258 The Rose Garden. 



6. RUGA ; flowers flesh-colour, changing to creamy white, large and double ; form 

 cupped ; very sweet. A good seed-bearer. 



SCANDENS ; see Alice Gray. 



7. SPLENDENS (Myrrh-scented) ; flowers pale flesh, buds crimson when young, 

 presenting a pretty effect on the tree, large and double ; form globular. One of the 

 best of Weeping Roses. A good seed-bearer. 



THORESBYANA ; see Bennett's Seedling. 



8. VIRGINIAN RAMBLER ; flowers white, shaded with pink, double ; form compact. 



Rosa Sempervirens 



GROUP XVII. THE EVERGREEN ROSE. 



The Sempervirens Rose abounds throughout the middle of Europe, and is 

 supposed to have been introduced to England in 1629. It is suited for the same 

 purposes as the Ayrshire, from which it differs by producing its flowers in corymbs 

 instead of singly, and by holding its beautiful dark green leaves till the depth of 

 winter. On account of these properties we think it more valuable than the last- 

 mentioned. It is not strictly evergreen as its name would lead us to suppose. It is 

 very hardy, of vigorous growth, and an abundant bloomer. As Pillar or Pergola 

 Roses some varieties are very beautiful, rising quickly to the height of ten or twelve 

 feet, their pretty ranunculus-shaped flowers drooping in graceful corymbs of from ten 

 to fifty blooms each. In pruning they require much thinning, and the shoots left 

 should be merely tipped. 



1. ADELAIDE D'ORLtfANS (LJopoldine d' Orleans) ; flowers creamy white, of medium 

 size, full ; form globular. Blooms in large handsome clusters. A good Climbing or 

 Weeping Rose. 



2. BANKSI.EFLORA ; flowers cream colour, with yellowish centres, of medium 

 size, very double ; form cupped. A distinct and good Pillar or Climbing Rose ; the 

 foliage of a light green. Requires very little pruning. 



3. DONNA MARIA ; flowers pure white, of medium size, full ; form cupped ; fine. 

 A beautiful Rose, blooming in handsome trusses ; foliage pale green ; growth less 

 vigorous than others. Raised by M. Vibert. 



4. FLICIT PERPTUE ; flowers flesh colour, changing to white, produced in 

 graceful trusses, drooping with their own weight, of medium size, full ; form compact. 

 A superb Pillar, Climbing, or Weeping Rose. Raised at the Chateau de Neuilly in 

 1828. 



5. FLORA ; flowers fine bright rose, full. 



