HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 



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Fig. 1830. 

 Sprays of African Tamariks. 



any protection whatever in winter. It re- 

 quires to be pressed back rather severely at 

 times, as its longf, slender growth has a ten- 

 dency to mount upwards, the plant often 

 attaining^ a height of ten or twelve feet, if 

 not checked in its towering career. But 

 under any condition it is a \^ry prett}' shrub, 

 and no collection of flowering shrubs should 

 be without a specimen of the lovely '* Pink 

 Mist Tree." 



The accompanying photo will give some 

 idea of its heatherj-like spikes of flowers 

 and habit of growth ; but no photograph 

 could possibly do full justice to the beautiful 

 eff"ect that a large specimen of this plant 

 has, when covered with its minute delicate 

 pink flowers. 



The Tamarisk Chtnejtsis, that flowers in 

 September, is also a ver\- prettj- shrub, with 

 flowers of a deeper rose color than the 

 African variety. Neither of these shrubs 

 are as common on lawns as they deserxe to 

 be, as they grow and flourish in any fairly 

 good soil, and require verj- little care and 

 attention. Hortus. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 



>F the artistic merits of Roses of this 

 strain, and their hardy excellent 

 qualities, a true lover of the Rose 

 never tires. 



When the M. Victor Verdier came to us 

 in 1863 it created a sensation, and it has 

 stood the test of time nobly. Henry B. 

 Ellwnger was famous for his select collec- 

 tions, and in his day prized the following as 

 the most highly scented of the hybrids: 



General Jacqueminot, Rev. J. B. Camm, 

 Baron Prevost, Maurice Bernardin, and 

 M. Victor Verdier. Perhaps " a flower by 

 any other name would smell as sweet," but 

 would it be as lovely ? 



But his list of the best dozen hardy sorts 



we consider eminently superior, and ever\- 

 plot of ground should have just those varie- 

 ties. 



BEST DOZEN. 



Anne de Diesbach, Alfred Colomb, Bar- 

 oness Rothschild, Baron de Bonstetten, 

 Fisher Holmes, Eugene Verdier, Marshall 

 P. Wilder, John Hopper, Gen. Jacqueminot, 

 Paul Neyron, Mad. Gabrael Luizet, Caroline 

 de Sansel, Francis Michelon. 



A good baker's dozen with proper 

 protection ; a foot of stable manure and 

 a few boughs to hold the snow would be 

 essential or prudent in states like 

 Vermont and Canada. Although so 

 many years have passed, these same 



