EOSBS. 377 



Souvenir de Ponsard. — Metallic rose, flamed with scailet, 

 large and full ; one of the hest. 



Souvenir de William Wood. — ^Dark maroon, shaded with 

 scarlet, large and very showy ; a good autumnal bloomer. 



Tliorin. — ^Deep dark rose, large, full, and of fine form ; very 

 showy in the garden. 



William Griffith. — Eosy lilac, large size, vigorous habit, a 

 good autumn bloomer. 



Xavier Oliho. — ^Velvety black, shaded with amaranth, large 

 and full, blooms freely in the fall ; one of the best. 



We have limited the number to three dozen, and iu doing 

 so have been obliged to leave out many good Eoses, because, for 

 one reason and another, those named were to be preferred. 

 Gi^ant des battailles is subject to mildew. General Jacqueminot 

 loose and open. La Eeine does not always expand weU ; and yet 

 those who have room for them will grow them with pleasure. 



Some attempts have been made to obtain. Moss Eoses yielding 

 an autumnal bloom, but thus far without any marked success. 

 The best of the Autumnal Mosses are Madame Edouard Ory, 

 bright rosy carmine ; and Salet, bright rose, large and full. 



Monthly Eoses. — These Eoses are all too tender to endure 

 exposure to our winters, but they can be grown in the garden in 

 summer, taken up on the approach of winter, the roots buried 

 in a box of earth, and then placed in a cool cellar until the 

 return of spring. Or, they may be grown in pots iu the green- 

 house or in the window. They bloom almost continuously, and 

 it is owing to the infusion of the blood of some of these with the 

 hardy Eoses, that we now have the autumnal blooming section. 

 Under this title we group those known as Bourbons, Teas, 

 Noisettes, &c., merely denoting them in the list by the initial 

 letter of the family to which they are supposed to belong. 



Alba Rosea, T. — ^White with rose-colored centre, flower large 

 and full, and very sweet scented. 



Archimede, T. — ^A large fuU Eose, of a light blush color, 

 with a salmon shade, very fragrant 

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