THE ROSE. 67 



The Gallica, or French Roses, are unsurpassed, I may 

 say unequalled, by anything in the whole Rose world 

 for the character of the flower, richness of colour, and 

 general beauty. As a Rose, the French, or Gallica, 

 evidently far surpasses the Perpetuals for perfection of 

 form. Many of them equal, if they do not excel, the 

 Ranunculus, and no well-devised garden should be 

 without a collection of them. 



The Bourbon Rose is a very exquisite class. Acidalie 

 may be taken as a type of a Bourbon Rose, and is well 

 known. Coupe d' Hebe is another, and it would be 

 difficult even now to find among all our new Roses a 

 match for either of these, especially the last. No col- 

 lection can be said to be perfect without Coupe d'Hebe, 

 a Crested Provence, Acidalie, and Chenedole, a most 

 noble Rose. 



The Rosa Lawrenciana are a class of miniature Roses 

 only fit for pots, and they are most exquisite, and should 

 be in every greenhouse. The Austrian Yellow Roses are 

 most beautiful, and so are the Persian Yellow. This is 

 a real golden yellow, and has a fine form. To get this 

 Rose to flower well very little pruning must be done to 

 it. It must be grown freely by giving it good soil and 

 manure, and so to get strong growth annually. Then 

 cut one half the growth back to within three or four 

 buds in the early spring or autumn, and leave the other 

 half of the preceding year's growth the full length, or 

 nearly so, merely tipping the ends of the long shoots, 

 and if a vigorous growth is maintained year by year, 

 no lack of abundance of this Rose will be felt. 



The propagation of Roses consists in multiplying them 

 by seed, by cuttings, by grafting, and by budding. 



By Seed. — Gather the heps in the autumn as soon 

 as they are ripe, which generally is late ; buiy them in 

 sand for a month or two, then take them out of the 

 sand, break them up, and clean the seed. Sow it in 

 deep seed-pans filled with maiden loam and dung of 

 equal parts, and set the pans on a gentle heat, or in a 

 warm forcing-house, and shade it till up. 



By Cuttings. — Whenever Roses have done flowering, 



