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THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT. 



Felicite. Blush and rose. 



Madame Legras. White, creamy centre. 



Maidens Blush. Soft blush, dark centre. 



Hybrid Chinese, Hybrid Bourbon, and Hybrid 

 Noisette Roses. — These have sprung from the Provence 

 and French, crossed with the Chinese, Bourbon, and 

 Noisette Roses. They are vigorous, very hardy, and abun- 

 dant bloomers. The more vigorous kinds are well adapted 

 for standards or pillars. They require the shoots to be 

 well thinned in autumn, and shortened a little in spring. 



Baron Gonella (H. B.). Bright-rose, shaded bronze. 



Fig. 620— Rose Blairii II. 



Blairii II. (fig. 620). Rosy-blush ; good for wall or 

 pillar. 



Brennus. Large, bright-crimson. 

 Catherine Guillot (H. B.). Beautiful rosy-lilac, large. 

 Charles Lawson. Vivid rose, large and double. 

 Chenedole. Large, light -crimson; good for pillar. 

 Comtesse de Lacepede. Blush, centre rose, large and full. 

 Coupe d'Hebe (H. B.). Deep-pink; vigorous. 

 Frederick II. (H. B.). Crimson-purple; vigorous. 

 Ful gens. Bright-crimson; vigorous. 

 Juno (H. B.). Very large, pale-rose; vigorous. 

 Madame Phintier (H. N.). Pure-white; vigorous. 

 Madeline (H. N.). Cream, edged with crimson. 

 Miss Ingram. Blush-white, globular, large and full. 

 Paid Perras (H. B.). Large, pale-pink; good for pillar. 

 Paul Bicant (H. B.). Rosy-crimson; vigorous. 

 Paul Verdier. Light carmine-red; first-rate. 

 Heine Victoria (H. B.). Bright-pink; large. 

 Vivid. Crimson; a fine climbing Rose. 



Scotch Roses or Burnet. — These originated from B. 



spinosissima (fig. 621), a low spiny bush, indigenous to 

 Britain, Europe, and Siberia. They produce an abundance 

 of small globular flowers early in spring, even in poor soil. 

 They are suitable for forming low hedges. There are 

 purple, red, blush, yellow, or white varieties. Three of the 

 most noteworthy are altaica, 6 feet high, with white 

 flowers; hispida, 6 feet high, with yellow flowers; and 

 Stanwell Perpetual, clear pink, very fragrant. 



Austrian Brier Roses. — This group is descended from 

 B. lutea, a yellow-flowered species, native of Italy, Ger- 

 many, and the south of France. They are very hardy, 

 succeeding best in a rather poor soil, but with the excep- 

 tion of the variety Harrisoni will not bloom well in a 

 smoky atmosphere. The flowers being borne on the ex- 

 tremities of the shoots, very little pruning is needed; the 

 head, however, must be well thinned. 



Austrian Copper (fig. 622). Single; red dish -copper. 



Austrian Yellow. Bright -yellow; flowers single. 



Harrisoni. Golden-yellow; free, semi-double. 



Persian Yellow. Large, deep-yellow; semi-double. 



The Double Yellow Rose (B. sulphurea or hemi- 

 sphcerica), a native of the Orient, is remarkable for its 

 large, deep-yellow flowers, produced singly and seldom 

 opening well. Except in very favourable situations it 

 does not succeed in this country. 



Sweet Briers and their Hybrids, or Eglantine 

 Roses (B. rubiginosa), a native of Britain and Europe, 

 is familiar to all as the Sweet Brier. The beautiful 

 hybrids recently raised by the late Lord Penzance, by 

 crossing it with the Austrian and Persian Briers, the 

 Damask and Gallica Roses, &c, are a valuable addition 

 to Garden Roses. They grow with great vigour, and 

 flower profusely. Their colours are pleasing, and whilst 

 the individual blossoms soon fall they are quickly fol- 

 lowed by more. A few of them are double-flowered. They 

 form nice specimens upon a lawn, and are effective in 

 groups in large borders of flowering shrubs, or as fences 

 or screens. 



Amy Bobsart. Deep-rose. 



Anne of Geierstcin. Dark-crimson. 



Brenda. Blush, with bright-golden anthers. 



Flora M l Ivor. White, flushed with rose. 



Green Mantle. White, flushed with green; edges pink. 



Jeannie Deans. Semi-double, scarlet, in clusters. 



Lady Penzance. Coppery-red, Austrian Copper being 

 one of its parents. 



Lord Penzance. Fawn, with yellow centre; from Sweet 

 Brier and Harrisonii. 



Lucy Bertram. Deep-crimson, semi-double. 



Meg Merrilees. Deep-crimson, very free. 



Bose Bradwardine. Clear rose. 



Boursault Roses. — These owe their origin to B. alpina, 

 a native of the Alps, Pyrenees, &c. They are very hardy, 

 growing vigorously, and blooming freely, even in unfavour- 

 able situations. In pruning, the shoots ought to be thinned, 

 and shortened a little. 



Amadis. Large, semi-double, deep-crimson. 



Blush Boursault {De Vlsle). Large, double, blush. 



Elegans. Semi-double, rosy-crimson. 



Gracilis. Full, rosy-red. 



Ayrshire Roses. — Some of these are from R. capreo- 

 lata, a variety of B. repens (fig. 623), a British species, a 

 trailing shrub with white flowers and small red globose 

 hips ; whilst others are the result of crosses between this 

 and B. indica, &c. They grow rapidly, and are well 

 adapted for covering walls, fences, banks, and pillars, 



