THE ROSARIES. 275 



Although at the present time gardens are chiefly embellished by- 

 hybrid perpetual roses, we ought not to forget how much they have been 

 beautifully decorated by China roses, which ' blossom from May till 

 Christmas. The common China {R. indica, fig. S59«) is most excellent 

 in quality, and the two finest varieties. Lady of the Lake and Mrs. 

 Bosanquet, are very beautiful. There is a tiny plant, with small flowers, 

 called the Fairy Rose (fig. 560), which is utilized at Naples to form an 

 edging round the outer rose-beds. The effect is pleasing, and I am 

 propagating a number for use in the same manner. China roses are 

 very easily propagated from cuttings, taken at the end of May, which 

 are covered over with a glass and a little bottom heat applied, when 

 flowering plants are obtained before the end of the year. China roses 

 are as easy to strike as the hybrids are difficult. 



;Fig. 559 a.— China Rose. Fig. 560.— Fairy Rose. Fig. 561.— Souvenir de Malmaison. 



The He de Bourbon roses give us some fine plants, such as 

 Acidalie, Baronne de Noumont, Catherine Guillot, Louise Margottin, 

 and Rev. H. H. Dombrain. There is one variety of which it is quite 

 necessary to have many plants, and that is the Souvenir de Malmaison 

 (fig. 561). It flowers in perfection from August till late in autumn. 



The Noisette roses are very fine, but they are delicate, and apt 

 to be cut down to the ground in severe weather. The Cloth of Gold 

 is an exquisite rose where it blossoms freely. I cannot, however, 

 grow it at Wallington, although I have planted it many times ; and 

 the same may be said of Miss Gray. Celine Forestier, Lamarque, 

 Lamarque ^ fleurs jaunes, R^ve d'Or, Solfaterre, and Triomphe de 

 Rennes, are good varieties, but they are all too tender to grow 

 except on a moderate scale. 



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