228 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



Reine du Midi. 

 Reine de Portugal, T. 

 Rubens^ T. 

 Scnatetir Vaisse. 

 Sophie Coquerel. 

 Souvenir d'Elise, T. 

 Souvenir de la Malmaison, B. 

 Souvenir de Monsieur Boll. 

 Souvenir d^un Ami, T. 



Triomphe de Rennes, N. 

 Vainqueur de Goliath. 

 Vicomte Vigier. 

 Vicomtesse de Vesin. 

 Victor le Bihan. 

 Victor Verdier. 

 Ville de Lyons. 

 Virginal. 

 Xavier Olibo. 



In ordering these Rose-trees, which will cost, many of 

 them being new, about ^8,* I advise the amateur to ask for 

 low standards. The height which I prefer is about 2 feet 

 from the ground to the budded Rose, because these lesser 

 trees escape the fury of the wind, requiring no stakes to 

 support them after their first year ; because they are more 

 conveniently manipulated than either dwarfs or giants ; and 

 because their complete beauty presents itself pleasantly to 

 our eyes, without bringing us down on our knees, or re- 

 quiring us to stand a-tiptoe. They should be planted in 

 November, just deep enough to have a firm hold upon the 

 soil ; and the surface round them should be covered with a 

 stratum of manure, both to protect and enrich the roots. 

 Should they be sent from the nurseries with any shoots 



* I allow ;^5 for lOO older varieties, the price usually charged by nursery- 

 men being, for dwarf standards, is. each ; and £2^ for the newer varieties and 

 Teas — 30 at 2s. each. 



