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favourable to vegetation. Summer Roses : Boursault, Damask, Hybrid Chinese, 

 Hybrid Bourbon, Ayrshire, Evergreen, Hybrid Musk, the Prairie Rose. 

 Autumnal Roses : Some of the Hybrid Perpetual, some of the Bourbon, some of 

 the Noisette. The plants here, whether dwarfs or standards, should be budded, 

 and not on their own roots. 



2. Hardy groups ; the varieties thriving in ordinary soils and situations, under 

 common treatment. In addition to all the groups mentioned in No. 1, the follow- 

 ing may be classed here : Summer Roses : The Scotch Rose, the Provence, the 

 Pompon, the Moss (budded), the French, the Hybrid French, the Hybrid 

 Noisette, the Alba, the Sweet Brier, the Austrian Brier. Autumnal Roses : 

 The Four Seasons, the Rose de Trianon, the Damask Perpetual, the Bourbon 

 Perpetual, the Perpetual Scotch, the Perpetual Moss, the Crimson Chinese, the 

 Chinese or Monthly, the Bourbon, the Musk. 



3. Hardy groups, as regards soil, but requiring an airy locality and slight 

 protection against frost, if the weather be severe in winter. Summer Roses : 

 the Multiflora, the Banksice. Autumnal Roses: the Macartney, the Micro- 

 phylla, the Rose de Rosomene, the Crimson Chinese, the Chinese or Monthly, 

 the Fairy Rose, the Tea-scented, some varieties of the Noisette. 



4. Groups not liable to injury from frost, but which require a pure air. Sum- 

 mer Roses : the Double Yellow, the Austrian Brier. 



5. Groups requiring a wall to develope their flowers in full beauty. Summer 

 Roses: the Banksise. Autumnal Roses: the Macartney, the Microphylla; 

 also varieties from various groups, whose flowers do not expand well under 

 ordinary treatment. 



G. Groups best adapted for the heaviest soils. Summer Roses: the Boursault, 

 the Damask, the Hybrids of the Provence, the French, the Hybrid French, the 

 Hybrid Chinese, the Hybrid Bourbon, the Sweet Brier, the Evergreen, the 

 Multiflora, the Hybrid Musk. Autumnal Roses: the Hybrid Perpetual, the 

 Chinese or Monthly, some of the Bourbons, the Musk, some of the Noisette. 



For such soils as these the plants should be budded, and not on their own roots. 



7. Groups suited for the lightest soils. Summer Roses : the Scotch Rose, the 

 Provence, the Pompon, the Moss, the French, the Hybrid Noisette, the Alba, the 

 Ayrshire. Autumnal Roses : the Four Seasons, the Rose de Trianon, the 

 Damask Perpetual, some of the Hybrid Perpetual, the Bourbon Perpetual, the 

 Perpetual Scotch, the Crimson Chinese, the Fairy, the Tea-scented, some of the 

 Bourbon, some of the Noisette. In soils of the above description the plants 

 should, so far as attainable, be grown on their own roots : such as are not, should 

 be budded on veiy short stems. 



8. Groups best suited for Pot-culture, many kinds improving greatly in beauty 

 when grown under glass. Summer Roses: some of the Hybrid Chinese, some of 

 the Hybrid Bourbon. Autumnal Roses: some of the Damask Perpetual, the 

 Hybrid Perpetual, the Bourbon Perpetual, the Crimson Chinese, the Chinese. 



