CHAPTER XXIII 



SOME LISTS OF THE BEST ROSES FOR 

 VARIOUS USES 



Abbreviations, &c., used in the Following Lists 



H.C. Hybrid China. 

 H.N. Hybrid Noisette. 

 H.P. Hybrid Perpetual. 



A. Autumn-flowering. Roses 



which flower in the summer, and 



again, with more or less freedom, 



in the autumn. H.T. Hybrid Tea. 



S. Summer-flowering. Roses 1 N. Noisette. 



which only flower once within a Pom. Pompon. 



year. ! Sin. Single-flowered. 



CI. Poly. Climbing Polyantha. ; 



By ** exhibition Roses" is meant those varieties 

 which are sufficiently large and perfect in form to be 

 staged as separate blooms in boxes at the exhibitions. 

 By "garden Roses" is meant all other varieties 

 which are never so exhibited — except in those cases 

 where an exhibition Rose is described as good both 

 for exhibition and for garden decoration. 



SELECT LIST OF ROSES FOR EXHIBITION 



In the following selections the varieties have been 

 arranged, under their different colours, according to 

 the average number of times they were staged in the 

 prize stands at the recent leading exhibitions of the 

 National Rose Society. 



