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well mossed. Princess Royal for form and colour is one 

 of the gems of this group ; the flowers are salmon-flesh, 

 not over large ; the growth is hardly vigorous, but both 

 growth and flowers are improved by close pruning. Pur- 

 purea rubra is a good free hardy sort with large full 

 purple flowers. Reine Blanche is a large full pure white 

 Rose, of perfect outline, but rather flat ; it grows as freely 

 as Madame Hardy, and has some points of resemblance 

 to that variety. White Bath, the best of the white Moss 

 Roses where it thrives well, is unfortunately capricious, 

 which detracts much from its value. Every garden should 

 have a bed or beds of Moss Roses, either on their own 

 roots or budded close to the ground. Manure highly, 

 prune closely, and they will yield a rich harvest of the 

 sweetest and most beautiful flowers. 



No. II. SUMMER ROSES. 

 \From "The Gardeners' Chronicle" 1863, p. 221.] 



THE FRENCH AND ITS HYBRIDS, once the leading group 

 of the genus, has been depreciated more than any other 

 by the improvements of modern times. It must not, 

 however, be yet laid aside. The varieties grow freely in 

 any common garden soil, and produce fine masses of highly 

 fragrant flowers in the summer time. The colours are 

 varied and beautiful, the growth compact, and the plants 

 require close pruning. Adele Prevost is a pretty silvery- 

 blush Rose of good form, and flowers very freely. Boula 

 de Nanteuil is a superior crimson-purple variety with fiery 

 centre, still one of the best of very dark Summer Roses. 

 Cynthie produces pale rose-coloured flowers delicately 

 margined with blush, and is also a free flowering sort. 

 The Duchess of Buccleuch is a large bold dark rose- 

 coloured flower with blush margin, a little coarse, but 

 still a show Rose. Grandissima, or Louis Philippe as it is 

 also called, is a good purplish rose-coloured variety. Kean 



