1 88 GROUPING OF GARDEN VARIETIES OF ROSES. 



with north or west aspect, growing rampantly and 

 flowering freely there. , 



SECTION VI. 



GROUP XIX. The Boursault Rose. I have never seen 

 the varieties of this group grow and flower better than 

 they did on a north wall in my father's nursery some forty 

 years ago. Although a gravel walk ran within two feet of 

 the wall, the latter was every year completely covered with 

 hanging masses of flowers. 



SECTION VII. 



GROUP XX. T/ie Multiflora Rose. This group 

 furnishes some very pretty and distinct Roses, and I 

 remember when they were much more popular than at 

 present. Some of the loveliest varieties are tender, and it 

 is probably owing to this fact that they have lost caste. 

 Still they are well worthy of a place in some sheltered 

 spot in the garden. 



GROUP XXI. The Polyantha Rose. This is a com- 

 paratively modern group similar to the last, but sufficiently 

 distinct from it, from the cultivator's point of view^ to 

 demand separation. The flowers are small and produced 

 in enormous clusters. 



SECTION VIII. 



GROUP XXII. The Banksian Rose. This is the last 

 of our summer-flowering groups. The flowers are very 

 small and produced in clusters. The prettiest varieties 

 are the ordinary white and yellow, the former of which is 

 sweet-scented. Both in this country require a wall and 

 warm soil, and they should be pruned immediately after 

 flowering. 



DIVISION II. AUTUMNAL ROSES. 



SECTION IX. 



GROUP XXIII. --The Berberry - leaved Rose. The 

 " Berberiifolia Hardii" is a well-known variety, with small 



