Rosa muliiflora is one of the ancestors of our climbing roses, and 

 was introduced into England in 1804, firom China or Japan. The 

 ' Crimson Rambler ' belongs to this group and has probably descended 

 from the old muliiflora rubra, 



Rosa Wichuraiana. — ^This species is a native of Japan and at the 

 present is being extensively hybridized, with the result that many 

 beautiful varieties have been created, which are now much in evidence 

 in all gardens where roses are cultivated, being grown as weeping 

 standards or for covering pergolas, banks, &c. 



Rosa centi flora (Provence Rose). — We have all heard of the " Old 

 Provence," or, as it is more frequently called, the "Cabbage Rose." 

 The pink variety was introduced in 1596, and the white variety in 18 10. 

 They both possess delightful fragrance and are of easy cultivation, 

 making good bushes and flowering profusely in June. This class, with 

 Moss Roses and Striped Provence, is classed under the Gallica section. 



Rosa indica. — It is to this section that the Tea-scented Roses 

 belong. It was in 1810 the Blush Tea-scented was introduced from 

 China, and fourteen years later the yellow variety was received from the 

 same country. From these two varieties have sprung a very large and 

 popular Jfamily, many members of which possess a strong tea scent, 

 hence their name. Within recent years the great advance that has 

 been made in this class has been the production of varieties possessing 

 greater hardiness and vigour, more capable of withstanding our winters. 

 Some of the best of these are ' Maman Cochet ' and its white sport, 

 ' Mrs. Myles Kennedy,' ' Mrs. Foley Hobbs,' ' Harry Kirk,' ' Madame 

 Jules Gravereaux,' 'Alex. Hill Gray,' and 'Lady Hillingdon.' 



The Hybrid Teas are the outcome of crosses between varieties 

 of the Tea and Hybrid Perpetual classes, and are largely a creation 

 of the past three decades. This section at the present time is the 

 most popular of all. They are much hardier than the Teas, and are 

 much freer and more continuous in bloom than any other class. It 

 is exceedingly difficult to say to which group some of these hybrids 

 properly belong, as in some instances they might easily be classed as 

 Teas and in others as Hybrid Perpetuals, but in the majority of cases 

 they are quite distinct from both. 



Cultivation. 



Locality, Soil and its Treatment. — If it were within one's power to 

 select a site best suited for the cultivation of roses, the choice should 

 be made a good distance from any large town, so as to have the 

 advantage of pure air. It should be open, yet sheltered, on ground 

 slightly sloping to the S.S.E. or S.W., so as to get a maximum amount 

 of morning sun ; it should also be sufficiently far removed from trees 

 that their roots cannot reach the soil of the rose beds, or the branches 

 overshadow the beds so as to interfere with free circulation of air and 

 light. The climate may be somewhat moist. 



Occasionally it may occur that roses have to be grown under 



