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The colour is light rosy pink. This type needs no 

 real pruning, only thinning, etc. 



China Rose (Rosa indica Chinemis). Often called 

 the Monthly Rose, a somewhat absurd and inaccur- 

 ate title. The Roses of this type do best in light 

 soil and in open sunny positions. They flower 

 with the greatest freedom for a prolonged period. 

 Pruning should be fairly hard and the very weak 

 twiggy growtlis should be cut out. There is a 

 large selection of these Roses in various colours. 



Datnask Rose (Rosa datnascena). This type has 

 l>ccn L'rown in Great Britain for more than three 

 hundred years, and is said to be one of the parents 

 of the Hybrid Perpetual. Miwt of the Damask 

 Roses are light in colour. Prune lightly in March 

 or early April, and cut out old wood after the 

 flowering season. The true York and Lancaster 

 Rose, which is striped, belongs to this type. These 

 Roses do well in towns. They originally came from 

 the East, and are still very largely grown in Bul- 

 garia and Eastern Europe to make attar of roses. 

 The old crimson Damask was largely grown in 

 England at one time. It is almost a " single " 

 Rose. 



Evergreen Rose (Rosa semperviren-s). There is no 

 such thing as a really evergreen Rose, but Rosa 

 sempervirens gets very near to being one. f 'elicit e- 

 tt-Peri>etue, which used more often to be called 

 the " Seven Sisters " Rose, is, I think, the best Rose, 

 and the best known of this type. The late Rev. 



H. Honywood d'Ombrain, for long Secretary of the 

 National Rose Society, calls this Rose Felicite- 

 PerpetueUe, another rendering which means the 

 same tiling, whilst now it is often described as 

 Felicite Perp&ue. It would be as well, perhaps, 

 if one spelling could be adopted and adhered to. 

 There are several once popular Roses of this type 

 which are seldom or never heard of now. It is a 

 type of Rose that grows freely, I might say vigor- 

 ously, and flowers profusely. They are summer 

 flowering chiefly. 



Fair a Rose (Rosa indica minima). These are 

 generally raised from seed, and are very dwarf 

 China Roses. They are sold in numbers in pots, 

 and flower when from two to three months old. 

 The seeds can be obtained from seedsmen, and 

 growing them forms an interesting and instructive 

 amusement for intelligent children. 



Gallica Rose (Rosa gallica) (The French Rose). 

 Roses of this type are known to have been in exist- 

 ence for centuries, and are possibly the oldest of 

 all. They are hardy, easy to grow, and deliciously 

 sweet. The blooms are flat, but many of them are 

 full ; they flower early, and can easily be raised 

 from cuttings or by layering long shoots. Prune 

 in March or early April, and cut out old wood after 

 the flowering is over. Some of this type are striped 

 or variegated. Rosa Mundi, or Village Maid, is the 

 best known of the striped section. 



Hybrid Bourbon (Rosa bourboniana hybrida). 



A vigorous single Rose-- Una (Hybrid Brier), white. 



