Roses for Specific Purposes, Si 



long-growing Rose will do, which is by no means the case. 

 There are comparatively few that are suitable, and especially 

 is this the case with red Roses j but red is a favourite colour, 

 and so people run the risk of utter failure. The following 

 Roses may be relied upon as rampant growers, and many 

 of them are nearly evergreen in foliage : Longworth Ram- 

 bler, a light crimson -coloured Rose, abundant in blossoming 

 and nearly evergreen ; and Reine Marie Henriette, a very 

 free grower, and producing large red flowers ; Cheshunt 

 Hybrid, a Hybrid Tea, like the two preceding, but 

 somewhat dull in colour, yet very fine ; Felicite Perpetue, 

 a hardy, vigorous Ro'Se, with very dark green foliage, and 

 covered with immense quantities of whitish flowers ; Reve 

 d ? Or, a Noisette of a most desirable character, splendid in 

 growth, and really beautiful for its foliage alone, the young 

 growth being of a bright red colour, while the flowers are 

 buff-yellow ; and William Allen Richardson, a deep orange- 

 coloured Rose, small in size, but vigorous in growth, and 

 very striking in colour. 



Climbing Aimee Vibert, so profuse in its clusters of 

 lovely white flowers, deserves a place in garden decoration. 

 There are also a few species of Roses which would answer 

 very well : Rosa indie a anemones -flora, white, makes long, 

 vigorous shoots, and is handsome in foliage. Then there are 

 R. Brunonis (syn. R. prcecox), with long shoots, and Rosa 

 multi-flora (syn. R. poly ant ha), a Japanese species ; the 

 growth of the latter is vigorous, its flowers are produced in 

 great abundance, and it is most deliciously scented. Other 

 varieties for the purpose are Mme. Alfred Carriere, Dundee 

 Rambler, Splendens, and Bennett's Seedling. Of these the 

 first is a Hybrid Noisette, and the last three are Ayrshires. 

 We do not consider the Roses of the Gloire de Dijon type are 

 suitable for Rose arches ; their shoots are, it is true, very 

 vigorous, and they blossom profusely, but the scarcity of 

 foliage and the long, tall, straggling shoots unfit them for 



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