42 THE ROSE. 



small flowers very early in the season ; they 

 require but little pruning. The two varieties 

 which are perhaps most grown are two hy- 

 brids, Stan well's Perpetual and Souvenir of 

 Henry Clay (raised in America) ; these give 

 a few flowers in autumn in addition to those 

 in spring. 



PART IL PERPETUAL OR AUTUM- 

 NAL ROSES. Blooming more than 

 once during the season, many of them 

 continuously from June to November, or 

 until cut off by the frost. 



CLASS i. SARMENTOUS, CLIMBING OR RUN- 

 NING ROSES. 



All of these will thrive in any ordinary, 

 good garden-soil, that is free from standing 

 water. The more vigorous varieties should 

 have but little pruning ; generally to thin out 

 branches that crowd the others will be all 

 the knife-work required. 



Hybrid Climbing Roses (Rosa Hybrida Scan- 

 dens'] are of modern origin and come from 

 various sources; the greater number are 

 sports of various Hybrid Perpetuals ; several 

 of them have an extra vigor of growth at the 

 expense of freedom and size of bloom, but 

 one variety, Climbing Jules Margottin, is not 



