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Perpetuals, which now comprise all that is most perfect 

 and beautiful in form and colour. A Summer Rose tree, 

 whether bush or standard, when its flowers have passed 

 away is a most uninteresting object ; in a few years it is 

 most probable that with the exception of Moss Roses, 

 Summer Roses will be spoken of as things that were.' 



"With all deference to Mr Rivers' acknowledged 

 authority and taste, we must protest against this doctrine, 

 in behalf of Scotland at least. 



" We will not give up our Summer Roses. They are on 

 the whole hardier and better adapted for our climate than 

 the Hybrid Perpetuals, many of them raised at Lyons, or 

 in some of the warmer districts of France, and with a large 

 infusion of China blood in them. Many of the former, 

 such as Coupe d'Hebe, Chenedole, Kean, Madame 

 Soetmans, and some hundred others in the same families, 

 " make glorious summer" in July, when our weather is at 

 the finest, and at that season, so far as we have seen, they 

 are as yet not quite equalled by the Hybrid Perpetuals. 

 In Scotland, at least, the flowering of the latter in Septem- 

 ber and October greatly* to be prized in itself is only a 

 faint Indian Summer compared with the full orbed glory 

 of the former season." 



Now we can fancy another class of growers, whose soil 

 is light and warm, saying " We will not give up our very 

 full Roses, although in the best Rose soils they may be 

 indifferent or uncertain;" another class, "We will not 

 give up our sweet-scented or brilliantly coloured flowers, 

 although the florist may pronounce them deficient in shape 

 or fulness;" and so on throughout the whole range of 

 varieties. 



In support of growing a moderately large collection of 

 Roses I would say a cultivator with a large connection has 

 not only to consult a variety of tastes, but a variety of 

 soils, climates, purposes, &c., and it is well known to the 

 least experienced that the same varieties are not equally 

 good in different climates, situations, and soils. Thus the 



