RIVIERA GARDEN ROSES 79 



and nowhere out of place, though it loses its leaves 

 in the month of January. 



Rosa sinica, commonly called Rose Camellia on this 

 coast (another eastern Rose), is an especial favourite 

 here. Rampant in growth, abundant in its single 

 white flowers, which first open in March, with thorny 

 shoots whose red stems and glossy foliage enhances 

 the purity of the petals, it heralds the arrival of spring, 

 and prefers light and poor soils where many other 

 Roses fail. Its new companion and hybrid, R. S. 

 Anemone, promises to become even more beautiful, 

 and being of a soft rose-du-Barri tint, will soon find 

 its way everywhere, as there is no climbing Rose of its 

 particular and lovely shade of colour. 



Rosa bracteata. — The Macartney Rose is rarely seen, 

 as it flowers so late in spring, but as it blossoms well 

 in autumn when R. sinica is barren, it should not be 

 omitted. Its glossy, perfectly evergreen foliage is 

 quite unique, and the long sprays tipped with its 

 scented flowers in November are greatly admired. 



R. Marie Leonidas (a double form of this Rose) is 

 the freest winter bloomer of this section. Most 

 beautiful in a few gardens, it is not grown as much 

 as it deserves, as it is not a flower for the market, 

 which alone is the criterion of worth to French gar- 

 deners. It should not be omitted by the amateur. 



R. Fortunei. — To China again we are indebted for 

 this lovely climber, perhaps in a sense the most 

 notable of those yet mentioned, for it does not and 

 cannot show its real beauty in northern gardens, 

 where it needs shelter. Plant it near an Olive or 



