CHAPTER IX 

 CUPID AND BUSH VARIETIES 



WE are indebted to America for both of these sections, 

 and it is well within the bounds of possibility that they 

 thrive perfectly in the climate of California and the United 

 States of America ; but they certainly do not flourish here, 

 and they are never likely to become popular. 



The Bush varieties are precisely similar in their require- 

 ments to the general section, but instead of attaining to a 

 height of anything from 6 feet upwards, they only grow 

 between 3 and 4 feet. If they could be relied upon 

 to give abundant blossoms at that height they would 

 undoubtedly be welcome in the smaller gardens, for the 

 ordinary varieties are rather apt to take up more space 

 than the amateur can properly afford. Unfortunately the 

 Bush plants are not satisfactory in this respect ; therefore 

 they are rarely grown in this country. Some of these days 

 they may be so much improved that they will rival the 

 others in floriferousness, and when that time comes it is 

 safe to predict for them an era of popularity. 



The Cupid section is, perhaps, less satisfactory still, 



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