KOSES i:^ GEN"ERAL CULTIVATION". 21 



Dorking fowl, they recognized an infinity of dis- 

 tinctive attributes which estrange that variety 

 from the Hybrid Bourbon in the most palpable 

 and objective form. But now that these sum- 

 mer roses are no longer paramount — rapidly dis- 

 appearing, on the contrary, before the superior 

 and more enduring beauty of those varieties 

 which bloom in summer and autumn too ; now 

 that several divisions formerly recognized are 

 gone from the catalogues, and others include but 

 two or three able-bodied roses on their muster- 

 roll — it would be advisable, I think, to ignore 

 altogether these minor distinctions, and to classify 

 as summer roses all those which bloom but once. 

 Not without a painful sigh can we older rosa- 

 rians witness the removal of our old landmarks — 

 not without a loyal sorrow do we say farewell to 

 friends who have brightened our lives with so 

 much gladness ; but we cannot long remember 

 our losses, surrounded as we are by such abun- 

 dant gains, and the tears of memory must pass 

 away as quickly as the dew in summer."* 



We think witliin a few years the suggestion of 

 Canon Hole will be partially carried out by 

 * S. Reynolds Hole. 



