86 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



our oldest variety, but still interesting and pretty. 

 Large plants of this rose may sometimes be seen, 

 seldom putting forth flowers; this is owing to 

 severe pruning, or to the winter killing the small 

 spray-like shoots, from which they are generally 

 produced. Superba is a variety approaching the 

 Grevillia Kose in appearance, but much more 

 dwarf and hardy. 



These roses have but few adaptations. I have 

 given under Grevillia Kose their culture as pillar 

 roses : for these and for warm situations against 

 walls, they are very ornamental : they also bloom 

 in the greatest perfection as standards, but they 

 will require removing to a warm shed in winter. 

 Grafted on short stems and grown in large pots, 

 they bloom freely, and form pretty objects, as 

 they produce their myriads of elegant flowers the 

 greater part of summer. 



THE EVERGREEN ROSE. 



(ROSA SEMPERVIRENS.) 



The original of this beautiful family is the Rosa 

 sempervirens, the climbing Wild Rose of Italy, 

 with small single white flowers, and foliage nearly 

 evergreen. Monsieur Jacques, the chief gardener 

 at the Chateau de Neuilly, has had the pleasure 

 of originating most of the varieties now in cul- 

 tivation ; two or three he has named after the 



