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pruning and stopping would be needed the first two 

 or three years to secure a sufficiency of shoots at 

 the proper places. So soon as the space is fairly 

 covered, a little thinning and regulation of shoots, 

 and removal of all dead or dying matter once a year, 

 would be all that is needed to preserve the health 

 and form of weeping Roses. 



The process of forming standard Roses of all 

 height is somewhat similar and even more simple. 

 No hoop nor other support hut one central stake to 

 keep the stem a .fixture is needed. By pruning 

 hack to the proper huds, at the right times, the em- 

 bryo head is soon formed, and ordinary care and 

 culture does the rest. 



Standards are generally formed of Hybrid Per- 

 petual Roses ; but all the better sorts of Bourbons, 

 Noisettes, Hybrid Teas and Chinas, make good 

 standard Hose;. Few are more effective as white 

 Standards than the very old-fashioned Aim^e Vibert 

 and Madame Plantier, and the two brilliant pinks, 

 Coupe d'Hehe and Charles Lawton. These white 

 and pink Roses alternately, form an avenue by the 

 side of main walks, or round a Rose-garden, such as 

 few other Roses can equal. 



It must also he noted that the more robust-grow- 

 ing Hybrid Perpetuals make the best standards. 



Not a few varieties of Eoses may produce good 

 show-flowers on the heads of standard briars, that 

 refuse nevertheless to form good standards; while 

 such varieties as those recommended for pillar or 

 pyramid, and almost all that are named as garden 

 Roses, will grow into fair form as standards, and 

 thrive for many years in that form. 



"Varieties for Standards. — As standard Eoses 

 almost invite all beholders to test their fragrance, 

 it is most important that as many of them as possible 

 should be sweet-scented. For this reason the follow- 

 ing list of the more fragrant Roses is given here. 

 Almost the whole of those selected for their sweet- 

 ness may also be relied upon as of sufficient vigour 

 to grow into good-formed standards : — 



Abel Grand. — Carmine and blush. 



Adolphe Brongniart. — Carmine-red. 



Baronne Prevost. — Very large, pale rose. 



Bemity of Waltliam. — Lovely crimson. 



Bessie Johnson. — Pale blush, almost white. 



Bottle de Neige. — Smallish, in clusters ; one of the 

 best and most fragrant of all white Eoses. 



Camille Bernardin. — Large, red, and edged with 

 white. ' ' 



Charles Margottin. — Carmine-red. 



Comtesse de Chabrillant. — Large, full, pink. 



Duchess of Sutherland. — Soft flesh; old, but good. 



Duke of Bdinburgh. — Very brilliant vermilion. 



Elizabeth Vigneron. — Light rosy-pink. 



Franfois Courtin. — Purple-cerise. 

 Glory of Waliham. — Eieh crimson. 

 Harrison Weir. — Full, velvety-crimson. 

 Heinrich SehuUheis. — Delicate pink and rose. , 

 John Grier. — Bright red. 



Madame Alice Bureau. — Eich rose, very bright. 

 Madame Boll. — Bright rose, large and double. 

 Madame Charles Verdier. — Full, dark rose-coloured. 

 Madame Elize Jf'aisson. — Large, bright cherry-red. 

 Madame Ferdinand Jamain. — Clear deep rose. 

 Madame Fillion. — Finely-cupped, salmon-rose. 

 Madame Furtado. — Bright rose. 

 Madame Korr. — Deep pink, with rosy centre. 

 Madame Marie Cirodde. — Very pale rose, large and 

 full. 



Madame Montet. — Delicate rose-coloured; large 



Madame Moreau. — Large and double, shaded 

 crimson. 



Madame Thivenot. — Deep violet-crimson. 



Mdlle. Marguerite Dombrain. — Delicate silvery-rose. 



Miss Sassard. — Flesh-coloured pink. 



Miss Foole. — Soft silvery-rose. . 



Souvenir de Leveson-Gower. — Rich niby-red. 



Souvenir de Monsieur Boll. — Bright cerise, large. 



Triomphe de France. — Bright carmine, large and 

 good. 



Virgile. — Rich salmon-rose. 



William Jesse. — Deep bright rose. 



These will all be found sweet Eoses ; perhaps the 

 Duke of Edinburgh being the least fragrant of any 

 among them. Apart from their fragrance, most of the 

 Hybrid Perpetual Eoses named in our list of Exhi- 

 bition, PUlar, and Garden Eoses, are equally fit for 

 moulding into standards. It is well for the Eosa- 

 rian to study local characteristics and growths of 

 pai-ticular Eoses in different places as far as may be, 

 before going largely into standard Eoses. Other 

 qualities being good, the Eoses that grow most freely 

 in any given localities are the best to choose for 



Following out our idea of making fragrance one 

 of the most essential qualities in standard Eoses, 

 Marechal Niel must stand at the head of all the 

 Tea and Noisette Eoses, inasmuch as it is either or 

 neither, or both combined, and excels them all for 

 the fulness of the fragrancy, and the weight and 

 numbers of its well-filled blooms of gold. 



Celine Forestier is about the sweetest of the Noi- 

 settes after Jlarechal Niel, and the pure white 

 Laraarque has also a pleasant odour. Desprez k 

 Fleur Jaune, a. curious combination of huff and red, 

 rare among Eoses, is also fragrant. 



The only Bourbon worth gxowing for its fra-: 

 grance, and that is peeuhar, is Souvenir de la. 

 Malmaison, which is especially useful in the autumn.. 



