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vigorous rose that soon forms a fairly big bush, or may 

 be trained as a pillar rose, has large fragrant rose-coloured 

 flowers. Captain Hayward, light red, is also sweetly 

 scented. The old Cabbage Rose or Rose of Provence 

 perhaps excels them all in point of fragrance. Dr. 

 O'Donel Browne, one of the newer varieties, of carmine- 

 rose colouring, and the new yellow variety Duchess of 

 Wellington, possess quite a marked fragrance. Dupuy 

 Jamain and Etienne Levet are two old varieties of rose 

 colouring that are markedly sweet-scented. 



The old Gloire de Dijon still holds high rank among 

 fragrant roses, and when grown against a wall the blooms 

 seem especially sweet. The crimson, semi-double Griiss 

 an Teplitz, that makes a big bush, and is remarkably 

 showy in autumn ; Souvenir de Maria de Zayas and 

 Viscountess Folkestone, to which I have already alluded ; 

 W. E. Lippiat, a lovely dark velvety crimson rose ; and 

 two very old sorts, Prince Arthur, dark red, and Marie 

 Baumann, carmine-red, are all sweetly scented. W. 

 E. Lippiat, Prince Arthur, and Marie Baumann are 

 not to be classed amongst the best roses for garden 

 display. 



Among climbing roses there are several, in addition 

 to the ubiquitous Dorothy Perkins and Crimson Rambler, 

 that ought to find a place in every home garden. One 

 of my chief favourites is Alberic Barbier, a most vigorous 

 rose bearing lustrous, deep green leaves that persist until 

 the new year, a delightful harvest of yellow buds and 



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