CHAP. XLII. ROSA V CEiE. RO\SA. 78 1 



and then to water them with manured water in July and August, which will 

 make them shoot and bloom most luxuriantly all the autumn." 



Hybrid China Roses, 89 sorts. These roses are all hybrids between R. 

 indica and R. gallica : " they are all very beautiful, and have that pleasing, 

 glossy, sub-evergreen foliage peculiar to the China rose, but make a great 

 deviation from that section, in not being perpetual bloomers ; in this division 

 are some of the most beautiful roses known ; and, among them, George the 

 Fourth, raised from seed by T. Rivers, jun., may rank among the best. 

 These are also all very robust, and will grow and bloom well in the most 

 unfavourable rose soils : their peculiar habit and vivid colours render them 

 particularly well adapted for standards." 



Varieties of ~Rhsa alba, 25 sorts. The roses in this section have their 

 " branches green, and thinly set with thorns ; leaves of a glaucous green ; and 

 flowers of the most delicate hues imaginable, from the purest white to a 

 peculiarly vivid rose-colour ; but so delicate in their gradations, that no terms 

 can describe them accurately." 



Damask Roses, 19 sorts. " In this distinct section are some of the most de- 

 licately beautiful roses in existence ; in habit, they are much inclined to spread, 

 their foliage is mostly pubescent, and in some varieties large, and very profuse. 

 The original damask rose may be found in many old gardens, with ragged pale 

 rose-coloured flowers, very fragrant, branches very thorny, and rudely 

 straggling in their growth : it forms a good stock for many tender roses, not 

 throwing up suckers." 



'Rosa gallica, or French Roses, 99 sorts. " The roses in this division have all 

 stiff erect shoots, with dense foliage ; the flowers are on short erect flower 

 stalks, having rather a formal appearance; but, to compensate for this, they are 

 trim and neat, and are well adapted for small gardens. Many of them differ 

 in the pretty compact shape of their flowers from all other roses, and in bril- 

 liancy and diversity of colour cannot be surpassed. The spotted, striped, and 

 marbled roses in this division are very novel and beautiful, and will be appre- 

 ciated by those who admire variegated roses. In France, this is called the 

 Provins rose, whence the confusion in most rose catalogues with the Pro- 

 vence rose; the Agatha rose is of this family, having curled leaves and 

 pale flowers. Gallic roses are too lumpish and stiff in their growth for 

 standards." 



Select Roses of uncertain Origin, 25 sorts. "These are hybrid roses of un- 

 known origin. The new white roses are, seemingly, varieties of that fine rose, 

 the white globe hip, and are indeed beautiful." 



Climbing Roses, 53 sorts. There are four sections of climbing roses, 

 Ayrshire, Sempervirens, Multiflora, and Boursault. The Ayrshire climbing 

 roses are all varieties of R. arvensis ; and most of them have been raised 

 from seed by Mr. D. Martin of Rose Angle, near Dundee. There are 14 

 varieties, all vigorous growers, making shoots from 12 ft. to 20 ft. every 

 season. The most remarkable of these is the R. a. ruga, which is a hybrid 

 between R. arvensis and R. indica odorata, and has the climbing habit and 

 vigorous growth of one parent, with the large fragrant flowers of the other. 

 There are 20 varieties of R. sempervirens, all decidedly climbers, and nearly 

 evergreen ; making long, slender, graceful shoots, though not with an equal 

 degree of vigour to those produced by the varieties of R. arvensis. They are 

 all quite hardy, and are remarkable for the neatness and elegance of their 

 flowers. The triomphe de Bollwyller is a hybrid between R. sempervirens 

 and R. indica odorata, and has large fragrant flowers. On this division 

 Mr. Rivers observes : " It will be something of a novelty to apply climbing 

 roses as underwood, but I know of no plant so eligible for elegant under- 

 growth, in a wilderness near pleasure-grounds, as the varieties of R. sem- 

 pervirens : they grow in every description of soil with great luxuriance ; 

 under the shade of trees they are nearly evergreen ; and, with their beauti- 

 fully shaped and delicately coloured flowers, are calculated to form the 

 prettiest mass of undergrowth it is possible to conceive. They grow with 



