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woven around the name of this old Rose, it is a desirable variety 

 to possess for the sake of its sweet strii)ed flowers. Among those 

 which only blossom in summer, Moss Roses deservedly hold a 

 high place. In the bud state they are most beautiful, and quite 

 a long list are catalogued now, running through many shades of 

 colour, from the pure white of the White Bath to the rosy pink of 

 the common sweet-scented Moss, which is so largely sold in the 

 streets. Angelique Quetier, Celina, Crested, Little Gem, Marie 

 de Blois, and Reine Blanche, are the cream of the Moss Roses. 

 Among summer Roses the Austrian Briers (Rosa lutea) form a 

 distinct though a Limited class, which in the bud state are most 

 beautiful. These should not be pruned very close unless the wood 

 is weakly, as the blossoms are produced from well-ripened wood 

 only, and if pnined hard back the best flowers are cut away. Like 

 all the summer (and indeed all other Roses for that matter), liberal 

 treatment is necessary to produce fine blossoms. 



Climbing Roses. — These comprise the Boursault — Amadis, De 

 Lisle, and Gracilis ; the Ayi'shire — wliich includes the Dundee 

 Rambler, Queen of the Belgians, Ayrshire Queen, and Splendens. 

 The evergreen Roses are excellent for covering quickly walls and 

 buildings, or training over arches or up pillars. Adelaide 

 D'Ork'ans, Ft;licit^ Perp(ituelle, Leopoldine D'Orl^ans, Princess 

 Louise, Rampant, and Reine des Fran^aises, are the best and most 

 useful kinds. The Banksian Roses are beautiful ir> spring and 

 early summer on a wall, but require a dry, warm, sheltered place. 

 The young shoots should be trained thinly, and not shortened 

 much ; in fact all the wall or climbing Roses should be pruned 

 long, i.e. the weakly shoots to be well tliinned out, and the main 

 branches only to have the soft unripe points removed. But to 

 cover a wall with really handsome Roses I should recommend the 

 fast gi'owing Teas and Noisettes, such as Mardchal Niel, Gloire de 

 Dijon, Souvenir d'un Ami, William Allan Richardson, Jaune Des- 

 prez. Triumph de Rennes, Celine Forestier, Lamarque, Cheshunt 

 Hybrid, Climbing Devoniensis, Bouquet d'Or, etc. ; Jaune Desprez 

 I strongly recommend. It is a rapid grower, and blooms continu- 

 ously, and the fawn-coloured buds are so sweet and nice for cutting. 

 The plant, too, is longer lived than many of our Roses are. More 

 than twenty-five years ago a little plant was set against a cottage in 

 Norfolk. It is now a grand old plant, producing annually thousands 

 of flowers. It is true that it is not met with on the exhibi- 

 tion table, but what of that ? We are not all exhibitors, and those 

 who simply want a Rose to cover the gable-end of the house, and 

 to be continually laden with buds and l)lossoms, may safely plant 

 it alongside of Gloire de Dijon. Several of the Hybrid Chinas are 



