182 FLOWER-GARDEN-CHINA ROSES. [APRIL. 



CHINA ROSES. 



From the first to the middle of this month is the best 

 time to plant the varieties of Chinese roses. If they 

 are to be removed out of the ground, the earlier in the 

 month the better ; but where they are in pots, the pre- 

 cise time is not so material. There are about seventy 

 varieties, including the species of these in cultivation ; 

 all of them do extremely well in this country, growing 

 freely, and flowering abundantly in the open air. A 

 few of them require protection during winter. The 

 List at the end of the work will contain all the finest 

 varieties; but as they are not generally known, and the 

 greater part of them highly deserving a situation in 

 every garden, a few limited specific observations is ob- 

 viously desirable to those who are not acquainted with 

 their beauty and fragrance. 



No. 1 . Rosa indica, common China or daily. From 

 the last name an error has taken place, that it blooms 

 every day. In one sense of the word it does. Plants 

 that are young, and in good ground, will grow and 

 flower constantly from the end of April until the buds 

 are killed with frost ; but they will never flower when 

 not growing; the bloom being produced on the young 

 wood. The flower is about three inches in diameter, 

 of a dark blush or rose colour, petals large, and loose, 

 between a semi-double and double, and perfectly 

 hardy. 



No. 2. *Rose Animated, daily, is a very fine rose, and its 



* Those marked thus * we have grown from seed. 



