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and under less favourable circumstances the free. The 

 following will form a pretty group of four beds of dwarf 

 Roses of neat and equal growth, producing masses of 

 flowers throughout the summer and autumn : Bourbon, 

 Queen (buff), China, Fabvier (crimson), Tea-Scented, Nar- 

 cisse (yellow), and Bourbon, Victor Emmanuel (purple). 

 Of moderate growth and nearly equal in freedom of flower- 

 ing are: The Common China (pink), Cramoisie Superieure 

 (crimson), Mrs Bosanquet (white), and Madame Falcot 

 (yellow). Of free or vigorous growth : Noisettes Fellen- 

 berg (crimson), Celine Forestier (yellow), Aimee Vibert 

 (white), and H.P., General Jacqueminot (crimson),are among 

 the best. These twelve varieties, grouped in fours of equal 

 growth, are the first we should claim for our own garden 

 on the ground of their freedom and constancy of bloom. 

 But this by no means exhausts the treasury. A goodly 

 store remains which, if less effective in massing, produce 

 flowers of larger size, and approaching more nearly to the 

 florists' standard of beauty. Of these, the descriptions of 

 which will be found in any of the Rose catalogues, we may 

 instance: HYBRID PERPETUALS Anna Alexieff, Baronne 

 Prevost, Beauty of Waltham, Dr Andry, Duchesse de 

 Morny, Elizabeth Vigneron, General d'Hautpoult, Globosa, 

 Jules Margottin, La Brillante, Lady Suffield, Lord Mac- 

 aulay, Madame Victor Verdier, Prince Camille de Rohan, 

 Prince de Joinville, Princess of Wales, Senateur Vaisse, 

 Triomphe des Fransais, Triomphe de 1'Exposition, and 

 Victor Verdier. BoURBON Souvenir de Malmaison; and 

 TEA-SCENTED Gloire de Dijon, Safrano, and Sombreuil. 

 Let us now trace briefly the best method of obtaining 

 as quickly as possible the desired masses of flowers. Re- 

 member at the outset a rich, deep, moderately strong loam 

 is the soil in which the Rose delights. It should be neither 

 wet nor dry, but moderately moist, and if this is not the 

 natural state of things in the garden, the nearer that it can 

 be approached artificially the better. If budded plants are 

 chosen they may be planted at any time between November 



