ROSE, BOURSAULT. 



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ROSES, CHINA. 



Queen of the Bourbons, fawn, shaded with 



rose, most abundant bloomer, beautiful in bud, 



and highly fragrant. 

 Rev. H. Dombrain, fine dark crimson, medium 



size, good for potting. 

 Setina, silvery pink, of fine form, from United 



States, profuse bloomer, climbirg habit. 

 Sir Joseph Paxton, brilliant rose, shaded-crim- 



son, robust grower. 

 Souvenir de Malmaison, flesh, very large and 



full, a charming rose. 



Rose, Boursault. 



These are cultivated varieties of the Al- 

 pine rose ; the shoots are very long, flexible, 

 and smooth, in many instances entirely 

 without spines, and the eyes are further 

 apart than in most other kinds. The 

 flowers are produced in clusters suitable for 

 pillars, and from their naturally pendulous 

 habit they may be trained to form weeping 

 roses. They should be well thinned out in 

 pruning, but flowering-shoots should only 

 have the points cut off. Mr. Paul de- 

 scribes the following as blooming from May 

 to July : 



Amadis, deep crimson-purple, shaded with 

 lighter crimson ; large, semi-double, and cupped ; 

 the young wood whitish-green. 



Banksia, flowers pink ; a very early bloomer. 



Black Boursault, flowers whitish-blush, with 

 deep flesh centre ; very double and globular ; of 

 pendulous habit ; excellent as a climbing rose in 

 a good aspect. 



Drummond's Thornless, opens a rosy carmine, 

 changing to pink ; flowers large, double, and 

 cupped ; habit pendulous. 



Elegans, flowers in clusters of semi-double rosy 

 crimson; sometimes purplish, often streaked with 

 white ; erect in habit, and suitable for a pillar. 



"racilis, flowers early ; cherry, shaded with 

 lilac-blush ; full-formed and cupped ; of branch- 

 ing habit ; spines long and large ; foliage a rich 

 dark-green. 



Inermis, rosy-pink, becoming pale when ex- 

 panded ; large and double, and of branching 

 habit ; shoots spineless. 



Old Red Boursault, opens a bright cherry, be- 

 coming paler gradually ; large and semi double ; 

 of pendulous habit ; a showy pillar or weeping 

 rose. 



Weeping Boursault, flesh-colour, like the 

 blush ; of a pendulous habit, and suitable for a 

 weeping rose. 



Rosemary. 



Although not used in cookery, should be 

 found in every garden. It may be pro- 

 pagated by layers which may be removed 



in April or May and planted out, or by slips 

 or cuttings taken at the same time, and 

 planted in a situation not too much exposed 

 to the sun. They may be transplanted from 

 the bed in which they have been struck in 

 September or the following April. 



Hoses, Autumnal. 



These roses, which flower from June 

 to December, are many in number, and 

 are classified as Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 divided by Mr. Paul into two sections, 

 one comprising roses better suited for 

 exhibition purposes, and the other roses 

 that are more suitable for garden decora- 

 tion ; Macartney Roses, Ramanas Roses, 

 including the beautiful single red rose, Rosa 

 rugosa, from Japan, whose large hips look 

 like medlars of an orange-scarlet tint, varie- 

 ties of the Rosa Polyantha hybrida^ Musk, 

 and Perpetual, Moss and Scotch Roses, 

 Bourbon Roses, Noisettes, Chinese or Ben- 

 gal Roses, and Hybrid Tea-scented and 

 Tea-Scented Roses. 



Roses, China. 



The common and crimson China roses 

 are very beautiful, grown either in beds or 

 on walls. Among groups of bedding plants 

 mixed with geraniums, the common China 

 rose, edged with the crimson, and sur- 

 rounded with a white band of Alyssum or 

 Cerastium tomentostim^ is very effective, 

 distinct, and striking. Towards the end of 

 May or the beginning of June, they will be 

 in full beauty, and the mass of blush pink, 

 with the setting suggested, is peculiarly soft 

 and beautiful. By cutting off the flowering 

 stems as soon as they begin to fade, a suc- 

 cession of flowers will be secured through- 

 out the summer. If, however, a short 

 hiatus should intervene, the geraniums will 

 fill up the gap. Several other China roses 

 form beautiful groups for the flower garden* 

 The best of them are, perhaps, the follow- 

 ing : 



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