FOURTH WEEK IN JULY 



multiflora roses (such as Crimson Rambler) with exquisite 

 little blossoms, tea-scented, in shades of apricot, carmine, and 

 copper, very difficult to describe ; and a white Rambler has 

 appeared under the title of Perle de Neige, which continues 

 to blossom in autumn as well as in July. The Lion is a 

 seedling from Crimson Rambler, producing masses of single 

 flowers in crimson-scarlet ; and Aglaia is in canary-yellow, a 

 striking contrast to the rest, but it takes some years to settle 

 itself before it blossoms. Blush Rambler is as vigorous as 

 Crimson Rambler, but the blooms are semi-double, in soft 

 apple-blossom shades of pink and white. 



Amongst the larger climbing roses Lady Waterlow is 

 conspicuously lovely in brilliant pink, and Noella Nabonnand 

 is also most effective, with deep red velvet-like blossoms of 

 fine shape. This rose is distinguished not only in colour, 

 but by its rich fragrance, which resembles that of a La France 

 rose, a charm which is sometimes lacking in our modern 

 roses, some of the new sweetbriars even being deficient in it ; 

 but Lady Penzance, the loveliest of all Lord Penzance's 

 sweetbriars, has such fragrant foliage that the scent is observ- 

 able after a shower at some distance from the plant. The 

 well-shaped single blooms of this rose are in a rich tint of 

 coral-red, with an apricot centre, and it is altogether a most 

 fascinating plant. Lucy Bertram is another very desirable 

 sweetbriar, with large semi-double blossoms in brilliant car- 

 mine-crimson, having white centres and conspicuous yellow 

 anthers. Rose Bradwardine is in clear rich pink, Lord 

 Penzance in copper-yellow, and Green Mantle in white 

 tipped with crimson. Of the pale pink varieties it may be 

 said that few of them excel the original type in beauty, 

 though several are extremely pretty and floriferous. 



One of the most charming of climbing roses of the 

 Noisette type is Alistair Stella Gray, producing many clusters 

 of medium-sized blooms, which are yellow in their first 

 stages, changing to white as they expand, thus giving a 

 variety of tint on each spray. This rose is vigorous and 

 hardy, throwing up long shoots yearly from its base, which 

 are covered with flowers during the following season ; this 



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