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useful. Although very beautiful they are 

 scarcely general favourites. 



Bardou Job. Glowing crimson; this is a good 

 wall Rose, but is somewhat tender ; it is not quite 

 a single flower, and should probably be described 

 as semi-double. 



Hebe's Lip. A Sweet Brier, white edged carmine, 

 very beautiful ; an old Rose. 



Irish Elegance. One of several single Roses with 

 the prefix " Irish " ; buds orange scarlet, blossom 

 shades of apricot ; vigorous, flowers freely ; good 

 for button -holes, and a grand decorative flower. 



Macrantha. White with yellow stamens ; summer 

 flowering only ; very attractive ; can be grown as 

 a climber, pillar or bush. 



Maharajah. Velvety crimson, very large ; the 

 plant flowers with the greatest freedom, and is 

 vigorous in growth. 



Morgenroth. Pale scarlet with white centre; 

 this is a vigorous Hybrid Tea, and makes a good 

 bush or pillar, and flowers in the autumn. 



Moschata alba. White, a strong climber for 

 pergola or arch ; it flowers in clusters, and is very 

 sweetly perfumed; this Rose is the wild brier of 

 the Himalayas. 



Mrs. O. G. Orpen. Pale rosy pink, with golden 

 anthers ; a damask Rose and a vigorous half climber ; 

 summer flowering only ; badly subject to mildew. 



Simplicity. Pure white, large, nearly but not 

 quite single, a vigorous H.T. 



DWARF POLYANTHA ROSES 



These promise to provide a very large 

 class soon ; they are useful for edging beds 

 and borders, and bloom very freely. 



Aennchen Mutter. Bright pink, large and showy 

 flowers in clusters ; sweet, but liable to mildew. 



Aschenbrodel. Pale peach, deeper centre ; very 

 beautiful. 



Cecile Brunner. Blush white, shaded pale rose; 

 good. 



Ellen Poulson. Cerise ; fragrant. 



Erna Teschendorff. Crimson ; very vivid. 



Eugenie Lamesch. Clear yellow, buds edged 

 carmine ; has a scent like that of Violets. 



Jeanne d 'Arc. Milk white ; blossoms freely. 



Jessie. Cherry crimson, very vivid ; flowers 

 continuously. 



Leonie Lamesch. Bright coppery red, golden 

 centre, striking and pretty flower ; fragrant. 



Louise Walter. Porcelain pink, shaded white ; 

 called the Baby Tausendschon. 



Madame Levavasseur. A miniature Dorothy 

 Perkins. 



Mrs. W. H. Cutbush. Bright deep pink ; a 

 continuous bloomer, and extremely popular. 



Orleans Rose. Vivid rosy crimson, very free ; 

 and certainly one of the very best in this class. 



Rodhatte (Red Riding Hood). Rosy crimson ; very 

 sweet. 



Susie. Peach and salmon with red splashes ; 

 perfect rosette shaped buds opening slowly. 



SPECIES OR WILD TYPES OF ROSES 



Alba. Rosa alba is an old Rose that blossoms 

 in June and July, and bears small sweet-scented 

 flowers. It is the parent of some of the older 

 blush white Roses, such as Celestial. 



Ayrshire (Rosa repens scandens). Ayrshires are 

 sometimes described as Scotch Roses, probably 

 owing to the name, but the real Scotch Rose is 

 Rosa spinosissima, mentioned later on. Ayrshires 

 are rapid climbers and soon cover quite a large 

 area. The best known individual is probably 

 Bennett's Seedling, a most popular and useful Rose 

 with a distinctive scent not liked by everybody. 

 " The Rose Book " mentions a specimen, growing 

 in a park, which was 120 feet in circumference. 

 Truly an amazing Rose. Ruga is another specimen 

 which many people consider to be the best of all 

 the Ayrshires, but there is good ground for believing 

 it to be really a hybrid. Dundee Rambler is well 

 known, but it is not nearly so good a Rose as 

 the two before mentioned. There are several 

 others. 



Austrian Brier (Rosa lutea). An old kind intro- 

 duced into Great Britain more than three centuries 

 since. There are four forms of Austrian Brier-- 

 Copper, Yellow, Persian Yellow, and Harrisoni. 

 The first two bear single flowers, the last two 

 double ones. Harrisoni is golden yellow in colour. 

 These Briers do best in a rather poor soil. They 

 do not succeed well in towns. The tips of the 

 shoots should not be pruned off unless unripe and 

 soft, as the flowers are borne on them. Best grown 

 as dwarf bushes. 



Apple Rose (Rosa pomifera). This has shiny 

 green foliage, is very hardy, has single red blossoms, 

 but gets its name from the wonderful scarlet hips 

 which it bears in profusion if the flowers are left 

 to wither naturally on the bush. Only thinning 

 is required, no real pruning. 



Banksian (Rosa Banksiae). The small double 

 flowers are white or yellow, come early and are 

 borne in clusters. This type does not succeed well 

 in the north, and only moderately in the south. 

 A wall facing south is the best place to grow it, 

 but few people care to take the risk of having such 

 a wall left blank for a season. 



Bourbon (Rosa bourboniana). This came from 

 the Isle de Bourbon early in last century, and is 

 said itself to be a hybrid, not a true species. The 

 Bourbon Roses flower late in the season, but their 

 shape is not much approved of nowadays. They 

 need light pruning. Madame Isaac Pereire is 

 probably the best and most popular ; Mrs. Paul 

 is also well known, and Souvenir de la Malmaison 

 used to be one of the most popular of all Roses, 

 but it opens badly in wet, inclement weather, and 

 has fallen from its once high estate ; though under 

 favourable conditions it blooms both early and 

 late in profusion. 



Boursault (Rosa alpina). A hardy, thornless 

 type of climbing Rose that appears to be losing 

 ground in popular esteem. Amadis, red, is a grand 

 climber, but its colour is no longer liked, as it has 

 a bluish tint. Morletti, or inermis Morlettii, is a 

 fine climber, and flowers very early in the season. 



