178 THE AUTUMNAL ROSE GAKDEX. 



the group : in dry situations this is a most beau- 

 tiful rose, but in wet weather its flowers do not 

 open well. Maria Leonida is now an established 

 favourite : its fine bell-shaped flowers of the purest 

 white, sometimes slightly tinged with pink to- 

 wards their centre, and its bright red anthers 

 peeping from among its central petals, give it an 

 elegant and pleasing character. Rosa Hardii, or 

 Rosa Berberifolia Hardii, is a most interesting 

 rose, lately raised from seed by Monsieur Hardy, 

 of the Luxembourg Gardens, from Rosa involu- 

 crata, a variety of Rosa bracteata, fertilised with 

 that unique rose, Rosa berberifolia, or the Single 

 Yellow Persian rose. This curious hybrid, like 

 its Persian parent, has single yellow flowers with a 

 dark eye (much like Cistus formosus), and ever- 

 green foliage; it seems quite hardy, and forms 

 the very prettiest li ttle bush possible. It will pro- 

 bably be the parent of an entirely new group ; and 

 what can be imagined more interesting in roses 

 than varieties with double yellow flowers and 

 evergreen leaves. 



Macartney Roses sometimes suffer when ex- 

 posed to severe frost in the open borders of the 

 flower-garden: they will therefore require the 

 same protection as recommended for the Noisette 

 roses in cold situations. Maria Leonida is a fine 

 border rose, for, by pegging down its shoots as 

 they are produced in summer, a few plants soon 

 cover a bed, or clump, with a dense mass of 



