- ROSES IN GENERAL CULTIVATION. 57 
it being made a matter of conjecture, or left 
to fallible memory to recall. The varieties 
differ greatly in all their characteristics, 
and so require somewhat different culture 
and treatment. Those that are of vigor- 
ous growth, as in other classes, need much 
less pruning than those of dwarfed habit, 
for if cut back too severely they run too 
much to wood. There have been hundreds 
of varieties of this class sent out, and the 
number of new sorts somewhat increases 
each year. Eugene Verdier, of Paris, has . 
been foremost in the dissemination of new 
sorts, and it will be interesting to take note 
of the number of varieties offered by him, 
including those of his own raising, for a few 
years back. In 1872 he offered for sale 
thirty-nine new Hybrid Perpetual Roses, 
eight of them his own seedlings; in 1873 
he offered forty-five, ten of them his own; in 
1874 he offered forty-six, ten of them his 
own; in 1875 he offered forty-eight, twelve 
of them his own; in 1876 he offered thirty- 
four, ten of them his own; in 1877 he offered 
forty-one, ten of them his own; in 1878 he 
offered forty, ten of them his own; in 1879 
he offered forty-two, eight of them his own. 
There are, of course, several new sorts each 
year which M. Verdier does not get hold of; 
