VARIETIES OF EOSES. 



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White Bath, — flowers white, occasionally 

 producing striped or pink petals; well 

 massed ; exquisite in bud ; large and 

 full. A beautiful rose, and the best 

 white. 



Adele Pavie, — flowers delicate flesh- 

 colour ; large, full, and compact ; of 

 robust growth. 



Aretbusa, — flowers bright rose, shaded 

 with lilac ; large and full. 



Cramoisiefoncee—flowerscrimson, shaded 

 with vermilion ; large, full, and cupped; 

 of Tigorous growth. 



Duchesse d'Abrantes, — flowers flesh- 

 coloured rose; large and full; of com- 

 pact form. One of the best flowers of 

 the kind. 



L'Obscurite, — flowers dark velvety pur- 

 ple; large and semi-double; cupped. 



Madame Alboni, — flowers blush, with 

 pink centre ; large and very double ; 

 bud well massed, and of vigorous 

 growth. 



Eosa Bonheur, — flowers pale-rose, centre 

 bright rose ; large, full, and globular. 



Princess Alice,— flowers blush, pink cen- 

 tre ; buds well massed ; large, full, and 

 compact ; of very vigorous growth. A 

 lovely rose. 



Captain Ingram, — dark velvety blush. 



Baron de Wassenaer, — rose-colour; very 

 large, double, and finely shaped. 



Madame Ory, — flowers rosy-crimson ; 

 large, double, and well-shaped. A beau- 

 tiful rose, blooming freely in autumn. 



Salet, — flowers rose; very double, giving 

 out abundant buds in September, which 

 have the true odour of the old moss. 



igio. Noisette Roses. — This beautiful group of roses was originally a 

 hybrid between the Bengal rose (it. incUca) and R. moschata. It vras sent 

 from North America in 1817, by M. Philippe Noisette, to his brother, Louis 

 Noisette, of Paris ; and the letter which accompanied it states that it was 

 obtained by the artificial fecundation of the former with the pollen of the 

 latter, applied by camel-hair pencil. M. Boitard thinks this statement may 

 be doubtful, pointing out how easily the hybridizer may deceive himself 

 in carrying out the details of his operation. " Our cultivators," he adds, 

 "obtain every day new varieties resembling the Noisettes by merely sowing 

 the seed of itosci indica, vfithont any attempt at artificial fecundation." It 

 is not very obvious, however, why this doubt is raised : it is quite certain that 

 the original type of the Noisette is becoming scarce, while the new sorts 

 approximate to other gi'oups. 



1911. To grow Cloth of Gold or its congeners freely, procure strong, healthy 

 plants, budded on Celine or Mannetii stocks in spring ; plant out on a south 

 wall, on a properly-prepared border. If the soil is naturally good, enrich it 

 with good rotted dung, having the border previously well drained. Should 

 the soil be indifferent, dig it out to the depth of 18 inches or two feet, and 

 replace it with rich turfy loam, mixed with well-decomposed cow-dung, in 

 equal proportions, and a little leaf-mould. Every ten days in summer give it 

 a good soaking of liquid manure, and as the growth proceeds, nail the shoots 

 closely to the wall, and stop all shoots at 15 or 18 inches, by pinching off the 

 points. Many, both of the stopped and unstopped shoots, will bloom freely. 

 In cold situations protection should be given in winter. Spi'ing pruning 

 should not take place till the end of March, when all danger from severe frost 

 is past. At this time pi-une hard, cutting out and shortening back con- 

 siderably all old wood, to induce vigorous growth. In the following season 

 give the same attention to pruning, watering with liquid manure. The south 

 wall will be found greatly to facilitate the ripening of the young wood ni 

 autumn. 



