110 REMARKS ON THE PECULIARITIES OP ROSES, ETC. 



Rosa Bourboniana, the Bourbon Rose. — Of this section it is 

 stated, that " at the Isle of Bourhon, the inhabitants generally inclose 

 their land with hedges made of two rows of roses, one row of the 

 common China Rose, the other of the four seasons, the only two sorts 

 grown in the island. Monsieur Perichon, as proprietor at Saint 

 Benoist, in the isle, in planting one of these hedges, found amongst 

 his young plants one very different from the others in its foliage and 

 shoots ; he planted it in his garden, and it proved to be quite a new 

 rose. This, with all the fine hybrids, form, amongst the Indica Roses, 

 what the Perpetuals do amongst the Gallicas. They are free and 

 continual bloomers, bright colours, fine form, deep green foliage, free 

 growers, though close and compact. Some of them are fine as climbers. 

 They seem to do well in any soil of a moderate quality. The flowers 

 have a delicious fragrance, particularly in the autumn; they ought to 

 have a place in every autumnal Rose garden, whether as standards, 

 dwarfs, or pillars, and in all will certainly please. They do not require 

 much pruning, but at the end of March to have the shoots thinned, 

 and to cut back those left to about five buds. Dwarf standards grown 

 in pots, and supplied with manure water in summer, taken into a 

 greenhouse or conservatory in autumn, will bloom beautifully till De- 

 cember, and sometimes even through winter. 



Rosa Indica, the China Rose. — Its ever-blooming qualities have 

 made it a favourite, and perhaps no plant has contributed so much to 

 enliven our cottage walls as the common China Rose, and the Rosa 

 semperflorens, or crimson China Rose. These roses are well adapted 

 for pots, or small borders, or to train low against a wall. They bloom 

 for a long season, and very freely, some being fragrant too. Most of 

 them are quite hardy. 



Noisette Rose. — The Noisette has been originated between the 

 musk and the common China, or Indica. The perfume of the musk 

 is very apparent, its tendency to bloom in large clusters like the 

 musk rose also shows its affinity, and they are produced in profusion 

 through the summer and autumn. Some of them are well adapted 

 for pillars, or training to fences and walls, as well as standards, in 

 which mode they form fine heads of pendant branches. They grow 

 well in all soils and situations, and require the branches to be thinned 

 out in March. They bloom from June to November. 



Hybrid China Roses. — This section has been originated be- 



