78 Roses for Amateurs. 



of the twelve months. With regard to York and Lancaster 

 Roses, it may be stated that two varieties are sold under 

 this name. The true type is flat white, striped with red, or 

 sometimes half red or half white and at others all red or all 

 white flowers on same stem. The variety often sold as York 

 and Lancaster is Rosa Mundi, red with white stripes. 



Many classes of Roses are requisitioned to make up 

 what by Rose specialists are familiarly known as Garden 

 Roses. There are, as we have already said, those old Roses 

 of our childhood, which many remember with so much affec- 

 tion, and also a number of single or nearly single Roses, such 

 as macrantha, Paul's Carmine Pillar, Bardou Job, Paul's 

 Royal Scarlet, &c. ; all the single and nearly single Sweet 

 Briars ; and that remarkable Rose, Crimson Rambler, which 

 created such a furore a few years ago. Into this class also 

 are relegated, as already suggested, many Roses which for- 

 merly were placed amongst exhibition flowers but, having 

 been distanced by new varieties, are retained for their decora- 

 tive qualities and freedom of flowering, such as John Hopper, 

 Jules Margottin, and Gloire de Margottin ; some of the Tea 

 and Noisette flowers, which for peculiarity of colouring are 

 greatly admired, and without which no Rose-garden would 

 be complete for who would like to be without William Allen 

 Richardson, Madame Chedane Guinoisseau, or L'Ideal? We 

 will a little later on deal with the more noteworthy of these 

 sections. 



Roses for Specific Purposes. 



" Climbing " and Weeping Roses. 



In former days there were all sorts of fanciful designs 

 for training Roses over trellises, arches, etc., but after a 

 time these fell into desuetude, only to be revived some years 

 after. Pillars or poles are now largely used, and some 

 of the varieties of what are called " climbing " Roses (for 



