RIVIERA GARDEN ROSES 85 



Testout entirely takes the place of La France, which 

 never showed itself to perfection on this coast. 

 Marquise Litta has made its mark also, and is very 

 rich and bright in colour during the winter. Gloire 

 Lyonnaise and Captain Christy are splendid winter 

 bloomers, but the flowers are not considered so 

 valuable for the market. Belle Siebrecht is also 

 becoming a very popular Rose, while Mme. Jules 

 Grolez is considered worthless, for its petals are soft 

 and easily spoilt, and it does not grow with anything 

 like the same vigour. There is no doubt that many 

 of the Roses that do well in English gardens do not 

 enjoy a more southern climate, and it is curious to 

 remark how the descriptions of French raisers refer 

 generally to Roses grown in a hotter climate than 

 England, so that their descriptions are not so likely 

 to mislead in the south as those in the north are apt 

 to imagine. 



Hybrid Perpetual Roses are little grown, and are 

 chiefly used for late autumn cutting out of doors. 

 For the first three months of the year they are now 

 flowered under glass, so that they can be cut with 

 the long stems required in France. I need only 

 mention Paul Neyron (so fine in December), Ulrich 

 Brunner, Baroness Rothschild, Mrs. John Laing, 

 General Jacqueminot, and Eclair as the best and 

 most useful here. The growth of Roses under glass 

 for market in January, February, and early March 

 has become a great industry, and is largely displacing 

 the hardy winter-blooming Teas grown on the sunny 

 terraces. 



