FALL BLOOMING ROSES. 49 



produced by a large bed of this variety, in the centre of a grass plat at the 

 garden of Joseph Breck in Brighton. 



Standard Bearer. Rich plum color, with white eye ; a very desirable 

 and beautiful variety. 



Victory. Reddish purple, light eye, growth good ; a superior variety. 



Prince of Wales. Shaded scarlet, light eye; fine. 



Vicomptesse Emelyn. Color white, shading to dark ; well-defined eye ; a 

 free flowerer ; by far the finest of its class ; does not propagate easily. 



Bostonia, (Jackson's.) A lovely variety, shaded white and pinkish red; 

 truss fine; flower of good substance; well worthy of cultivation. 



Jennie. A sparkling little red variety ; a free bloomer. 



Jenny Lind. A pretty white and purple-eyed variety. 



We have thus given a few of the many varieties of this popular flower. 

 We have purposely refrained from describing the varieties introduced 

 during the last season, as they have not as yet been proved ; many of them 

 however, and some new seedlings, promise well. 



Verbenas may be grown to advantage in the garden, either in masses, as 

 single plants, or upon rockwork ; many pretty effects may be produced by 

 a careful arrangement of colors ; they are also well adapted for hanging 

 pots and for vases, in which they will bloom profusely. 



There is no flower which, if properly grown, will better repay the care 

 required, and none which will show so well with but little attention, and 

 we trust that these few remarks may lead to a more careful cultivation of 

 this beautiful plant. 



FALL BLOOMING ROSES. 



BY WILLIAM C. STRONG. 



To the Chairman of the Flower Committee : 



As you request from me some suggestions upon the culture of the Rose, 

 I shall first, and gladly, embrace the opportunity to again remind you that 

 our Society offers no premiums for Fall Blooming Roses. It is certainly 

 true, as you have said, that the display would be too meagre to warrant 

 large premiums. Are we then to settle down to the melancholy conviction 

 that the name " Hardy Perpetual Rose" is only a figment? Are we really 

 to expect only a few stray and imperfect blooms, merely serving as 

 reminders of glory departed ? It is a gross slander upon the first of blood 

 of this royal family. Hardy, hybrid-perpetual roses are the great step in 

 advance in rose culture of the present age, and the step is a complete 

 reality. Our meagre fall show is a disgrace, not to the class, but to our- 

 selves. And if genuine love has not provoked to good deeds, let a 

 competition be created by premiums, and the public will learn that Septem- 

 ber is striving for the mastery in flowers, as well as fruit. I will add a few 

 rambling suggestions for the attainment of so desirable a result. 

 4 



