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they are a great advance upon the older sorts. The best are 

 Mrs Wemyss Quinn, Constance, Christine, and Golden Em- 

 blem. The most remarkable of the many new roses is the 

 Queen Alexandra rose — the petals are vermilion, with old 

 gold reverse, an enchanting colour scheme. 



Dwarf Polyantha.— -The dwarf Polyantha or Fairy roses 

 have proved most useful as an edging to borders and beds 

 of more vigorous roses and for planting as a ground covering 

 between standards. They yield a profusion of blossom and 

 flower for weeks together. The need in this group is for a 

 good yellow variety : there is no lack of red and pink and 

 allied shades, both in novelties and old sorts. The best 

 yellow variety at present obtainable appears to be Georges 

 Elger. One or two of the new varieties are striking, notably 

 Eblouissante, scarlet-crimson ; Evelyn Thornton, pink and 

 yellow ; and Etoile Luisante, shades of copper and red. 



Perpetual Flowering Shrub Roses. — Several notable ad- 

 ditions have been made to this group within recent years, 

 and they will undoubtedly prove of great value. The best 

 are Pax, white ; Moonlight, lemon-white ; Danae, yellow ; 

 and Clytemnestra, copper and salmon shades. They form 

 free bushes of about 4 feet in height, and bloom throughout 

 summer and early autumn. The flowers are single, or nearly 

 so. One of the finest of the old varieties is Trier, an excellent 

 rose for a pillar 5 to 6 feet high, or for cultivating as a bush ; 

 it bears single white flowers throughout the summer. This 

 type of rose bush is invaluable for grouping in the shrubbery 

 or flower border, or for filling a bed on the lawn. The only 

 pruning needed is that afforded by cutting out some of the 

 oldest shoots in autumn. r 



Single Roses. — Roses having single flowers — those that 

 possess only one row of petals — have been much sought after 

 during the last few years. Although the flowers are fleeting 

 they are very beautiful, and some of the newer sorts produce 

 a succession of blossom for some weeks. One of the most 

 striking of all is Princess Mary, rich crimson, a lovely rose 



