82 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



crimson flowers all the winter through if only there 

 be no frost. For hedges and pillars this is most 

 decorative when it contrasts with the Banksian or 

 Lamarque Roses, and forms a splendidly toned back- 

 ground to all light-coloured Roses. 



Another climbing red Rose that I have never seen 

 to advantage in England is heavily weighted by its 

 senseless name, La France de 1889. Nevertheless, 

 it is a very large, fragrant, and deep rose-red flower 

 of great beauty, which makes prodigious shoots in 

 autumn, and flowers by degrees, beginning at the top 

 in December and continuing to do so lower down the 

 long shoots throughout the season. It is of the very 

 largest size, fragrant, and double, but I think it is 

 capricious in some gardens, as beauties are apt to be. 



A Rose much seen I only mention to reprobate 

 in this climate, that is, Reine Olga de Wurtemberg, 

 which though so good in England is here so fleeting 

 and ugly in colour that I regret to see it, even though 

 it be only for one week in early spring. Not so 

 Marie Lavall^e, a delightful blush pink, semi-double 

 climbing Rose, the latest and the earliest of its colour, 

 vigorous and fresh in every way. 



Duchesse de Nemours is a fragrant and bright pink 

 climber, double, and of fine size and form, which is 

 only to be found in a few old gardens, but is far too 

 good a Rose to pass by. In December, and again in 

 May, it will produce a wonderful effect. It seems less 

 easy to propagate from cuttings than other Roses, and 

 is to be found in only one nurseryman's list, but I am 

 glad to say its merit has been recognised, and a stock 



