152 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



fice, is at once accomplished. These plants, whose 

 luxuriance and immense flowers (perhaps the largest 

 known) have been the result of hybridizing and 

 exciting culture, deserve all the care that can be 

 bestowed upon them. Every encouragement must 

 be given to promote the growth of the plant, which 

 is best done in the winter season by composts and 

 manures, or in the summer by rich waterings ; 

 these waterings should not be given oftener than 

 once a week. As these roses are yet quite scarce 

 on their own roots, we have introduced a standard 

 rose, at page 87, to show their beauty and the effect 

 they have. When trained in that way they are 

 gems in the parterre regular nosegays elevated to 

 a convenient distance to enjoy all their beauty and 

 fragrance. When there are mossy, yellow, and 

 striped roses in this family, rose culture will have 

 approached its climax. 



PERPETUAL DAMASK ROSES. 



FOURTEEN years ago, this division of the Rose 

 was known only to a very limited extent, not 

 going beyond the old Monthly Damask and the 

 Portland the types of the group, which in that 



