THE EOSE A2sD ITS CULTURE. 



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The meaning of this wUl he more apparent if the 

 habit of those Eoses is compai-ed with that of the 

 Baroness Rothschild and her various sports, which no 

 skill could compel to weep. 



The majority of the more slender-growing Teas 

 also weep fairly weU, and are weU worth a trial where 



into semi-dvooping standai-ds, a pretty hyhrid form, 

 about intermediate between the true standai-d and 

 the weeping Bose. 



But to have true weeping Eoses really worthy of the 

 name, we must fall back upon the AArrshire, Evergreen, 

 and other true cKmbiiig Eoses. As sevei-al of these 

 can run to a height of fi-om eight to eighteen feet, 

 it foUowB that they will weep down almost as far ; 

 and hence, with such material, the height and size 

 of weeping Eoses can be easily determined by the 

 height of our budding or starting-point. For there 

 are but two general modes of forming weeping 



ITig. 46.— Tall Standard (t> feet of stem)'. 



Pig. 47. — ^AveK^e Standard (S^feet of stem). 



the climate is sufficiently mild for them. The same 

 remarks apply to the China, Bourbon, Hybrid China, 

 and Xoisctte Eoses. The Hybrid Teas, too, of the 

 type and shape of Cheshvint Hybrid, wHl all make 

 good weeping Eoses. But such iiorif erous Teas as the 

 Gloire de Dijon are almost too short and stiff in their 

 flower-stems and floweriag branchlets to form a 

 graceful weeping Eose. For the same reason almost 

 all the Hybrid Perpetuals refuse to weep, Boule de 

 N eige, rapidly grown and carefully trained, being the 

 most likely one to succeed with. The climbing Aimee 

 Vibert weeps well, and even that bright and brilliant 

 yellow Eose, Harrisonii, where it grows freely, may 

 he formed into a small weeping Bose of a very unique 

 colour and character. A good many of the more 

 moderate-growi»ig Perpetuals may also be converted 



Eoses : that of budding on tall briars, or selecting 

 and supporting a growth of the Eose to any desired 

 height, then beheading it and forcing it to break 

 into the requisite number of shoots, and suppressing 

 all others on the plant. The first is the quickest 

 and best method of forming and establishing weep- 

 ing Eoses, As the strain on weeping Eoses is very 

 great, their area being often so considerable as to 

 form a covered arbour, with a seat under their far- 

 spreading boughs, they should be either ti'ained up 

 the hole of a living tree, sufficient branchlets being 

 left on to keep it alive, or have a strong iron sup- 

 port given them at once ; to this one or more wire 

 hoops could be attached at the top to train the 

 Eose over, to give it at once stability and symme- 

 try (see Fig. 45, page 114, Yol. II.). Some little 



