THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ROSA. 



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these are Roses chosen from anything" but 

 an artistic point of view, as to either 

 colour or form. 



It has been a favourite practice in 

 journals to make strict selections of the 

 most popular Hybrid Perpetual Roses, 

 but we do not follow it here, as it is best 

 not to be narrow in one's selection where 

 there are so many beautiful and well- 

 known kinds. It is otherwise with the 

 Tea Roses, which have been unaccount- 

 ably neglected as Roses for the open 

 garden, even by the great Rose-growing 

 nurserymen, and of these a careful selec- 

 tion has been given. 



HYBRID TEAS. The race of Hybrid 

 Teas was obtained from crossing the 

 beautiful Tea Rose and the Hybrid Per- 

 petuals ; and so we get a group inter- 

 mediate in form and in colour, and 

 often, as in the case of La France 

 and its varieties, very charming. They 

 are also in some cases very endur- 

 ing in bloom, which makes them more 

 useful than the usual red Roses of our 

 gardens. The ordinary culture of the 

 Rose-g r arden suits them well, and the 

 finer kinds should, if possible, be got on 

 their own roots as well as grafted. 

 Among the kinds grown are : Annette 

 Gamon, Antoine Mermet, Augustine 

 Guinoisseau (especially fine in the autumn), 

 Camoens, Cannes la Coquette, Comte 

 Henri Rignon, Countess of Pembroke, 

 Duchess of Connaught, Duchess of 

 Westminster, Esmeralda. Gloire Lyon- 

 naise, one of the best Roses for gar- 

 dens, vigorous, with creamy-white, bold, 

 handsome flowers, large and sweet ; the 

 leaves have a distinct fragrance ; Grace 

 Darling, Jules Bassonville, Lady Alice, 

 Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, La France, Ma- 

 dame Alexandre Bernaix, Madame Andre 

 Duron, Madame Carle, Madame Etienne 

 Levet, Madame Moser, Marquise de Salis- 

 bury, with glowing crimson flowers and 

 deep green -leaves ; Michael Saunders, 

 Pearl, Pierre Guillot, The Puritan, Wal- 

 tham Climber, Viscountess Falmouth, 

 Viscountess Folkestone. 



CLIMBING ROSES. If we look at 

 southern Continental gardens, which have 

 never received a tithe of the labour and 

 care lavished on English gardens, but 

 which enjoy the advantage of warmer 

 climate and more constant sun, we shall 

 see such arcades, bowers, pillars, and 

 climbing masses of beautiful Roses on all 

 sides as will put us out of humour 

 with our own beautiful individual blooms, 

 and will cause us to regret the absence 

 from our gardens of these luxuriant 



I masses that neither receive nor indeed 

 I require or obtain any special care from 

 one year's end to the other. If it be un- 

 fortunately the case that Roses which 

 produce such glorious effects in foreign 

 gardens are not hardy enough for us, 

 why not try to raise new varieties that will 

 endure our cold and changeable season ? 

 Surely in a family that ranges from 

 Kamtschatka to India, we may find at 

 least one species that shall be the parent 

 I of hardy climbing varieties, as beautiful in 

 our climate as the Noisette and indica 

 major are in the south of France and 

 elsewhere. We have R. sempervirens, 

 and the several garden varieties, such as 

 Felicite Perpetuee, that will climb a pillar 

 or shade an arcade. The Ayrshire Roses, 

 R. arvensis and varieties of the Boursault 

 Rose (R. alpina), though very charming, 

 bloom only in summer. They are all 

 quite hardy and of vigorous climbing 

 growth, but they do not satisfy those who 

 love the Hybrid Perpetual, the Noisette, 

 or the Banksian Rose. We have also the 

 continuous blooming R. rugosa, the semi- 

 double yellow R. Fortunei, and the beauti- 

 ful R. sinica, the parent of the so-called large 

 white Banksian Rose Fortunei. Cannot 

 some hybrids be raised from these and 

 the semperflorens, alpina, or arvensis 

 species ? Let us make use of what we 

 have at hand ; let us plant in the wilder 

 parts such hardy climbers as are already 

 mentioned, and make combinations of 

 such red climbing Roses as can be found 

 hardy. \Vhen a warm wall needs clothing, 

 the Banksian Rose or the various hybrids 

 of the Noisette and Tea Roses may be 

 used, though they are liable to be cut 

 down in cold situations and seasons. For 

 sweetness as well as continuity of bloom 

 Lamarque's clusters of lemon-white flowers 

 must stand first. Marechal Niel, though 

 unrivalled for the splendour of its golden 

 blooms, is only a shy bloomer in autumn. 

 Climbing Aimee Vibert,which is thoroughly 

 hardy, should be in every garden. Its 

 white clusters are so continuously abun- 

 dant and its foliage so persistent that it 

 ranks high as a garden Rose. Reve d'Or 

 is a delightful climber, in a warm situation, 

 and may be called a climbing Madame 

 Falcot, so bright are its half-expanded 

 buds. 



MONTHLY OR CHINA ROSES. Monthly 

 or China Roses have bright and varied 

 colours, free growth, hardy constitution, 

 and are most constant bloomers. They 

 are the first to open in the early summer, 

 and often continue to produce their buds 

 and blossoms almost until winter has 



