56 BOOK OF OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS 



Easiest of all roses to grow are the Climbing Ever- 

 green and Ayrshire varieties, of which Bennett's Seedling 

 bears white flowers, most of the other kinds producing 

 flowers of sundry shades of pink. The Japanese roses 

 (i?. Rugosd) are almost equally vigorous and rampant, 

 and are specially valuable for their scarlet fruits which 

 help to brighten the garden in late autumn. 



But, after all, it is the so-called perpetual bloomers 

 on which most gardeners will place the highest value, 

 and here the choice of good varieties is very great. 

 There are seven principal classes of perpetual or 

 autumnal roses, known respectively as Hybrid Per- 

 petuals. Teas, Hybrid Teas, China Roses, Bourbons, 

 Noisettes and Hybrid Moss Roses. From these classes, 

 if I were asked to select eight varieties for a beginner 

 to " learn on," I should name Madame Berard (Tea), 

 Marie van Houtte (Tea), Blanche Moreau (Moss), 

 Celine Forestier (Noisette), Souvenir de la Malmaison 

 (Bourbon), Ducher (China), Prince Camille de Rohan 

 (Hybrid Perpetual) and Viscountess Folkestone (Hybrid 

 Tea). 



A few more names of good roses are these — Among 

 Hybrid Perpetuals : Fisher Holmes, Ulrich Brunner and 

 Mrs John Laing ; among Hybrid Teas : Mrs W. J. 

 Grant, Bardou Job, La France and Kaiserin Aug. 

 Victoria ; among Teas : Marechal Nie4, Hon. Edith 

 Giflxird, Niphetos, Madame Lambard, Belle Lyonnaise, 

 Madame Hoste, Madame Falcot and Souvenir de S. A. 

 Prince ; and, among Noisettes : William Allen Richard- 

 son, Aimee Vibert, Madame Alfred Carriere and I'Ideal. 

 To mention Gloire de Dijon is, of course, superfluous, 

 though I am inclined to regard its general utility as 

 somewhat overrated. 



