ROSES THAT DO WELL IN TOWNS 



IT is commonly thought that Roses cannot be grown in 

 London or other large towns, but this is very far from 

 being correct, though care must of course be taken to 

 choose suitable kinds for the purpose. Roses with 

 shining leaves generally do best, for their leaves are 

 easily washed clean from deposits of smoke. The 

 treatment given to these Roses should be more than 

 usually liberal both in cultivation and manure, for it is 

 only by maintaining the plants in a state of high vigour 

 that we can hope to master the fog and the absence of 

 sunlight and all the other harmful conditions consequent 

 upon town life. Mr Hudson, who has had considerable 

 experience with Roses in the neighbourhood of London, 

 recommends the following kinds. Among climbers 

 he places Gloire de Dijon and all its forms, Alister 

 Stella Gray, Charles Lawson, Crimson Rambler, all the 

 Penzance Briars, Zepherine Drouhin, Madame Plantier, 

 Carmine Pillar, Aimee Vibert, Aglaia, Thalia, Euphro- 

 syne, and Reve d'Or. In the Tea, hybrid Tea, and 

 China section he gives Caroline Testout, Mrs Grant, 

 otherwise known as Belle Siebrecht, Viscountess 

 Folkestone, Marquise Litta, Madame Abel Chatenay, 

 Hon. Edith GifTord, White Maman Cochet, Gruss an 

 Teplitz, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Georges Nabonnand, 

 Laurette Messimy, Eugene Resal, Irene Watts, Souvenir 

 de Catherine Guillot, Souvenir de J. B. Guillot, 

 Corallina, La France, and Marquise de Salisbury. The 

 strongest growers among the hybrid Perpetuals here 

 recommended are Duke of Edinburgh, Dr Andry, Mrs 



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