ROSE, BANKSIA. 



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ROSE, BOURBON. 



Like the other roses, the Ayrshire has 

 yielded many hybrid varieties : 



Ayrshire Queen, dark purple-crimson. 



Bennett's Seedling, pure white ; forms a 

 beautiful pendulous tree as a half-standard. 



Dundee Rambler, white, edged with pink ; 

 well -adapted for a half -standard for the 

 lawn. 



Ruga, pale flesh colour ; very fragrant ; a hybrid 

 between Ayrshire and a tea-scented rose. 



Splendens, creamy white, approaching flesh- 

 colour when full ; crimson in the bud ; large, 

 double, and globular ; one of the finest pendulous 

 roses. 



Queen of the Belgians, creamy white; cupped, 

 large and double ; very sweet-scented. 



Alice Grey, creamy salmon-blush. 



Countess Lieven, creamy white ; cupped and 

 double ; of medium size. 



Rose, Bank'sia. 



The flowers of this elegant rose are pro- 

 duced in small umbels, each of three, four, 

 to twelve flowers, at the extremities 

 ill lateral shoots, branches of the 

 preceding year's growth. The peduncles 

 or stalks are slender and smooth, and 

 about an inch and a half long, so that the 

 flowers have a drooping habit when fully 

 expanded. The scent of the flower is 

 agreeably fragrant, not unlike to that of 

 the sweet violet. It thrives best when 

 planted against a wall. Vigorous growth 

 and bloom has been produced by planting 

 the rose ill a rich sandy loam, and against 

 a wall with a south or west aspect, nailing 

 its shoots close to the wall ; and when the 

 wall was completely covered to the extent 

 proposed, cutting away all the strong shoots 

 as they appeared, leaving only those in- 

 tended to produce flowers in the following 

 spring. From August to February the 

 only care required is to nail in all young 

 shoots, only removing those that are super- 

 abundant. 



Rose, Bourbon. 



These bloom more freely in the autumn 

 than even the hybrid perpetuals, and most 

 of them are quite hardy even in the ex- 

 treme North of England. They are defi- 



cient generally in shape and fragrance, but 

 brilliant in colour. They are extremely 

 well adapted for planting in large masses, 

 as half standards or dwarfs, or for furnish- 

 ing complete beds of one colour. Several 

 of these, such as Souvenir de Malmaison, 

 Catherine Guillot, &c., have also a good 

 form. Souvenir de Malmaison, a large, 

 bright, flesh-coloured flower, is exquisite in 

 bud, and one of the very best roses grown. 



The distinguishing characteristics of 

 Bourbon roses are brilliancy and clearness 

 of colour, large and smooth petals, falling 

 in numerous and graceful folds. They are 

 perfectly hardy, and thrive under the 

 ordinary culture, delighting in a rich soil, 

 like most of the roses, and requiring close 

 pruning, except the more vigorous kinds. 

 They are of slow growth, however, in 

 spring, and thus they are best adapted for 

 autumn-flowering roses. 



" The kinds of vigorous growth," Mr. 

 Paul tells us, "form handsome umbrageous 

 trees, with heads as large as summer roses ; 

 they also look chaste and elegant trained on 

 pillars. The moderate growers are pretty 

 as dwarf standards. The dwarfs form 

 striking and beautiful objects when grown 

 on their own roots. A great many are 

 excellent for pot-culture, and are beautiful 

 objects in the forcing-house." 



The following are good Bourbon roses : 



Acidalie, blush-white, large and globular, does 



not expand well on some soils. 

 Armosa, very free bloomer, pink. 

 Baron Gonella, deep rose, approaching cherry 



colour, shaded with rosy bronze, bloom large and 



very double. 

 Catherine Guillot, carmine rose, bloom large, 



well formed, and full. 

 ! Emotion, delicate rose, free bloomer, flowers of 



excellent form, cupped and double. 

 Jules Jurgenson, deep velvety carmine rose, 



with slaty reflex in centre, large and well formed. 

 Louis Margottin, very pale rose, hardy, and of 



robust habit, flowers beautifully formed. 

 Madame Isaac Pereire, glowing carmine, 



large and perfect bloom, vigorous habit, and 



hardy. 

 Malmaison Rouge (sport of Souvenir de Mal- 



ma-ison), deep velvety red. 



Queen of Bedders, deep crimson, free and con- 

 tinuous bloomer, good for bedding. 



