Classification of Garden Roses. 89 



shortening the tips of the strong shoots, and cutting out the 

 weak and exhausted wood of the Climbers. 



Provence Roses (Rosa centifolia). 



Delightful Roses that need to be closely pruned. 

 Desirable varieties are : Cabbage, Commandant Beaurepaire, 

 Crested, and Unique. 



Raman as Roses (Rosa rugosa). 



For hedges and shrubberies these are well adapted, being 

 admired alike for their flowers and brilliant " heps." No 

 pruning beyond the removal of useless wood is needed after 

 the first spring. Of varieties the following may be recom- 

 mended : Alba, Atropurpurea, Blanc Double de Coubert, 

 Mme. Georges Bruant, Nova Zembla, Fimbriata, Conrad F. 

 Meyer, and Repens Alba. Though the beautiful " heps " are 

 quite as decorative as the flowers, yet they are badly attacked 

 by birds unless some preventive measures be taken. 

 Bentley's Quassia preparation is as good as anything to spray 

 on the plants. 



Scotch Roses (Rosa spinosissima). 



Very thorny Roses, needing no pruning after the first 

 season. Stamvell Perpetual is one of the earliest as well 

 as one of the latest to flower. 



Wichuraiana (Lucia:) Hybrids. 



A comparatively new section, and a most useful one, the 

 varieties being adapted for banks, arches, pergolas, or for 

 pegging down in beds. No pruning is necessary. Dorothy 

 Perkins, Eliza Robichon, Gardenia, Hiawatha, Manda's 

 Triumph, Pink Roamer, and Rene Andre, are all to be 

 recommended. If a further selection be needed of these 

 distinctive Roses, then we would suggest Lady Gay, 

 Wichuraiana Rubra, Auguste Barbier, Edmund Proust, 

 and Jersey Beauty. 



