HARDY ROSES 261 



Madame Plantier, pure white, blooming in 

 clusters; a rather smaU flower, but very beautiful; 

 excellent for cemetery use. 



The i/Opular class of Roses to-day is the Hybrid 

 Perpetual. The name is somewhat misleading. None 

 of this class can truly be called perpetual bloomers. 

 But they can be made to give us flowers through a 

 good share of the season, with proper treatment, but 

 there will be but one profuse crop of them. This 

 will come in June and July. If, after having given 

 this crop, the shoots are cut back well, and the soil 

 is made very rich to encourage a fresh and vigorous 

 growth, new branches will be put forth, and these 

 will almost always produce some good flowers until 

 quite late in the season. Unless this treatment is 

 given you will get very few blossoms from them 

 after July. 



Among the most desirable kinds of this class, I 

 would name the following : 



Alfred Colomb, red, shading into carmine; large 

 and fine. 



Baron de Bonstetten, dark crimson, with velvety 

 texture of petal ; a magnificent variety. 



Baronne Prevost, large flower, of clear, bright 

 pink. 



Baroness Rothschild, rich rose color with a luster 

 like satin ; cup-shaped ; exquisite. 



Fisher Holmes, crimson ; very double. 



Gen Jacqueminot, intense crimson, shading to 

 scarlet ; velvety in texture ; superb in all ways ; one of 

 the most popular of all Roses, and well deserving its 

 popularity. 



Madame Victor Verdier, carmine; full, large, 

 globular flower. 



Marie Baumann, vermilion shaded with dark 

 scarlet ; extra fine. 



