ROSA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



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of the blood of Indian and China Roses 

 into, and often instead of, the old 

 summer Roses, which are mainly of 

 European origin and flower but a 

 short , time, to the lessening of their 

 value to us very much. The Tea 

 Roses form a precious division of 

 themselves in their beauty and length 

 of bloom and many other advantages. 

 The attempt Common in catalogues to 

 divide these from the hybrid Teas is 

 a mistake, and the best way is simply 



the beautiful Japanese Rose of that 

 name, which is more beautiful than 

 the many Ramblers raised from it. 

 Some of these cover the earth in many 

 gardens with Roses that are little 

 better than Brambles. These Ramb- 

 lers have done infinite harm to the 

 culture of Roses, and excepting the 

 few kinds one really enjoys after a 

 thorough trial, would be best abolished. 

 The China Roses, from which we get 

 the Teas, also mark themselves pretty 



Buds of Tea Rose, Anna Oliver. 



to make a list of the ones that best 

 answer the helm and give them first 

 and sufficient place. 



Hybrid perpetual Roses are far less 

 grown than they used to be, but some- 

 one must always have them ; though, 

 generally speaking, summer Roses, as 

 compared with those that flower right 

 into the autumn, are hardly worth a 

 place. Climbing Roses tell their own 

 story, and some of them are most 

 precious, especially those of prolonged 

 bloom ; these have some of the China 

 Rose in them, and a fine type is 

 Bouquet d'Or. 



The Wichuraiana Roses are based on 



well, and the main concern about them 

 is to see that they are always grown 

 on their natural roots, and that the 

 old climbing Cramoisie is worth the 

 whole lot of Ramblers. There is no 

 need to make a class of Japanese 

 Roses ; we should do much better to 

 keep to the one noble wild Rose of 

 Japan, rugosa. Moss Roses, for those 

 that like them few are worth growing 

 and those always on their own roots, 

 if possible, in rather light, open, friable 

 soil, not the heavy soil which is said 

 so often to be good for Roses. Scotch 

 Roses were a group of some value in 

 old days, before we had the splendid 



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