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required being to cut off the flower-stems in summer, which maintains the 

 leaves in health and beauty. 



837. Anj'^ planting during this month in the shrubberies must be accom- 

 panied with copious watering. But rhododendrons may still be planted, either 

 singly or in masses. 



838. Rose-Garden. — All pruning and any planting not done last month 

 must be finished early in this, and all recently-planted trees copiously watered, 

 and the ground stirred, but left rough, — at least unraked. Beds for tea-scented 

 roses, prepared for planting towards the end of this month or in Llay. The 

 following descriptive list of a few Noisette, Bourbon, China, and tea-scented 

 roses, will be found excellent. 



839. Noisette Roses. — Of all the Noisette roses, nothing can equal Cloth of 

 Gold and Solfaterre. The first does not bloom so freely as the other, but it is 

 superlative when it does bloom. Both of them do best when allowed to grow 

 freely without much pi'uning ; and, unless in the extreme south of England, 

 both require a wall with a south or west aspect. During severe weather they 

 should also be protected. Last winter killed these roses almost everywhere. 

 Both are similar in coloiir, — a bright sulphur, and alike lai'ge in size. Cloth of 

 Gold is the most compact and largest bud, and of a deeper yellow shade. 

 Nothing can exceed it in all the best properties of the rose. — 



Lamarque, — very fine, almost white, very 



large when fully expanded. 

 Smith's yellow, — beautiful straw-colour, 



very large. 

 Triomphe de Eennes, — fine canary, large 



and full. 

 Triomphe de la Duchere, — pale rose, 



blooms in large clusters. 

 Ophirie, — very peculiar - formed, and 



unique-coloured rose, bright salmon 



and fawn. 

 Jaune Desprez,— fawn and yellow, tinted 



with rose, very fragrant. 



Aimee Vibert, — a universal favourite, puce, 

 white, in large clusters, full flower, very 

 hardy. 



Marie Charg^, — bright fawn, tinted with 

 crimson ; a better shape than Ophirie. 



Nemesis, — deep crimson, dwarf, and deli- 

 cate. 



America, — creamy yellow, large and full. 



Madame Massot, — pure white, in clusters. 



Octavie, — bright red, distinct and pretty. 



Bouquet tout fait, — creamy white, large 

 clusters, very sweet. 



Fellenberg, — bright crimson, brilliant. 



S40. Bourhon Roses. — These bloom more freely in the autumn than even the 

 hybrid perpetuals, and most of them are quite hardy even in the extreme 

 North of England. They are deficient generally in shape and fragrance, but 

 brilliant in colour. They are extremely well adapted for planting in largo 

 masses, as half-standards or dwarf, or for furnishing complete beds of one 

 colour. Several of these, such as Souvenir de la Malmaison, Victor Emmanuel, 

 Madame Comtesse, Module de Perfection, Catherine Guillot, &c., have also a 

 good form. Souvenir de la Malmaison, a large bright flesh-coloured flower, in 

 exquisite in bud, and one of the very best roses grown. I have seen some 

 splendid beds of it during the summer. Gloire des Kosamenses is beautiful 

 in bud, — a bright crimson scarlet. It is only semi-double when expanded. 

 During Mr. Beaton's able reign at Shrubland Gardens, this rose was used with 

 excellent efiect as a hedge inclosing a chaste verbena-garden. W'acn I fii'st 

 saw it, it literally dazzled one with its rich and glowing beauty, and it has 



