776 ROSA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ROSA. 



merged into spring again, a Monthly Rose 

 bush in a warm nook being scarcely ever 

 without at least a bud. They are per- 

 petual and perennial in the fullest sense. 

 They grow well either in light or heavy 

 soil, preferring that which is light and 

 warm, but not dry. Severe pruning is 

 good for them, though on walls, when the 

 earliest possible flowers are wished for, a 

 few shoots may be left their full length. 

 There are many varieties, all more or 

 less distinct in colour or habit, from the 



berg, Louis Phillippe, Nemesis, Prince 



Eugene, Prince Charles, St. Prix de Beuze, 



Laurette de Messimy, Eugene Resal, 



Confucius, Hermosa, Hebe, and Sanglant. 



Lemesle is one of the most handsome, 



deep pink with crimson reverse, which 



| gradually creeps over and suffuses the 



| whole flower ; the leaves of this variety 



have also great substance. Ducher and 



Rival de Poestum have white flowers. 



The latter is beautiful, the flowers abun- 



, dant, not full, but of charming purity 



Rose, Gloire Lyonnaise. 



lovely dwarf kinds, up to the vigorous 

 Crimson Cramoisie Grimpante, which 

 will climb to the top of a two-storied 

 house and bedeck it with rich crimson 

 flowers during most of the year. The 

 original single China Rose forms a bush 

 i \ to 2 ft. high ; its crimson blossoms, like 

 brilliant butterflies hovering about, are 

 lovely. Among the best are Alfred 

 Aubert, Eugene Beauharnais, Cramoisie 

 Superieur, Irene Watts, Marie Wolkoff, 

 Nabonnand, Blanche de Chine, Fellem- 



and form. Madame Laurette Messimy 

 is perhaps the most distinct variety which 

 has yet appeared, being unlike in colour 

 any previously-known kind, of vigorous 

 growth, and one of the most constant 

 bloomers. T. S. 



Moss ROSES. These are divided into 

 two sections those which bloom only 

 in summer that is, during May, June, 

 and July and the so-called perpetual- 

 flowering kinds. Among the early kinds, 

 the old Common Moss Rose may be found, 



