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shape, is a name I can never forget, as it was the 

 first rose — a standard — I ever had of my own, about 

 fifty years ago. Paul Eicaut is the best known 

 crimson in this class. Latterly, some hybrid 

 Bourbons have been raised, as perpetual as the 

 original race. 



The Austrian Briar (E. lutea). — These are simply 

 wild Eoses native in some parts of Europe, nearly 

 single, and lovely in colour. The Copper, as it is 

 called, is the form best known ; it is quite single, 

 the petals being a most beautiful shade of coppery 

 red, with orange yellow inclined to buff on the under 

 sides. The others. Single Yellow, Persian Yellow, 

 and Harrisonii, are also noted for their colour, being 

 hardly surpassed in this point by any known Eoses. 

 The two last named are double though by no means 

 full, and are no doubt hybrid forms, but Harrisonii 

 is the best grower. They like a dry soil, will not 

 succeed in suburban or smoky atmosphere, and all do 

 best on their own roots, the suckers being encour- 

 aged and taken off when rooted if required to form 

 fresh plants. It is best not to prune them at all, 

 beyond cutting out dead wood ; the shoots might be 

 thinned, but there is no advantage in this with single 

 Eoses, where quantity of bloom is the thing desired ; 

 and they should not be shortened, as flower-bearing 

 shoots often issue from the buds near the tips. 



Soleil d'Or (Pernet Ducher 1900).— The first new 

 variety in this class for more than sixty years is a 

 cross between Eosa lutea and a H.T., and seems to 

 be a considerable acquisition ; for it is of good size 

 and a beautiful colour, but quartered. It has proved 

 the forerunner of many beautiful varieties, and 

 (except perhaps the Wichuraiana hybrids) is the 



