4 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



It is only of late years, since an increased recogni- 

 tion of the delights of the garden has spread anew 

 throughout Britain, and is rapidly extending through 

 her colonies, that any notable additions have been 

 made to the garden Roses. But our best Rose 

 growers have not been slow to perceive how gladly 

 their good new garden Roses have been welcomed ; 

 the success of these has encouraged further effort, 

 and whereas a few years ago lists of new Roses were 

 mostly attractive to specialists, and consisted almost 

 exclusively of Hybrid Perpetuals and Teas, the new 

 Rose lists of to-day include kinds that appeal to every 

 one who loves a garden. 



The reason for the older limitation may be easily 

 understood, for whereas success in growing the show 

 Roses depends, to begin with, either on the possession 

 of a good Rose soil, or on those qualifications of 

 knowledge, determination, and command of money 

 that can create one where it does not exist, the wants 

 of the free and "garden" Roses are so comparatively 

 modest, they are so accommodating and so little fastidi- 

 ous, that with very moderate preparation and encour- 

 agement they can be made to succeed in much poorer 

 soils. Then it is but few that aspire to the honours 

 of the show table, while nearly every one who is 

 master of a rood of land now desires to enjoy it as 

 a garden. 



So it has come about that one after another, more 

 and more garden Roses have come into use and 

 have come into being. One of the first of the out- 

 siders to be adopted as a garden Rose was the 



