CHAPTEE II 



HISTORY AND CLASSIFICATION 



The Eose is well known as the emblem of England, 

 and when we consider how often it has unhappily 

 been in conflict with the Lilies of France, it may 

 seem strange to find a large though decreasing pro- 

 portion of our Eoses endowed with French names. 



Still, though so many of our favourites were 

 raised the other side of the Channel, Great Britain 

 is the true home of the Hybrid Perpetual Eose ; 

 and that, not only because it is more cultivated 

 here with the minute attention which is paid to a 

 " florists' flower," but also because the English 

 climate is better suited to its perfect development. 



Continuous sunshine is not the best weather for 

 the blooming of H.P.s ; they like two or three hot 

 days, and then a dull, dry, cooler one. Some will 

 not open in rainy weather, others do not mind it ; 

 but almost all this large class, so many of which 

 were raised in sunny France, will display far more 

 beautiful blooms on a dull and cooler day following 

 after heat ; and it may be, I think, safely said that 

 the finest H.P. Eoses in the world are grown in 

 Great Britain and Ireland. 



The Eose is native to all countries in the world 



