ON ROSES. 



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training in the shoots nearly their 



full length. If pruned hard, although 



the growth may, and probably 



will, be rampant, flowers will 



be conspicuous by their small 



quantity. A few varieties answer 



well as standards, the heads 



being trained in a weeping 



or umbrella form. These 



are mentioned as making 



good standards; all the 



others should be trained 



against a wall or pillars : 



Adelina V. Morel, yellow ; 



small, and produced in 



bunches ; best as a 



Fig. 58. — Rose William 

 Allen Richardson. 



standard. Aimee Vibert, 

 white ; a perpetual blos- 

 soming variety; it makes 

 a good screen. Celine 

 Forestier, deep sulphur- 

 yellow ; splendid in all 

 forms. Duchess of Meck- 

 lenberg, light yellow ; 

 flowers in large bunches. 

 Lamarque, pure white ; a 

 grand Rose on a warm 

 wall ; tender otherwise. 

 L'Ideal, yellow, shaded 

 with bronze ; beautiful ; 

 a good habit. Madame 

 Pierre Cochet, apricot ; 

 a very pretty variety. 

 Marechal Niel (Fig. 59), 



Fig. 59. — Rose Marechal Niel. 



