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the road. He can take the names of those he admires most, order 

 them in due course, and then see what they are like in his own 

 hands. To get them up to show standard he will have to do 

 more than buy strong plants, and plant them in deep, well- 

 manured ground ; he will have to prune hard, to thin the shoots, 

 and to sacrifice some of the flower buds. Many amateurs who 

 visit shows expect that every variety whose name they write down 

 will come exactly the same in their own gardens as they saw it on 

 the stand as large, as perfect in form, as fresh, and as rich in 

 colour without any special treatment. Of course they are wrong, 

 and suffer disappointment. If, however, they will be satisfied with 

 a little less than exhibition standard rather smaller size, less 

 regular contour they may get great pleasure out of H.P. 

 Roses. The varieties have two well-marked flowering periods, 

 the first being the end of June or the early part of July, and 

 the second the first half of September. They are not continuous 

 bloomers, like the Teas. There are, however, one or two varieties, 

 notably the lovely pink Mrs. John Laing, which bloom over a 

 much longer period than the majority. 



We have seen that the Hybrid Perpetuals are of mixed 

 parentage, the Monthly, Bourbon and Damask Roses having all 

 been used as parents for them. They are mostly green-stemmed, 

 with five rough leaflets. If a shoot comes up from the base which 

 grows very strongly, and has smooth leaves divided into seven 

 parts instead of five, it is probably not a part of the Rose plant, 

 but of the stock on which it w r as budded, and had better be 

 pulled off at the base. As a class the H.P.'s are very strongly 

 scented, and this is one of their greatest recommendations. 

 All are not equally fragrant, and one or two, such as Baroness 

 Rothschild and Her Majesty, are practically scentless. Recog- 

 nising that Rose lovers look for perfume, we will presently give 

 a special selection of fragrant Roses. 



H.P. Roses are generally budded on the Manetti stock in 



