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§ 4. — Autumnal Roses. 

 looi. Among the ornaments of the garden, however, none approach the 

 queen of flowers, the rose, which is no longer a summer flower only ; for we 

 have autumnal bloomers, surpassing in colour, beauty, and fragrance all the 

 flowers of the garden. Conceive the dazzling beauty of a bed of Grants des 

 Batailles, or a clump of Baronne Prevost, La Reine, or some masses of Mrs. 

 Bosanquet or Eliza Sauvage, and compare their fragrance with any other 

 autumn-flowering plant with which the beds, clumps, and parterres are occupied. 



1002. The soil suited to the rose is a loamy clay, rather stiff than otherwise ; 

 but it should be enriched with some strong, well-decomposed animal manure. 

 Where the natural soil is light and sandy, therefore, the whole bed should be 

 removed to the depth of two feet, and replaced with the richest natural fibrous 

 loam at hand, thoroughly mixed with decomposed dung. In the beds 

 thus prepared, always presuming them to be thoroughly drained, roses may 

 be planted at distances proportioned to their size and habit, and whether 

 they are intended for pegging down all over the bed, or as bushes. The 

 stronger sorts, if to be pegged down, should be about two feet apart each way, 

 and 2^ to 3 feet if intended for dwarf bushes, according to their habit. 



1003. The few select roses in the following list require little pruning ; the more 

 delicate-growing ones require to have the head regulated in the winter, and 

 all dead wood cut out ; the stronger plants should have grosser shoots taken 

 out at the same season, and the heads regulated by shortening the others. 

 In summer, all strong shoots showing no buds should have the points pinched 

 out to encourage side-shoots, and when bloom is over, each shoot which has 

 borne a flower should be cut back nearly to the next well-developed bud, 

 giving at the same time abundance of liquid manure. 



Souvenir de Malmaison, — white, with 

 fawn-coloured centre ; a large and free- 

 growing flower, blooming through sum- 

 mer and autumn. 



China Roses, 



Mrs. Bosanquet, — creamy-white ; a pro- 

 fuse bloomer from Jime to November ; 

 a beautiful rose. 



Clara Sylvain, — pure white, blooming 

 freely from June to October; suited for 

 a small bed. 



Eugene Beauharnois,— bright lake; a free 

 bloomer through summer and autumn ; 

 very hardy. 



Tea-scented Roses, 



Adam,— rosy-blush ; a large magnificent 

 camellia-like rose, only requiring pro- 

 tection in winter. 



Devoniensis, — creamy-white, with buff 

 centre ; fragrant as well as beautiful, 

 and admirably adapted for a clump. 



Eliza Sauvage,— cream-colour, with deep 

 orange centre, of delicate dwarf habit; 

 and the best yellow for bedding out. 



Syhrid Roses hlooming from July to 

 November. 



Baronne Prevost, — bright rose-colour; 

 large flower, free grower ; suited for a 

 large clump. 



G^ant des Batailles, — dazzling crimson; 

 nearly scarlet, free grower, and abun- 

 dant bloomer on to December. 



La Eeine Brillante, — glossy rose ; very 

 large, robust grower, and free bloomer. 



Madame Laffay, — bright crimson, very 

 fragrant; free grower and bloomer on 

 to December, and admirable for a 

 clump. 



Bourhom. 



Bouquet de Flore, — bright crimson. 

 Opening freely, and blooming profusely 

 from June till November. 



Count d'Eu, — brilliant carmine, suitable 

 for bedding out ; blooming through the 

 summer and autumn. 



Queen, — fawn-colour, shaded with salmon; 

 an early and late bloomer, dwarf in 

 habit, and lovely in clumps; and remark- 

 ably sweet-scented. 



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