16 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE chap. 



with some reservations, be applied to Eoses ; and 

 the H.P.s, H.T.s and Teas, in the wide sense that 

 I have mentioned, certainly furnish the finest 

 flowers. Still, for old associations some will 

 cultivate the Provence (Cabbage) or York and 

 Lancaster ; for beauty of yellow and copper shades, 

 the Austrian ; for exhibition of a pot Eose in a 

 mass of bloom, the Hybrid Bourbon or Hybrid 

 China ; for beauty in the bud stage only, the Moss ; 

 for beauty of foliage and fruit, the Eugosa ; for 

 prettiness, the Pompons or Fairies ; for certain 

 forms of bouquet decoration, the Polyanthas ; for 

 scented foliage, the Sweet-Briars ; and for rapid 

 climbing, the Wichuraiana, Boursault, Evergreen, 

 Ayrshire, or Banksians. 



Summer Eoses 



The Provence Rose (Eosa centifolia). — The type 

 here is the old " Cabbage" Eose, so called merely 

 because it is full, with its petals folded like a cabbage. 

 It is best grown as a bush, and requires fairly close 

 pruning. The original is pink, but there are other 

 varieties of this class, white and striped. 



A sub-variety of the Provence is the Miniature 

 Provence. These are simply Eoses in miniature, 

 which should not be confounded with the Polyanthas, 

 many of which are quite as small, or with the 

 LawrenciansB or Fairy Eoses, which being Chinas 

 are perpetual. 



The Moss Bose is a more important sub-variety of 

 the Provence, the Crested Eose forming a sort of 

 link between them. This group, so well known for 



