130 THE CHINA EOSE. 



remembered, will bloom constantly from June till 

 October, Clara Sylvain and Madame Bureau are 

 beautiful; the former is the taller grower, and 

 should be planted in the centre of the bed; for 

 crimson, take Cramoisie Superieure no other 

 variety approaches this in its peculiar richness of 

 colour; for scarlet, Fabvier; for deep crimson, 

 Eugene Beauharnais; for blush, Mrs. Bosanquet; 

 for a variegated group, changeable as the chame- 

 leon, take Archduke Charles and Virginie; for 

 rose, Madame Breon. I picture to myself the 

 above on a well-kept lawn, their branches pegged 

 to the ground so as to cover the entire surface, 

 and can scarcely imagine anything more chaste 

 and beautiful. All the varieties described in this 

 article will be found desirable for pot-culture : 

 they are more hardy, and bloom more abundantly 

 in a lower temperature than the Tea-scented 

 Eoses, and are thus admirably adapted for the 

 f window garden. ' 



Raising Varieties from Seed. 



To succeed in making these roses bear and 

 ripen their seed in this country, a warm dry soil 

 and south wall are necessary ; or, if the plants 

 can be trained to a flued wall, success will be 

 more certain. Eugene Beauharnais, fertilised with 

 Fabvier, would probably produce first-rate brilliant 

 coloured flowers. Archduke Charles, by remov- 



