64 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



to my high surprise and delectation — it is quite 

 certain that he would be rmlli seauidus with the 

 full advantage of situation and soil. Nor do I 

 hesitate to say that the collection to which I refer, 

 necessarily less perfect than those around it in 

 color and in size, seemed to me the most honora- 

 ble of all. 



What can I offer besides the hand of friendship 

 and the praise of an old Rosarian to these brave 

 brethren of the Rose ? I subjoin for them a list of 

 those varieties which are, in my opinion, most 

 likely to repay their anxious care. Let them be 

 planted in the best place, and in the best soil 

 available, avoiding drip and roots. Let them be 

 manured In the winter and mulched In the spring. 

 In the summer months let them be well watered 

 below and ivcll syringed above tzvo or three times 

 a-ivcek. Let grubs and aphides be removed, and 

 sulphur, or soot, or soap-and-water, applied as 

 soon as mildew shows itself 



List of Roses for Suburban Gardens. 



For Walls. — Gloire de Dijon, 

 Cheshunt Hybrid, La Belle 

 Lyonnaise, the Ayrshire, 

 Sempervirens, white and 



yellow Banksian, Boursault 

 Roses — where a large space 

 is to be covered, the Ayr- 

 shire and Sempervirens. 



