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cultivator prefers standards or half standards, there is no good 

 reason why they should not be had. The main ohjection to the 

 standards is the unsightly appearance they present when occupying 

 prominent positions upon the lawn. Some of the most effective beds 

 of roses I have seen for many years were those I met with in the course 

 of the past season in a grand old rectory garden, in which roses formed 

 by far the most important feature. These were circles from eight 

 to ten feet in diameter, and therefore large enough to hold a goodly 

 number of plants. In the centre of these were standards about four 

 feet high ; round those half standards with two-feet stems ; and oat- 

 side of these were rows of dwarfs, good-sized bushes furnished with 

 foliage to the surface of the soil. The stems, which are such an eye- 

 sore when the standards stand out singly, were quite hidden from 

 view, and as they all had good-sized heads, the effect was marvellous 

 as compared with the pitiable objects met with in many gardens. 

 Smaller beds in the same garden were filled with half standards and 

 dwarfs. But as bush roses soon attain large dimensions, there is no 

 necessity for planting half standards in small beds for the purpose of 

 preventing them having a flat appearance. 



Deep planting is objectionable, for when the roots are buried too 

 deeply the growth is not usually so satisfactory as could be wished. 

 In planting dwarfs on the Manetti, it is a good rule to plant deep 

 enough to bury the junction of the stock and graft two inches below 

 the surface, and standards should be planted a trifle deeper than they 

 were before, as indicated by the mark which is invariably visible ou 

 the stem when received from the nursery. 



We now come to the selection of varieties combining the qualities 

 mentioned above as being desirable in garden roses. A list of about 

 sixty of the finest garden roses has been prepared, and to this number 

 may be added any varieties that the cultivator may have seen and 

 taken a fancy to. They are grouped in their respective classes, and 

 arranged in their several colours, to assist the amateur in arranging 

 them satisfactorily. As the whole collection may be purchased at 

 a first-class nursery for less than five pounds, it will be seen that a 

 large capital is not at all necessary to embark in the delightful pur- 

 suit of rose growing. 



HTBEID PEEPETUALS. 



Pure white. — Madame Alfred de Rougemont, Coquette des 

 Blanches. 



Pink and tinted vjhite. — Anna Alexieff, Anna de Diesbach, Auguste 

 Mie, Bessie Johnson, Captain Chi-isty, Caroline de Sans^al, Charles 

 Verdier, Madlle. Marie Cointet, Marguerite de St. Amand, Madlle. 

 Bonnaire, Madlle. Claire Cordier, Peach Blossom, Princess Mary of 

 Cambridge, Thyra Hammerich. 



Rose and deep pink. — Antoine Mouton, Andre Dunand, Abel 

 Grand, Baroness Eothchild, Centifolia Rosea, Charles Verdier, Gloire 

 de Vitry, Elie Morel, Louise Peyronny, La France, Lyonnais, Madame 

 Theresa Levet, Madame C. Verdier, Richard Wallace. 



Light crimson, carmine, and cerise. — Beauty of Waltham, Madame 

 Clemence Joigneaux, Comtesse d'Oxford, E. Y. Teas, Etienue Levpt, 



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