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Repens alba (Paul and Son, 1903) is a weeping form 
of the white Rugosa, of extraordinary growth. It 
should only be planted where it can have a great 
deal of room, and if properly cared for will form a 
striking object when in bloom. Blanc double de 
Coubert, a semi-double the purest white of any 
known Rose sweet scented. Conrad F. Meyer, a 
beautiful shade of pink with large flowers of 
excellent shape that should be in every garden. Its 
white sport Nova Zembla is also good. 
Other botanical varieties, all single, are R. 
macrantha, a French Rose with long golden stamens; 
R. pomifera, with apple-shaped fruit; R. rubri- 
folia, with red stems and foliage; R. setigera, the 
Bramble-leaved Prairie Rose from the United States; 
and R. gigantea, from India, with white flowers 
five inches across. There are many others, but they 
are mostly only of botanical interest. The Green 
Rose is a curious monstrosity of the China race, the 
colour of the petals being identical with the leaves 
and almost indistinguishable from the rest of the 
plant. 
A sort of ill-defined division has lately arisen 
owing to some sorts being called ‘‘ garden Roses.’’ 
This term was originally applied, when H.P.s and 
Teas came into fashion, to the Damask, French, 
H.B., and H.C. Roses remaining in old-fashioned 
gardens. Later, it came to be used for all Roses which 
were not up to exhibition standard, and some raisers 
of new varieties that were not up to the mark intro- 
duced them as “‘ good garden Roses,” on the principle 
of the horse-dealer who, having an animal that 
would not ‘‘draw a hounce or ’ack a yard” decided 
he “‘ must be a ’unter,’’ and sold him as such. The 
