THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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dience to rales of Art. 



In almost every branc 

 ornamental gardening, 1 



; student is amply pro- 



models of style and illustrations of principles 



jtndent is especiaUy well cared J 



t Of what direct and immediate u 



■would a series of studies from nature 1 



of garden subjects ! They might exhibit no' 



view of the most celebrated gard 

 detached groups also of archit< 

 ments combined with pi 



isolated accessories of whatever kind, so that the 

 principles of Art are exemplified by objects of appro- 

 priate character and artistic beauty. One of the 

 most instructive illustrations of this kind with 

 "which we are acquainted is a sketch from Nature 

 fcy the elder Cox, consisting of a mass of Hollyhocks 

 ■with a few Sunflowers, and part of a gate pier. 

 ures, and prints after them, of Van 

 Huysum, Van Os, Rachel, Ruysch, and others of 

 the old flower painters; and the works of Hunt, 

 md Bar' 



' Art c 



inr; 



by Watteau 



i pictures of garden scenes by V 

 ana ijancret, and many of a similar ■•! 

 Stothard and Turner, are full of teach; . 

 as regards appropriate character of deaf 

 iiful and correct composition, when studied with 



" Library of Fine 

 ©f the Ej 



it be found 

 Education 



-tola work on composition, 

 d shade, and colour; the whole of the 

 literary works of Reynolds, or at all events the 

 m Lectures ; " and, notwithstanding they would be 

 " caviare to the multitude," we would gladly include 

 those extraordinary but truly valuable works of the 

 "Oxford Graduate." We trust the day is not far 

 distant when groups of garden plants will be tested 

 fcy the same principles of Art, and considered 

 amenable to the same kind of criticism, as a picture, 

 a statue, or any work on which the artistic faculties 

 nave been exercised. But to effect this change we 

 must look to artists, not to gardeners. M. 



of the large family of Rose 

 3 altogether discarded the i 

 l consequence of the better varieties 



Perpetual Roses, so called, have a very distinc 

 feature, which cannot be mistaken. They bloom abou 

 the period of summer Roses ; when the flowere deca, 

 they make new shoots and bloom a second time, and i 

 the season be favourable they will even make thir< 



i allowed to perfect its seed, but i 

 ud blooming so that there is alw 

 hereas the Perpetuals, so called, fl 



the plant is checked, and like the comi 



make a complete stand, and discontin 

 the seed pods have swelled, when the 



and, as a matter of course, flowering a 

 We have thus pointed out several d 

 everybody can understand, but when 

 logue Bourbon Roses, French Roses, Damask Roses, Pro- 

 vence Roses, and Tea Roses, each comprising many 

 varieties, and then Hybrid Bourbon, Hybrid Provence, 

 and many others, of which none but the extensive 

 cultivators appreciate the differences, we cannot but 

 wish that the sections were reduced to such distinctions 



as to which section certain Roses claim, and one placing 



them in another. Francis, a dealer, in Hertfordshire, 

 publishes a catalogue, in which he gives first, Roses 

 that bloom in May, June, and July ; and follows with, 

 second, those flowering in August, September, and 

 October : but unless this were done exceedingly well, it 

 were better let alone. In Part I., for Roses blooming 



Provence, Gallica or ^■■-^ »-■■-« °«- — - 

 Hybrid China, Hybrid 



August, September, 

 Perpetual, Hybrid Perpetual in two se 

 China, Tea-scented China, Noisette, R, 

 Briar3, and Sweetbriars. It will be 



II., Roses flowering ia 

 October, we ban 



Bourbon, 



ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF GARD1 



We have always doubted whether the pr 



rdea Roses was acceptable, f< 



deavouring to understand the particular j 



selves at fault, and we believe that if tine \ >s pi - fUmih ; u t, 

 pared a catalogue which should comprise fewer <i 

 and more striking and obvious features only, the public j great divi 

 would better comprehend the distinctions, and feel much j Hose, and 

 more at home in the Rose garden. For instance, there j mere novi 

 are some distinctions that anybody can see. the Noiseti 



The Moss Roses, which nobody can mistake, form a \ flowering i 

 ti..e: :- .",. , 



tte ^ iffe fr^ cebetw ^ ea a ¥°? ^ ose and an ? other kind - l the distin ° 



The old China Roses, both the pale a 

 have long been familiar to every cotta; 

 to all classes. The great characterise 



i for the greater part of 



of a guide 

 that the China Rose blooms long 

 October, and tl 





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rang, however, suggested foui 

 ns— the Moss, the China, the Suramei 

 3 Perpetual, with great distil.. 



me of them desc 



, section of Rosa Alba, 

 amily of Damask Roses, 



the year ! And what is there more striking as an orna- \Y ■ 



aber. Nobody could mistake 



swell the number of sections, these may be 



y one could understand that 8 also. We"ob- 



le Chiswick show scores who searched in 



ng difference between Bour- 



! liourbon, and China, and we 



ttorns, buMhe bark is bright and smooth between tl 

 ?, premising that the Moss Roses a 

 »Iy. we would suggest th 

 with smooth barks shou 



JCose Koses with rough, bark and on y one season 



of bloom June or July? These R-" 



» hne order more than a fortnight, and from the first 



«?miaftftv^^^ H ^S^ 



- there are thro 

 i er knowledge, 



hybrid anything-else ? 

 hybrid at all ? If it be li 



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£ 



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 derstanding, describing their colon? uJatW* ** 



2 China Roses, which should ^S , 

 Bourbons and Teas, and other amooJCjl*' 

 that have the original China habit offi?* ** 



4. Perpetuals, so called (for we ouuiot btUk* • 



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These five sections would take in hundred, ./a. 

 families not included by name. Hybrid™?^ 

 that is either a continuong grower and bloonSi 

 a China, or a mere summer Rose, blooming «*£ 

 ig bloomer like a Perpetual ; aadwtki 

 ever it is, let it be placed in its right section. & 

 Briars are a very distinct family, but they,o*H«! 

 suredly rank among summer Roses ; then we hint 

 crophylla and many other distinct things, but tan *2 

 range under one of the five classes described'* 

 there may be some which do not, and thereto % 

 6 should comprise those Roses of singular or part 



ag described, we need only seek the ok 



.We _-■ - 



s'emi-double Roses has gone by, TS* 

 However, belongs more peculiarly to another portion of 

 the subject, in which it is necessary to consider whatr. 

 the qualities to be most appreciated in a good R«. 

 But we may be told that to those who study and B- 

 derstand the habits of Roses the present catalog* 



answer is that to the fact that there are handrail 



were going to say double or single, but we hope the day 





' seedling from the Chin*. 

 ■eared from the Bourbon, nl 



l into each other's p< 



be a Perpetual, place it among Perpetuals, 



3 without differences. Be it, however, 

 we are not so wedded to one plan as to 



on, a China, and a Tea Rose, if they onjya* 

 them produced in flower at a show. They may own* 



hybrid Boibon™ others hybrid China, a ndoth f^ 

 hybrid Perpetual; ^^^J^^"* 

 ; they mfghJ' all have been — r^ 



Zl SL in general, we should like teb-jj 

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liXoT; D°u n t we do know that the g"** 1 *^* 



tt it continues F ™ ^ or familf* 



iter part of the year, and we wani«* i ,^#0 



_ compiled under one ^.^hSSi* 

 and had the silly system of sphtting M" ^ <£ 

 to even in Moss Roses, book s might M tf g 



hybrid this, and some hyb nd th*«» ^ * 

 exhibited an approach to the taUtt 



3 £ W a re h anxi t o°ns b to tZteZ^^ 

 tions as would be practically Jf *J**£ ff e i>* 

 is, which the multitude could under* a we ^ 



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