6 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



deep rose, very double, but not quite so much so 

 as those of the Dutch Provence. This forms a 

 splendid standard. Wilberforce is a new variety, 

 and very splendid. This and La Simplicite are 

 slightly hybridised with some dark variety of 

 Kosa gallica, which has greatly added to their 

 beauty, as they both produce flowers approaching 

 to dark crimson, a rare colour among Provence 

 Roses. 



Since the publication of the first edition but 

 few additions have been made to this family. In 

 Appendix, List No. 2. I have given the names of 

 a few new varieties, among which the Superb 

 Striped Unique may be mentioned, as being very 

 beautiful and constant in its variegation ; it is of 

 less vigorous growth than the common Striped 

 Unique, its leaves are nearly round and deeply 

 serrated: this is not the variety mentioned as 

 being grown in Sussex, but a French variety, 

 which was found among others, and propagated 

 on account of its distinct character ; the same rose 

 appears to have bloomed at Grimstone Park, 

 Yorkshire, in great perfection. ! 



There are but two ways in which Provence 

 Roses can be employed as ornaments to the 

 flower-garden, as standards for the lawn, and 

 as dwarfs for beds. Standards of some of the 

 varieties, if grown on a strong clayey soil, form 

 fine objects of ornament, as their large globular 

 flowers are so gracefully pendent. In this de- 



