272 MY GARDEN. 



pink; and John Hopper (fig. 557), rose with crimson in the centre. 

 I have also figured a new climbing hybrid perpetual rose, Princess 



FIG. 557. John Hopper. FIG. 558. -Princess Louise Victoria. 



Louise Victoria (fig. 558), introduced by Mr. Knight, Hailsham, 

 Sussex. The tree has not yet flowered with me, but it is reputed to 



be a very fine rose. 



" I love well such roses red." 



These varieties of hybrid perpetual roses are hardy in this country. 

 At Wildbad in Germany they are said to be killed by the frost, and 

 I was not a little amused one November to see all the heads of the 

 standards bent down, and covered with earth for protection, while at 

 that time my trees still yielded an occasional flower. 



" Gather therefore the Rose, whilst yet in prime, 

 For soon comes age, that will her pride deflower." 



SPENSER, Fairy Queen. 



New varieties are raised from seed, but it does not often ripen in 

 this country, and many a seed must be planted before a good rose can 

 be obtained. They may be multiplied by layers or cuttings, but the 

 latter process is very difficult and uncertain. To propagate by cuttings, 

 ripe wood is placed in a pot in a cold frame, for five or six weeks. This 

 pot is then placed in a gentle hot-bed, when the buds will start and 

 root. Scarcely one cutting in a hundred succeeds. Roses which are 

 forced in pots in early spring yield cuttings the more likely to strike. 



Owing to the difficulty in rearing cuttings, there are but feW hybrid 

 perpetuals on their own roots.' The general mode of propagating any 

 variety is by budding in summer. It is best performed after mid- 

 summer, as soon as the buds are plump, and the bark will run from the 



