120 THE AUTUMNAL ROSE GARDEN. 



not a certain autumnal bloomer. The White 

 Four- Seasons has an attractive name, but it does 

 not deserve it, as it has not the habit of the 

 True Four- Seasons Rose, producing constantly 

 terminal flower-buds, but more like the Common 

 White Damask, from which it is but little re- 

 moved. The Grand Perpetual, or Fabert's, is a 

 True Perpetual Kose of great excellence, requir- 

 ing a rich soil and good culture to bloom in per- 

 fection. It has one great fault, the flowers 

 produced in July are so large that they almost 

 invariably burst, but its autumnal flowers are 

 much more symmetrical. Grande et Belle, or 

 Monstreuse, is a rose of immense size and beauty, 

 and generally a good and True Perpetual. Hen- 

 riette Boulogne is a good rose, but rather an in- 

 constant autumnal bloomer. This, with some 

 others, the French distinguish as roses that " re- 

 montante- rarement," in contradistinction to the 

 True Perpetuals, which, they say, " remontante 

 franchement." Jean Hachette is a most immense 

 rose, and very double, but not a True Perpetual. 

 Jenny Audio is a rare rose, not remarkable 

 for any peculiar beauty, but fragrant, and a 

 True Perpetual. Josephine Antoinette is now an 

 old variety, but a True Perpetual of great excel- 

 lence. Louis Philippe, being introduced before 

 Antinous, has had a large share of admiration : its 

 immense size, under proper cultivation, and its 

 dark purple colour, make it even yet desirable ; it 



