no AUTUMNAL ROSES. 



very sweet. To grow them in perfection they should be 

 planted as conservatory climbers, or if grown out-of-doors 

 are best trained against a south wall in a soil that is dry 

 and warm. If left unpruned for two to three years, 

 merely nailing the shoots to the wall, they will bloom in 

 perfection. 



No. III. AUTUMNAL ROSES. 



[From " The Gardeners' 1 Chronicle," 1863,^. 270.] 



I SHALL here, as with Summer Roses (p. 103), de- 

 scribe the leading groups only. The PERPETUAL Moss 

 are desirable because they prolong the season of Moss 

 Roses ; beyond this not very much can be said in their 

 favour. They are for the most part of shy growth, and 

 not overburdened with moss. They require a rich soil, 

 and should be pruned closely. Empress Eugenie is the 

 prettiest of the group, but also one of the most diffi- 

 cult to preserve in health, being naturally a short-lived 

 Rose. The flowers are bright red, of medium size, full 

 and perfect in form ; the growth is dwarf. General Drouot 

 grows freely enough, but the flowers, which are crimson 

 and purple shaded, are only semi-double. Hortense 

 Vernet produces white flowers, shaded with rose. Madame 

 Edouard Ory is one of the best ; the growth is free, the 

 flowers bright rosy carmine, large, full, and fine. Per- 

 petual White Moss is also an excellent variety ; the 

 flowers are white, produced in clusters, well mossed; 

 perhaps the most interesting of the group. Salet is a 

 good Rose, very free and hardy ; the flowers are bright 

 rose, margined with blush, large and full. 



The HYBRID PERPETUAL, now the leading group of 

 the genus, is of comparatively modern date, being a new 

 branch of an old stock. In 1837, mv friend, M. Laffay, 

 of Bellevue, sent me a beautiful purplish Rose, which he 

 called Princesse Helene, describing it with all the enthu- 



