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it )» possible to conceive. To make these varieties grow with the neces- 

 sary luxuriance, each plant should have a circle three or four feet in di- 

 ameter to itself, and if the soil is poor, it should be dug out two feet in 

 depth, and filled up with rotten manure and loam. This compost must 

 be laid considerably (say two feet) above the surface of the surrounding 

 soil, so as to allow for settling: in shallow or wet soils, they will grow the 

 better for being on a permanent mound. Plant a single plant in the centre 

 of this mound, or, if you wish for a variegated pillar, plant two plants in 

 the same hole, the one a pale colour or white, the other a dark variety : cover 

 the surface with manure, and replenish this as soon as it is drawn in by the 

 worms or washed in by the rains. Water with liquid manure in dry wea- 

 ther, and probably you will have shoots eight or ten feet in length, I 

 scarcely know whether to recommend grafted roses on short stems for this 

 purpose, or plants on their own roots ; this will, in a great measure depend 

 upon the soil, and perhaps, it will be as well to try both. Most roses ac- 

 quire additional vigour, by being worked on the Dog Rose; but some of the 

 robust varieties of this family grow with equal luxuriance when on their own 

 roots ; finally, for dry and sandy soils, I am inclined to recommend the 

 latter. 



THE AUTUMNAL ROSE GARDEN. 



To Autumnal Roses we are much indebted for that prolonged season of 

 interest which this " Queen of flowers." now gives. The roses of June, how- 

 ever splendid, soon fade ; but some perpetual, or Noisette, or Bourbon 

 roses enrich our gardens with their perfume and gay colours, till the chills 

 of approaching winter prevent the expansion of their flowers. Among the 

 roost fragrant of these autumnal beauties are 



Perpetual Roses. — This division has as much variety in its origin as in 

 its appearance : it would, indeed, be a difficult task to trace the parentage of 

 some of the justly esteemed varieties of this family. Our old red and white 

 monthly roses have, no doubt, contributed their share of sweet assistance ; 

 for, in many of them, the powerful fragrance of the two very old damask 

 roses is apparent, and no perfume can be more pleasing. 



In preference to giving a slight history of the family at the commencement, 

 I shall, as I describe them, at the risk of being tedious, give the supposed 

 origin of most of the varieties ; premising, that all those termed true per- 

 petuals have, generally, a terminal cluster of buds at the end of each shoot, 

 whether produced in spring, summer, or autumn. 



Antinous is a new rose, evidently between the French Rose and Crimson 

 Perpetual, equalling that tine rose in form and fragrance, and surpassing it 

 in beauty of colouring : but it partakes rather more than it ought to do of 

 the French Rose, as it is not a true Perpetual. However, as it often puts 

 forth its tine crimson purple flowers in September, it will be much esteemed, 

 as we have hitherto been accustomed to roses of more sober hues in that 

 pleasant month. Billiard, so named from a French rose amateur, is a pretty 

 bright rose, very fragrant and double, and a True Perpetual. Belle Itali- 

 enne approaches very near to the Crimson Perpetual, except that its flowers- 

 are larger, and not quite so double : this is also a True Perpetual. Bernard, 

 or Pompon Perpetual, is a most beautiful new rose, with rather small flowers ; 

 but these are very double, and finely shaped, of a delicate carmine colour: 

 this is a True Perpetual, and a most desirable rose. 



The Crimson Perpetual, Rose du Roi, or Lee's Crimson Perpetual, de- 

 serves a few extra words of comment. This fine rose was raised from seed, 

 in 1 812, in the gardens of the palace of Saint Cloud, then under the direct- 

 ion of Le Comte Lelieur, and named by him Pose du Roi ; owing, 1 suppose, 

 to Louis the Eighteenth soon after being restored, and presenting an op- 

 portunity for the Comte to show his loyalty : it is not recorded that he 

 changed its name during the hundred days, to Ros.- de 1'Empereur. It ia 

 asserted, that it was raised from the Rosa Portlandica, a semi-double bright- 



