THE ROSARIES. 275 



Although at the present time gardens are chiefly embellished by 

 hybrid perpetual roses, we ought not to forget how much they have been 

 beautifully decorated by China roses, which blossom from May till 

 Christmas. The common China is most excellent in quality, and the 

 two finest varieties, Lady of the Lake and Mrs. Bosanquet, are very 

 beautiful. There is a tiny plant, with small flowers, called the Fairy 

 Rose (fig. 560), which is utilized at Naples to form an edging round the 

 outer rose-beds. The effect is pleasing, and I am propagating a number 

 for use in the same manner. China roses are very easily propagated 

 from cuttings, taken at the end of May, which are covered over with a 

 glass and a little bottom heat applied, when flowering plants are 

 obtained before the end of the year. China roses are as easy to 

 strike as the hybrids are difficult. 



FIG. 560. - Fairy Rose FIG. 561. Souvenir dc Malmaison. 



The He de Bourbon roses give us some fine plants, such as 

 Acidalie, Baronne de Noumont, Catherine Guillot, Louise Margottin, 

 and Rev. H. H. Dombrain. There is one variety of which it is quite 

 necessary to have many plants, and that is the Souvenir de Malmaison 

 (fig. 561). It flowers in perfection from August till late in autumn. 



The Noisette roses are very fine, but they are delicate, and apt 

 to be cut down to the ground in severe weather. The Cloth of Gold 

 is an exquisite rose where it blossoms freely. I cannot, however, 

 grow it at Wallington, although I have planted it many times ; and 

 the same may be said of Miss Gray. Celine Forestier, Lamarque, 

 Lamarque a fleurs jaunes, Reve d'Or, Solfaterre, and Triomphe de 

 Rennes, are good varieties, but they are all too tender to grow 

 except on a moderate scale. 



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