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Eepens alba (Paul and Son, 1903) is a weeping form 

 of the white Kugosa, of extraordinary growth. It 

 should only be planted where it can have a great 

 deal of room, and if properly cared for will form a 

 striking object when in bloom. Blanc double de 

 Coubert, a semi-double the purest white of any 

 known Rose sweet scented. Conrad F. Meyer, a 

 beautiful shade of pink with large flowers of 

 excellent shape that should be in every garden. Its 

 white sport Nova Zembla is also good. 



Other botanical varieties, all single, are E. 

 macrantha, a French Eose with long golden stamens ; 

 E. pomifera, with apple-shaped fruit; E. rubri- 

 folia, with red stems and foliage ; E. setigera, the 

 Bramble-leaved Prairie Eose from the United States; 

 and E. gigantea, from India, with white flowers 

 five inches across. There are many others, but they 

 are mostly only of botanical interest. The Green 

 Eose is a curious monstrosity of the China race, the 

 colour of the petals being identical with the leaves 

 and almost indistinguishable from the rest of the 

 plant. 



A sort of ill-defined division has lately arisen 

 owing to some sorts being called " garden Eoses." 

 This term was originally applied, when H.P.s and 

 Teas came into fashion, to the Damask, French, 

 H.B., and H.C. Eoses remaining in old-fashioned 

 gardens. Later, it came to be used for all Eoses which 

 were not up to exhibition standard, and some raisers 

 of new varieties that were not up to the mark intro- 

 duced them as "good garden Eoses," on the principle 

 of the horse-dealer who, having an animal that 

 would not " draw a bounce or 'ack a yard " decided 

 he "must be a 'unter," and sold him as such. The 



