180 DESCRIPTION OF THE ROSE. 



Breon sent plants and seeds of the new rose to Paris; and 

 from these have sprung the whole race of the Bourdons, a 

 race of sweeter savor in horticulture than in history. 



They are remarkable as a family for clearness and bright- 

 ness of color, -perfection of form, and freedom of autumnal 

 blooming. Some of them are quite hardy ; others are not 

 so in New England. Their growth is various ; some climb- 

 ing vigorously if trained to do so, and others forming 

 compact bushes. Abundance of manure, a deep and well- 

 dug soil, and mulching with newly-cut grass or some simi- 

 lar substance to keep them moist in dry weather, joined 

 to judicious pruning, are needed to bring forth their beau- 

 ties in perfection. The stronger growers cannot be pruned 

 severely without greatly diminishing the quantity of their 

 bloom ; but the ends of tall, strong shoots of the same 

 season's growth may be cut off with great advantage, thus 

 checking their growth, and causing them to throw out 

 small blooming side-shoots. 



No roses are better than these where the object is to 

 produce a late autumnal bloom. They may be made to 

 bloom into the winter by pinching off their summer flower- 

 buds, in order that they may not exhaust themselves in 

 that season, and by sheltering them from the frost. For 

 forcing, they are unsurpassed. 



