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Isobel, pale shades of rose and orange ; Irish Afterglow, 

 orange-yellow ; Mermaid, cream ; and K. of K., bright red, 

 are others worthy of cultivation. A wild rose from China, 

 Rosa Moyesii, is one of the most striking wild roses intro- 

 duced to British gardens. It forms a big bush, and in early 

 summer bears moderately large, single flowers of soft rose- 

 red colour, which are followed in autumn by striking urn- 

 shaped fruits. 



Climbing Roses. — The most notable advance during 

 recent years has been in the direction of increasing the size 

 and improving the qualities of the blooms, and it is now 

 possible to grow a few rambling roses of which the flowers, 

 though small as compared with those from bush roses, are 

 of perfect shape in the bud. The first of these to attract 

 notice was the variety Dr. Van Fleet, of pale flesh-pink 

 shade. Miss Helyett, of carmine-pink shade, is another 

 rose of this type. Then we have Emily Gray, golden-yellow, 

 and Romeo, red, both roses being of rambling growth, yet 

 having greatly improved blooms. Scarlet Climber is another 

 striking new climbing rose : the flowers are scarlet and of 

 good size, and make a brilliant display. Several climbing 

 " sports " of familiar dwarf or bush roses have been obtained, 

 such for example as Climbing Lady Hillingdon, Climbing 

 Irish Fireflame, Climbing Chatenay, Climbing Marquise de 

 Sinety, and so on. They are excellent for covering pillars 

 5 to 6 feet high. Careful pruning is necessary; old shoots 

 should be cut out when it is possible to dispense with them ; 

 the time to do this is when the chief flower display is over. 



A New Class. — Something quite new has been obtained 

 by cross-breeding between the Tea and the Wichuraiana 

 roses. The plants, known as Wichuraiana-Teas, are of low, 

 creeping growth, and their season of blossoming is prolonged. 

 A few varieties are; Agate, yellow; Iceberg, white; La 

 Mexique, pale rose; and Seashell, with pinkish buds and 

 white flowers. 



