272 MY GARDEN. 



La France (fig. 55 S«); Centifolia rosea (fig. 556), bright pink; John 

 Hopper (fig. 557), rose with crimson in the centre; and Marquise de 



Fig. 557.— John Hopper. Fig. ss?"-— Marquise de Fig. 558.— Princess Louise 



Mortmarte. Victoria. 



Mortmarte (fig. 557«)- I have also figur,ed a new climbing hybrid 



perpetual rose, Princess Louise Victoria (fig. 558), introduced by Mr. 



Knight, Hailsham, Sussex. The tree has not yet flowered with me 



but it is reputed to be a very fine rose. 



These varieties of hybrid perpgtual roses are hardy in this country. 



At Wildbad in Germany they are said to be killed by the frost, and 



I was not a little amused one November to see all the heads of the 



standards bent down, and covered with earth for protection, while at 



that time my trees still yielded an occasional flower. 



"Gather therefore the Rose, whilst yet in prime, 

 For soon comes age, that will her pride deflower." 



Spenser, Fairy Queen. 



New varieties are rai.sed from seed, but it does not often ripen in 

 this country, and many a seed must be planted before a good rose can 

 be obtained. They may be multiplied by layers or cuttings, but the 

 latter process is very difficult and uncertain. To propagate by cuttings, 

 ripe wood is placed in a pot in a cold frame, for five or six weeks. This 

 pot is then placed in a gentle hot-bed, when the buds will start and 

 root. Scarcely one cutting in a hundred succeeds. Roses which are 

 forced in pots in early spring yield cuttings the more likely to strike. 



Owing to the difficulty in rearing cuttings, there are but few hybrid 

 perpetuals on their own roots. The general mode of propagating any 

 variety is by budding in summer. It is best performed after mid- 

 summer, as soon as the buds are plump, and the bark will run from the 



