on roses. j 1 1 



Hybrid Tea-scented Roses. 



Belle Siebriecht (Syn. Mrs. W. J. La France, silvery-rose (Fig. 52). 



Grant), rich rosy-pink. Madame J. Finger, creamy-while. 



Captain Christy, light salmon-flesh. Marquis Litta, rosy-carmine. 



Caroline Testout, lovely rosy-salmon. Mrs. C. Whitney, deep pink. 



Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, white ; a Pink Rover, beautiful pale pink. 



splendid acquisition. Souvenir de President Caruot, creamy- 

 Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, rosy-pink; a white. 



rather weak grower. Viscountess Folkestone,, silvery-pink. 



Tea Roses for Exhibition. 



Bridesmaid, pink ; an improved Jean Ducher, pale salmon. 



Catherine Mermet. Jules Finger, silvery-rose. 



Caroline Kuster (Noisette), lemon- Madame Cusin, rosy-purple. 



yellow. Madame Hoste, creamy-white. 



Catherine Mermet, pale flesh colour; Maman Cochet, pink, shaded with 



one of the very best (Fig. 47). yellow. 



Cleopatra, pale pink. Marie Van Houtte, creamy-white (Fig. 

 Comtesse de Nadaillac, rich flesh 48). 



colour. Muriel Grahame, pale cream, flushed 

 Devoniensis, white, faintly tinged with with rose. 



yellow. Niphetos, beautiful white (Fig. 49). 



Elise Fugier, lemon-white. Perle des Jardins, rich straw colour. 



Ernest Metz, salmon-pink. Souvenir de Gabrielle Drevet, whitish- 

 Ethel Brownlow, salmon-pink. salmon. 



Etoile de Lyon, sulphur-yellow. Souvenir d'un Ami, salmon-rose. 



Francisca Kruger, bronzy-yellow. Souvenir de S. A. Prince, grand pure 

 Hon. Edith Gifford, white, lightly white. 



tinged with rose. The Bride, a white sport from Catherine 

 Innocente Pirola, pale fawn. Mermet. 



Banksian Roses {Rosa Banksia). 



These distinct Roses were introduced from China early in this 

 century, and named after Lady Banks. As a class they are 

 strong-growing, but not quite hardy in the north. They are 

 semi-evergreen in mild winters. 



Good plants of Banksian Roses are always much admired, 

 but unless the situation is warm, and the soil well drained, they 

 are not a success. Given these conditions, however, and planted 

 in March, they will make rapid growth, and in three or four 

 years prove all that could be desired. The Yellow or Lutea 

 variety is the most free blossoming, and is probably much the 

 best of the few varieties known. The White or Alba variety is 

 equally as free and vigorous as the Yellow one, but it seldom, 

 if ever, blossoms so profusely. Very little pruning is necessary; 

 the weak wood, exhausted flowering shoots, and any unripened 

 wood are all that need be removed. When once the plants are 

 established, liquid manure, diluted, given during dry weather, is 

 beneficial, taking care to thoroughly saturate the soil for some 

 considerable depth and width, as mere driblets do more harm 

 than good. 



