52 THE ROSE GARDENS OF HERTFORDSHIRE. 



Chinese: General Allard, William Jesse, Lady Stuart, Ful- 

 gens. Bourbon: Armosa, Bouquet de Flore. French: 

 Boula de Nanteuil, Kean, Surpasse tout, Cerise superbe. 

 The Perpetual White Moss was also blooming here very 

 prettily ; and although the expanded flowers are neither 

 regular in form nor very double, the large clusters of well- 

 mossed buds it produces are unique and truly efegant. 

 Not only are these noted as superior kinds, but the trees 

 (for all were on stems) are large and handsome. There 

 was also less crowding and confusion of branches discover- 

 able than is usually seen in standard Roses owing to un- 

 skilful pruning. The standard Tea-Scented Roses were 

 particularly fine, which we believe due, in some part, to the 

 sheltered position they grow in, as the lawn on which they 

 were planted is open to the south only. 



Passing to the east front of the house, we found the 

 pillars there covered with the White Banksiae, Maria 

 Leonida (Macartney), and Coupe d'Hebe (Hybrid Bour- 

 bon), the two former white roses, the latter pink ; there 

 were also Clematis florida and C. azurea grandiflora, the 

 loveliest of the tribe. On the lawn opposite are two beds 

 of short standard Roses, the most striking of which were 

 Hybrid Chinese, &c. : Magna rosea, Great Western, and 

 Parigot. Hybrid Perpetual: Mrs Eliot, Clementine Seringe, 

 and Jacques Lafitte. French: Village Maid. Tea- Scented: 

 Le Pactole, Niphetos, very fine, and Adam. Bourbon : 

 Dupetit Thouars. Noisette: Euphrosyne. Alba: La 

 Seduisante. There was a plant of the Maiden's Blush with 

 several old stems ; four of these had been budded about 

 breast high, and formed four separate heads : Lamarque 

 (Noisette), sulphur, and Ne Plus Ultra (Hybrid Chinese), 

 crimson, were the varieties. A splendid standard of La 

 Biche (Noisette), the head about twenty feet in circum- 

 ference, a perfect specimen, laden with blossoms, stood 

 singly on the lawn, and was a very striking object. There 

 was also a standard and a dwarf standard Ruga trained as 

 weepers, both very pretty. The natural soil of this garden 



