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eyes are further apart than in most other kinds. The flowers are produced in 

 clusters suitable for pillars, and from their naturally pendulous habit they may 

 be trained to form weeping roses. They should be well thinned out in pruning^ 

 but flowering-shoots should only have the points cut off. Mr. Paul describes 

 the following as blooming from May to July : — 



Amadis, — deep crimson-purple, shaded 

 with lighter crimson; large, semi-doxible, 

 and cupped ; the young wood whitish- 

 green. 



Black Boursanlt, — flowers whitish-blush, 

 with deep jflesh centre; very double and 

 globular; of pendulous habit; excellent 

 as a climbing rose in a good aspect. 



Drummond's Thornless, — opens a rosy 

 carmine, changing to pink ; flowers 

 large, double, and cupped ; habit pen- 

 dulous. 



Elegans, — flowers in clusters of semi- 

 double rosy crimson ; sometimes pur- 

 plish, often streaked with white ; erect 

 in habit, and suitable for a pillar. 



Gracilis, — flowers early; cherry, shaded 

 with lilac-blush ; full-formed, and cup- 

 ped ; of branching habit; spines long- 

 and large; foliage a rich dark green. 



Inermis, — rosy -pink, becoming pale 

 when expanded ; large and double, and 

 of branching habit ; shoots spineless. 



OldRedBoursault, — opens abright cherry, 

 becoming paler gradually ; large and 

 semi-double ; of pendulous habit ; a 

 showy pillar or weeping rose. 



Banksia, — flowers pink; a very early 

 bloomer. 



Weeping Boursault, — flesh-colout, likethe 

 blush ; of a pendulous habit, and suit- 

 able for a weeping rose. 



1897. Chinese Hoses. — The first introduction of the Chinese roses dates from 

 1789, in which year both the Monthly rose and the Crimson Chinese were 

 introduced. The varieties which have sprung from these are innumer- 

 able. They have also been hybridized extensively with the tea-scented. Un- 

 like other roses, also, the Chinese roses get a deeper and more brilliant tint 

 by exposure to the sun. "Archduke Charles, and some other Chinese roses," 

 Mr. Paul tells us, " are distinct and beautiful as variegated roses ; they ex- 

 pand rose and white, soon become mottled with, then change entirely to, 

 crimson, from the action of the sun's rays." 



1898. "The Crimson Chinese are beautiful when the autumn is mild," 

 says Mr. Paul; "a few cold misty days occurred in 1846 to obscure their 

 brightness, when warm weather succeeded, and the buds which the wet 

 and cold had sealed suddenly expanded, producing a brilliant show in Novem- 

 ber. All are of branching habit and moderate growth. There are some 

 beautiful blood-coloured roses among them. Some do not thrive as standards, 

 but all luxuriate on their own roots, and form pretty interesting objects 

 budded on dwarf stocks. They thrive best in a rich soil, with close pruning," 

 and produce a plentiful bloom throughout the summer and autumn. It is the 

 progeny of JRosa indica, having a common origin, as some authors think, with 

 the tea-roses, so called from their fragrant odour, and the Bengal roses. The- 

 most remarkable crimson varieties described by ]Mr. Paul are, — 



Abbe Mioland,— flowers reddish purple; 

 often streaked with white; globular, and 

 very double. 



Alba, — flowers white, tinged with straw- 

 colour; double, and well-cupped. 



Augustine Hersent, — flowers pink, very 

 double, cnppedj a free bloomer, suitable 

 for massing. 



Carmin de Yebles, — flowers deep car- 

 mine, double, cupped; a very pretty 

 rose, unique in form. 



Duchess of Kent, — flowers creamy-white, 

 often edged with rose ; very pretty and 

 distinct ; small, full, and cupped. 



Eugene Beauharnais, — flowers amaranth, 

 beautiful in the bud, dying off into dark 



