196 DEVELOPMENT OF HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 



went on he attained results which have given pleasure to 

 thousands of cultivators, and should long keep his memory 

 green. 



It will be expected that I should say something about 

 my own efforts in the development of Hybrid Perpetual 

 Roses. My objects from the first were to widen the range 

 of colour in the flower and strengthen the constitution of 

 the plant. Later on the advancement of every feature of 

 the flower towards a fixed ideal took possession of me, and 

 for this I worked. Some of the results have been long 

 before the world, and it is not for me to pass an opinion 

 on them. 



As to the future, I am of the opinion that an immense 

 deal may yet be done in the development of this lovely 

 group by cross-breeding. It is impossible to say, except 

 after actual experiment, what can and what cannot be 

 done. It is, however, sufficiently reasonable to suppose 

 that the various groups will intermix, almost without 

 limit, to justify a certain expenditure of time in making 

 the experiment. 



SEEDLING EOSES. 



\From " The Gardeners 1 Magazine" 2.ndjuly 1892,^. 363.] 



I HAVE often wondered that our Rose amateurs do 

 not engage more frequently in the raising of Seed- 

 ling Roses. It is a most fascinating employment, and one 

 which the man of leisure might be content to call profit- 

 able. Leisure for reflection, and also leisure for planning 

 and acting, are, however, a sine quA non of success, and 

 hence the grower of Roses for sale, with the constant calls 

 on his time and the difficulty of securing uninterrupted 

 leisure, finds it hard to follow as a matter of profit. Once 

 during my life I gave up a summer's holiday of some 

 weeks, and during the whole of the time did nothing but 



