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MY GARDEN. 



flowers are sold in large numbers in the London streets. They are 

 easily propagated by division, and require to be well manured. In 

 spring it is advisable to prune the bushes freely back, when they will 

 afford abundance of blossom. There are several varieties of moss 

 roses : some white, as Reine Blanche, Unique de Provence, White 

 Bath, and Comtesse de Murenais ; others rose and crimson, as Baron 

 de Wassenaer, Frederick Soulie, Gloire des Mousseuses, Lanei, and 

 Marie de Blois. All these roses are beautiful in bud. 



No one who has a wild garden can. dispense with climbing roses. 

 There are many kinds which should be trained into trees to form sheets 

 of blossom in July. In some situations they can be trained over three 

 iron rods arranged as a tripod ; this effectually prevents their overthrow 

 by the wind, which constantly happens when allowed to run up a single 

 pole. They may be trained over banks, or roots, or outhouses, with 

 equal effect. The Felicite Perpetuelle (fig. 568) occupies the same 

 position with us in England as the Banksian rose occupies with the 

 Italians. \Ye have literally tens of thousands of flowers in the season, 



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Fi<;. 568. Felicite Perpetuelle. 



Fu;. 563. Dundee Rambler. 



and the garden is never so lovely as when these are in bloom. Another 

 rose, the Dundee Rambler (fig. 569), must not be omitted. Its flower 

 is different in character from the Felicite, but it has its own peculiar 

 charm. Wells's White rose is another fine climber, but it has not 

 realized the character given to it by Mr. Wood, who considers it the 

 most rapid climber known. Amadis is also a fine climber. Although 

 we have many kinds of climbing roses which are good, yet the largest 

 number of plants should invariably be of the Felicite Perpetuelle : 



