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care), that any new races will oust them from our best gardens. No, 

 indeed; for they are the roses of sentiment and of common belief. But 

 in remote parts of the country where a rose is merely a rose, the demand 

 for varieties that will last in flower is great, and when such can be 

 introduced there will be roses everywhere. The rose will never be out of 

 fashion or favour, and, given the right varieties, the demand for it 

 will increase. 



A marked feature of hardy rose-growing already referred to is in the 

 production of what may be called the Rambler hybrids — roses that make 

 tremendous growth each year and are suitable for pillar work. Many people 

 want rose-bowers and arbours, to which purpose these hybrids are, of course, 

 well suited. They are hardy, free-flowering, and of rampant growth, and 

 where Wichuraiana has been used in their making, have foliage that is 

 almost evergreen and insect-proof. I look to this class as the basis of a 

 fresh stimulus for rose-growing in our gardens. 



III. Outdoor Roses for the South 

 By p. J. Berckmans 



Out of the hundreds of roses described in floral catalogues, it is some- 

 times exceedingly difficult to select such varieties as are best suited for 

 open-ground growing in the South. The trouble is that a large majority 

 of the varieties of tea-roses are of such weak constitution as to unfit them 

 for the above purposes, and are suitable only for forcing under glass. By 

 the indiscriminate selection of new roses oft'ered with extravagant descriptions, 

 many of our enthusiastic amateur rosarians have met with disappointment. 

 Preference should be given to old favourites which have withstood the test 

 of years and have long been the glory of Southern gardens. Scores of new- 

 comers have of late taken their places, only to disappear with their first 

 season of growing, if, indeed, they grew at all. 



Years ago, before the forcing of roses under glass had stimulated produc- 

 tion of varieties intended for that purpose, the originators of new sorts 

 looked more to a robust constitution, combined with a profusion of bloom, 

 perfection of shape, and lasting colours, than to the characters that now 

 constitute the up-to-date forcing rose. Forcing roses require the utmost 

 skill and careful regulation of artificial temperature to bring out their wonder- 



