VARIETIES OP ROSES. 



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hang down perpendicularly from the last joint, where they are nailed or tied, 

 the shoots become greenish brown when ripe, slightly tinged with purple when- 

 young ; the side-branches numerous, and covered with leaves, so as to form a 

 thick, dense mass of foliage ; flowering abundantly all July, generally in clus- 

 ters of three, and on very vigorous shoots of from ten to twenty ci*eam- 

 coloured flowers ; the petals being large, expanding, flat, and the edges 

 lapping over each other ; the stamens numerous, and bright yellow, with- 

 very agreeable odour. 



"^ i8S6. This is the hardiest of climbing roses, and its cultivation and manage- 

 ment is very simple. Layers of its long pendulous shoots root readily, and 

 it strikes easily from cuttings ; it will grow rapidly where others will scarcely 

 exist, and when placed in good rich soil, its giowth is so rapid that a large 

 space is covered by it in the second season of planting. It forms an ad- 

 mii*able weeping rose when trained on wires to that habit, on trellis, 

 verandah, or alcove, on a bank, or in rough places of the park or shrubbery. 

 The luxuriant growth of the Ayrshire soon turns a rough and dreary waste- 

 into a flowery bank. 



1887. Like the other roses, the Ayrshire has yielded many hybrid 

 vai'ieties : — 



Ayrshire Queen, — dark purple-crimson. 



Beniiett's seedling:, — pure white ; forms a 

 beautiful pendulous tree as a half- 

 standard. 



Dundee Rambler, — white.edged with pink; 

 well adapted for a half-standard for the 

 lawn. 



Euga, — pale flesh-colour ; very fragrant ; 

 a hybrid between Ayrshire and a tea- 

 scented rose. 



Splendens, — creamy white, approaching 

 flesh-colour when full; crimson in the 

 bud ; large, double, and globular ; one 

 of the finest pendulous roses. 



Queen of the Belgians,— creamy white ; 

 cupped, large and double; very sweet- 

 scented. 



Alice Grey, — creamy salmon-blush. 



Countess Lieven, — creamy white; cupped 

 and double ; of medium size. 



188S. Evergreen Roses, — The progeny of R. sempervirens, which abound 

 throughout Europe in a wild state, is, like the Ayrshire, employed as a climb- 

 ing and weeping rose. Its beautiful dark-green leaves grow on to the depth of 

 winter, which has procured it the name, although it is, strictly speaking, 

 deciduous. They are mostly trees of vigorous growth and abundant 

 bloomers, adapted for pillar-roses; their small, but very double flowers, 

 hanging in graceful cymes of fourteen to twenty on a branch. They require 

 much thinning in the pruning season ; the shoots left being merely cut at the^ 

 points, the others cut close to the base. 



Banksaeflora, — creamy white, with yellow 

 centre ; cupped and double ; produced 

 in clusters. 



Carnea grandiflora, — pale flesh-colour ; 

 large and double; cupped. 



Donna Maria, — pure white, of medium 

 size ; full and cupped ; a choice variety. 



Felicite perpetuelle, — flesh-colour, chang- 

 ing to creamy white ; produced in grace- 

 ful trusses drooping from their own 

 •weight ; a superb sort. 



Myrianthes, — pale peach, the centre 



white; hanging in graceful trusses of 



full-cupped flowers ; a fine pillar-rose. 

 Princess Louise, — creamy white, with 



black petals shaded with rose; large,. 



double, and cupped ; a fine climber. 

 Fortune's five-coloured, — creamy white^ 



striped with carmine. 

 Fortune's double yellow, — bronze and" 



yellow ; large and very distinct. 

 Eoseamajor,— rosy flesh-colour, changing 



to white; large, double, and capped, 



with fine glossy foliage. 



