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Manetti stock or on its 'own roots, better 

 than when budded on the Dog Eose. 

 Cuttings of the ripened shoots will also 

 root freely and make good plants. 



AYRSHIRE ROSES (R. arvensis 

 or RBPBNS, VAE.). — The Ayrshire Roses are 

 usually considered to be descended from 

 the common Field Rose {B. arvensis or 

 repens) . Prom their hardiness, and rapid 

 growth, they are admirably adapted for 

 planting in rough situations where choicer 

 kinds wiU not thrive, and for climbing 

 over banks, trees, piUars, buildings &c. 

 "When grafted or budded on tall stems they 

 also make excellent weeping Roses. 



They are of the easiest cultivation in 

 ordinary good and well-drained garden 

 soU, and will respond to the best of treat- 

 ment as given to the Tea-Scented and 

 Hybrid Perpetual varieties. They require 

 little or no pruning, so long as the shoots 

 are not allowed to get entangled and over- 

 crowded. The following are some of the 

 best varieties. For general culture and 

 propagation see p. 382. 



AUce Oray, white, delicately edged 

 with pink. 



Bennett's Seedling, a lovely double 

 white-flowered variety. 



Dundee Rambler, white, with pink 



Princess Victoria, pale flesh. 



Queen of the Belgians, creamy white, 

 double. 



Rivers' Ayrshire Qjieera, reddish-purple. 



Ruga, pale flesh, very fragrant. 



Splendens, pale flesh, buds crimson. 



Virginian Rambler, a very free-flower- 

 ing variety with beautiful pinky-white 

 blossoms. 



EVERGREEN ROSES (R. Sbm- 

 PEEViEBNs). — These are valuable climbing 

 Roses, blooming in large clusters of ten to 

 fifty blooms each, and holding their dark 

 green shining foliage through a great part 

 of winter ; they are free growers and 

 quite hardy. Like the Ayrshire, they 

 form beautiful weeping Roses. In pruning 

 the head should be well thinned out, a 

 few of the more pendant shoots being left 

 their whole length ; these will flower to 

 their very points. For general culture 

 and propagation see p. 382. 



Donna Maria, pure white, small and 

 double. 



PMciti Perpetue, creamy white, beau- 

 tiful, small and full, one of the finest. 



Flora, rosy flesh, full. It has pretty 



red shoots and glossy green leaves which 

 stand smoky atmosphere well. 



Leopoldine d'OrUans, white, tipped 

 with red, small and double. 



Myrianthes Renoncule, blush edged 

 with rose, small and double. A beautiful 

 variety. 



Princess Marie, a double pink-flowered 

 variety which retains its leaves somewhat 

 longer than the others. 



FRENCH, GALLICA, or GARDEN 

 ROSES (R. Gtallica). — These Roses grow 

 anywhere, but become of greatly in- 

 creased beauty under good cultivation. 

 They may be distinguished by their stiff 

 erect growth. As standards they form 

 compact heads, which display the flowers 

 to great advantage. The flowers are re- 

 markable for their brUliant and richly 

 varied hues, fulness, regularity, and a 

 delicious fragrance. They require moder- 

 ately close pruning. The striped varieties 

 of this section {Rosa Mund/i, &c.) are 

 often called Yorlc and Lancaster. 



For general culture and propagation 

 see p. 382. 



Blanchefleur, white slightly tinted 

 with flesh. 



Boule de Nanteuil, crimson -purple, 

 centre sometimes fiery. 



Cynthie, pale rose, light margin, beau- 

 tiful, large. 



D'Aguesseau, crimson richly shaded 

 with purple, large and full. 



Duchess of Buccleuoh, dark rose, 

 margin blush, beautiful. 



Kean, rich velvety purple, centre 

 scarlet. 



(Eillet Parfait, pure white with 

 broad stripes of rosy crimson, beautiful, 

 very double. 



Ohl, dark crimson and scarlet shaded, 

 large. 



Perles des PanacMes, white, striped 

 with rose. 



Rosa Mundi, red striped with white, 

 sometimes aU red ; large and semi-double. 



Village Maid, white striped with rose 

 and pui-ple, large and full, of cupped 

 form. 



HYBRID SWEET BRIARS.— 

 These lovely Hybrids raised by Lord 

 Penzance are crosses between the Common 

 Sweet Briar and various old-fashioned 

 Garden Roses ; the flowers are single or 

 semi-double, and vary in colour from pale 

 yellow to crimson. The plants are very 

 vigorous and perfectly hardy and the 



