100 THE HYBRID PEEPETUAL ROSE. 



are large, very double, most fragrant, and pro- 

 duced till the end of October. Their habit is 

 robust and vigorous in a remarkable degree ; and, 

 above all, they are perfectly hardy, and will grow 

 well in any climate in Great Britain, however 

 far north ; but caution will be required in selecting 

 varieties for cold and damp localities, as those only 

 that open their flowers freely should be planted. 

 Some that are fine roses in a dry southern climate, 

 and also when forced, in a moist climate, will 

 seldom or never open their flowers. 



So many fine varieties are now (1863) in cul- 

 tivation, that sorts adapted to all climates may be 

 selected ; and so magnificent are many of the new 

 roses in this family, that it appears to me in a 

 few years they will supersede all others, except it 

 be a few Bourbon and Tea-scented' Eoses, which 

 have characters very distinct and interesting. 



The esteem these roses are now held in has 

 led, as usual, to abuse. We are overburthened 

 with varieties. Some cultivators enumerate nearly 

 300, divided into groups, having 'affinities and 

 characteristics.' These groups only tend to 

 confuse the amateur, and are really of no use and 

 no guide ; for what resemblance in habit the 

 great point for the amateur has Greant des 

 Batailles or Grloire de Kosomene with Pauline 

 Bonaparte and Ernestine de Barante ? They can- 

 not be planted in the same group with propriety. 

 The French cultivators have carried this division 



