8 4 Roses for Amateurs. 



planting, all that need be done is to remove old and 

 exhausted wood after flowering. The yellow variety is the 

 favourite. 



Bourbon Roses. 



Chiefly valued as autumn Roses and from the fact that 

 several of the varieties make excellent town plants. Pruning 



Austrian Briar Rose Austrian Yellow p. 83). 



will depend largely upon the individual, as these Roses vary 

 much in character. The vigorous varieties (of which the 

 time-honoured Souvenir de la Malmaison is a type) need only 

 have their strongest shoots slightly shortened. Weak-grow- 

 ing, on the other hand, need more severe priming. Mrs. 

 Paul with the variety already named (Zephirine Drouhin) 

 should be grown, while other excellent types are Setmay 

 Hermosa (Armosa) and Mme. Isaac Periere. 



