budded with Burbage seedlings and hybrids, while 

 fruits representing more than 1,000 crosses were har- 

 vested both under glass and out of doors. 



5.— THE GARDEN OF THE THOUSAND BEST 

 ROSES. 



This garden covers about half an acre, and con- 

 tains one or more plants, each of the Thousand Best 

 Roses, together with one bed, each of about twenty 

 of the most popular varieties of the day. The method 

 of selection adopted is to plant all the novelties of 

 each year in this garden as soon as they can be ob- 

 tained from the raisers in all parts of the world. 



These are grown on and tested for three years at 

 least, and those that make good are retained, while 

 the rest are taken away each year. The remainder 

 of tlie thousand are made up of the best of the older 

 varieties left from the annual culling. 



This provides a useful test-garden for the new 



