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Gardening for Amateurs 



Roses of this type were grown much more thirty or 

 forty years ago than they are to-day. They are 

 free growing, hardy sorts. They are summer flower- 

 ing Roses, most of them are bright in colour, and 

 very sweet-scented. Coupe d'Hebe was once ex- 

 tremely popular, also Charles Lawson. They do 

 well in towns. 



Hybrid Chinese (Rosa indica hybridd). Raised 

 between Chinese and Provence or Gallica Roses, 

 but partaking more largely of the hardy and robust 

 character of the latter. Madame Plantier is one 

 of the best known, whilst Blairii No. 2, which 

 also belongs to this class, deserves to be much 

 more grown to-day than is actually the case. It 

 is a lovely Rose. 



Hybrid Tea-Scented (Rosa indica crossed with 

 Damasce.no, that is to say, Tea and Damask Roses 

 crossed). This is the old description, but it is no 

 longer strictly adhered to, and Hybrid Perpetuals 

 and other Roses are now often crossed with the 

 Teas, and are naturally described as Hybrid Teas, 

 which, of course, they really are. The class has 

 now become very extensive. 



Hybrid Perpetual (Rosa gallica crossed with 

 Rosa damascena). Less than twenty years ago 

 this was the popular class, and most prize-winning 

 Roses belonged to it. The title is a misnomer, 

 as many other classes of Roses are much more 

 entitled to be called " perpetual " flowering. The 

 greater number of the so-called H.P.'s, or Hybrid 

 Perpetuals, flower freely for a few weeks in the 

 summer and then give a few blossoms later on in 

 the year after a rest. Some of the members of this 

 class give no autumnal blooms at all. Most of the 

 full rich crimson Roses are still found in this class. 

 A very good characteristic they possess is that 

 nearly all are fragrant. 



Hybrid Sweet Brier (Rosa rubiginosa hybrida). 

 These Roses are the Penzance Briers raised by Lord 

 Penzance and called after him. He crossed the 

 common. Sweet Brier with the yellow Noisette 

 Fortune's Yellow, and sundry other Roses. This 

 produced a hardy and beautiful race with various 

 colours, but having sweet scented foliage. The 

 flowers of some are also sweet scented. In effecting 

 the crosses Lord Penzance found that when the 

 Sweet Brier was used as the seed plant all the 

 progeny had fragrant foliage, but that when the 

 Sweet Brier was used as the pollen plant fragrance 

 in the foliage was lacking. Some of these briers, 

 such as Julia Mannering (pink) and Anne of 

 Geierstein (crimson), grow to a great height, 

 10, 12 or 14 feet, but others, such as the gorgeous 

 though small-flowered Lady Penzance (coppery 

 yellow), exhibit but a very moderate growth. 

 There is great variety of colour in the flowers, but 

 all are single. 



Moss (Rosa centifolia muscosa). These Roses 

 are said to be " sports " from Provence Roses. 

 The original Moss Roses were at some time improved 

 by being crossed with Chinese Roses, and hybrid 

 Chinese Roses and the present type were the result. 

 The moss on the buds and flowers gathers dirt 

 and holds impurities in town gardens, but grown 

 in the purer ah- of the country these Roses are at 



their best and are often very beautiful. They do 

 not mix or combine well with other kinds, so are 

 best kept to themselves or grown in isolated bush 

 form. They are most easily obtained on their own 

 roots by layering long shoots. They seem to be 

 getting less and less popular. Forty years ago 

 most gardens in the country had one or more 

 old Roses, either Maiden's Blush, the Common 

 Monthly, or a white Moss Rose in large bush form. 

 Blanche Moreau, the well-known white, seems to be 

 more grown than any other nowadays. It is 

 deliciously fragrant. Another white Moss called 

 White Bath is a good Rose, and is preferred by some 

 to Blanche Moreau. To do really well these Roses 

 need not only fresh country air, but a rich soil 

 and plenty of manure. 



Multi flora or Polyantha (Rosa multi flora). Multi- 

 flora scandens is the name of the tall growing or 

 climbing section of these Roses,and Crimson Rambler, 

 which used to be called Turner's Crimson Rambler, 

 is possibly the best known. Euphrosyne (pink) and 

 Aglaia (yellow) are others. The first members 

 of this class were brought to this country from 

 Japan. It is an extremely useful class of Rose, but 

 has lost some of its popularity owing to the im- 

 portation and development of Wichuraiana climbing 

 Roses. The dwarf section is being developed very 

 freely, and already numbers nearly one hundred 

 names. Some of the more modern ones have quite 

 large blooms ; Orleans (rosy crimson), Jessie (cherry 

 crimson), Erna Teschendorff (vivid crimson), Jeanne 

 d'Arc (white), and various others are all very 

 beautiful. These dwarf really perpetual flowering 

 Roses are now being planted very largely in place 

 of Geraniums and Begonias. They go on from 

 year to year and save the expense and trouble of 

 annually bedding out plants. 



Noisette (Rosa moschata Noisettiana). These 

 Roses are said to be the result of a cross between 

 Musk Roses and China Roses. Modern Noisettes 

 are believed to have been crossed with other Roses 

 such as Teas and Hybrid Teas, but be that as it 

 may, the modern Roses of this class are not so hardy 

 and strong as those of the original type, of which 

 Aimee Vibert is perhaps the best known now. 

 Desprez a Fleur Jaune (red and buff) was once very 

 popular. William Allen Richardson is probably the 

 chief favourite in this class at present. Noisette 

 Roses require thinning and shortening rather than 

 pruning in the ordinary sense of the word. Marechal 

 Niel is perhaps the most striking individual in this 

 class ; it has yet to be excelled. 



Provence (Rosa centifolia). Rcses of this type 

 are often described as " Cabbage " Roses, a mis- 

 leading name. Indeed it is a pity that such a title 

 was ever bestowed upon so beautiful and useful a 

 flower, which, moreover, is probably the most 

 sweetly scented of all Roses. This Rose is hardy, 

 long-lived and prolific ; it has been grown in 

 British gardens for several hundred years, and 

 individual plants have been known to survive for 

 the greater part of a century. It is possible, there- 

 fore, indeed it is probable, that in some old country 

 gardens Provence Roses have passed the century 

 in length of existence. These Roses should be 



