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WEEPING TREE ROSES. 



I^ how many ways the Rnso ig capable of contribu- 

 ting to garden embellishment ! We can have Dwarf 

 Roses in clumps and masses on the lawn or border, 

 covering the ground as completely as would a mass 

 of verbenas or heliotropes : then we can have Pillar 

 Roses, four to ten feet high — actually pillars of roses, 

 as perfect as art could frame and weave them ; then 

 again we have Climbing Roses, cover- 

 ing walls and arbors, or spreading and 

 mingling with the branches and foliage 

 of trees ; next we have Tree Roses — 

 miniature trees, for garden avenues and ^ 

 to mingle with trees and shrubs for the 

 decoration of lawns and shrubberies. 

 In all these forms the Rose is suscep- 

 tible of producing the most pleasing 

 effect. As the culture of the Rose pro- 

 gresses, these modes will continue to 

 be improved, and new ones, still more 

 striking and effective, suggested ; for 

 Rose growers are not only taxing their 

 genius in producing novelties in the 

 flowers themselves, but in the forms 

 and combinations of culture and train- 

 ing. The latest, and as it appears to 

 us, one of the most pleasi.ng novelties 

 in the latter respect, is the production 

 of Tree Jf'eepiiig Roses. 



Imagine a miniature tree, some six 

 feet in height, with.a spreading pendu- 

 lous head measuring as much in diam- 

 eter, covered with such beautiful roses 

 as our Queen of the Prairies ! We 

 saw nothing abroad, connected with 

 rose culture, so interesting as Mr. 

 Rivers' specimens of. these Weeping 

 Roses. This gentleman is noted all 

 the world over as a most successful 

 rose grower ; and he has been one of 

 the first to illustrate and draw attention to this matter. 

 We therefore copy from Beck's Florist the follow- 

 ing article from his pen, which we are sure will be 

 interesting to all our readers who are interested in 

 the culture of the Rose. 



STASPAni) CUmbmg Roses!" — nn odd assemblage of terms, 

 and yetl know not what else to call them: "Weeping Roses" 

 is scarcely applicable, for they are not all strictly pendulous. 

 How diversified are the purposes to wliich the beautiful Rose 

 is applied ! Have we an unsightly wall, it may be hidden 

 by Climbing Roses ; an ornanienlal verand.ih to embellish, 

 what is so beaulifidas someof the Chmbing Noisette Roses? 

 a wilderness to ornament, nothing to equal some of the vari- 

 eties of Serapervircns and Ayrshire Roses, suflered to grow 

 at^ nature dictates ; a higlily dressed \-\\\n to linisli, what can 

 be more beautiful than elump.=t of Bourbon and other Autum- 

 nal Roses ? — biU of this more anon. Your pages will, I 

 trust, often derive additional interest from articles on the 

 Hose and its culture ; my business is now with those rustic 

 beauties named at the head of this article ; at present they 

 are too little known, but I hope to make them more so. 



Some six years since, having some rose-stocks five or 

 six feet high, and stout as hruom-handles, I was induced to 

 try what effect some of the beautiful varieties of Rosa Sem- 

 pervirens would have if budded on them, as I had some latent 

 idea that they would form very graceful pendulous trees : I 

 accordingly, selected from that family a few of its most inter- 

 esting varieties. 'J'hese trees are, in the blooming season, 

 pictures of beauty ; not a shoot has ever been touched by 

 the pruning-knife ; there is consei|uently no formality : their 

 beauty consists in tlieir gracefulness and rusticity, which is 

 quite refreshing in contrast to the closely [>runed heads of the 

 hner varieties of Standard Roses. 



The iiiost interesting sorts in the above named group, for 



standards, are the following; — Banksiaiflora, with very 

 double flowers, pure white, the center of each bloom pale 

 yellow or straw-color. Donna Maria, flowers comparatively 

 large, very double, and of tho purest white. Felicite Per- 

 petuelle, with flowers of a creamy white, tinted with pink on 

 the outside . it really is perfecl enjoyment to see this Rose, 

 in a balmy morning in June, covered with its flowery gems 

 more numerous than its leaves Ulyrianthes, with its abund- 

 ance of flowers of the most delicate pink, is equally worthy 

 of a place on the lawn. Princesse Louise is also a charming 

 variety, with flowers nearly of the same color as the preced- 



WBEPINO TREE ROSE. 



ing, but larger, and more cupped. Princesse Mario is nearly 

 the deepest in color of this elegant group ; its foliage is also 

 darker, and its habit more robust than some others ■ it soon 

 forms a most beautiful standard. In fine contrast is Rampant, 

 with its flowers of pearly white : this lovely variety is most 

 slender and graceful in its habit, and continues a long time 

 in bloom ; it also often gives a second crop of flower's in 

 autumn, ^o one can tell how beautiful all these roses are 

 as standards ; they are nearly evergreen, and every season 

 are they covered with their peculiarly neat and very double 

 flowers ; and in tw'o or three years their pendulous branches, 

 waving with every breeze, reach the ground. The lover of 

 Roses may sit tmder the shade of a Rose-tree, and luxuriate 

 in the contemplation of the varied beauties of nature assisted 

 by art. 



It will be seen that nearly all the foregoing are remarkable 

 for the delicacy of their tints : some one perhaps will exclaim, 

 *• There is not enough variation in color ; give us more 

 color !" Well, then, let us turn to the most gorgeous of 

 Roses. 



The Rose Araadis, or Crimson Boursault. as a Standard 

 Rose, is quite unrivalled ; it is also one of tho first to glad- 

 den us in '* the merry month of June ;" and when cultivated 

 as standards in rich soils, not content with giving its brilliant 

 crimson flowers (perhaps the most brilliant of Roses) in the 

 utmost profusion, it continues to bloom at intervals nearly 

 all the summer and autumn ; but in June its branches are 

 weighed to the ground w ith their splendid burden, arresting 

 the attention of the most indifl'erent. I am not writing of 

 what will or m/iy be ; for some trees, now from four to six 

 years old. growing here, deserve more than my pen can 

 convey. Their stems are eight inches in girth, anJ their 

 heads spread over a space ten feet in diameter. How mag- 

 nificent would be an avenue of standards of this Rose 1 



The Boursault Gracilis, with flowers of a bright pink, 



