CASSELL'S POPULAE GAEDEXING. 



pruning and stopping would be needed the first two 

 or three years to secure a sufficiency of shoots at 

 the proper places. So soon as the space is fairly 

 covered, a little thinning and regulation of shoots, 

 and removal of all dead or dying matter once a year, 

 would he all that is needed to preserve the health 

 and form of weeping Eoses. 



The process of forming standard Eoses of all 

 height is somewhat similar and even more simple. 

 No hoop nor other support but one central stake to 

 keep the stem a fixture is needed. By pruning 

 back to the proper buds, at the right times, the em- 

 bryo head is soon formed, and ordinary care and 

 culture does the rest. 



Standards are generally formed of Hybrid Per- 

 petual Eoses ; but all the better sorts of Bourbons, 

 Noisettes, Hybrid Teas and Chinas, make good 

 standard Eoses. Few are more effective as white 

 Standards than the very old-fashioned Aimee Vibert 

 and ]\Iadame Plantier, and the two brilliant pinks, 

 Coupe d'Hebe and Charles Lawson. These white 

 and pink Eoses alternately, form an avenue by the 

 side of main walks, or round a Eose-garden, such as 

 few other Eoses can equal. 



It must also be noted that the more robust-grow- 

 ing Hybrid Perpetuals make the best standards. 



Not a few varieties of Eoses may produce good 

 show-flowers on the heads of standard briars, that 

 refuse nevertheless to form good standards ; while 

 such varieties as those recommended for pillar or 

 pyramid, and almost all that are named as garden 

 Eoses, will grow into fair form as standards, and 

 thrive for many years in that form. 



Varieties for Standards. — As standard Eoses 

 almost invite all beholders to test their fragrance, 

 it is most important that as many of them as possible 

 should be sweet-scented. Eor this reason the follow- 

 ing list of the more fragrant Eoses is given here. 

 Almost the whole of those selected for their sweet- 

 ness may also be relied upon as of sufficient vigour 

 to grow into good-formed standards : — 



JLbel Grand. — Carmine and blush." 



Adolphe Brongniart. — Carmine-red. 



Baronne Brevost. — Very large, pale rose. 



Beauty of Waltham. — Lovely crimson. 



Bessie Johnson. — Pale blush, almost white. 



Boule de Neige. — Smallish, in clusters ; one of the 

 best and most fragrant of all white Eoses. 



Camillc Bernardln. — Large, red, and edged with 

 white. 



Ch arles 31 a r got tin . — Carmine -red. 

 Comtesse de Chabrillant. — Large, full, pink. 

 Duchess of Sutherland. — Soft flesh; old, but good. 

 Duke of Edinburgh. — Very brilliant vermilion. 

 JElizabeth Vigneron. — Light rosy-pink. 



Fran(;ois Coxrtln. — Purple- cerise. 

 Glory of WaltJiaiii. — Eich crimson. 

 Harrison War. — Full, velvety-crimson. 

 Hcinrich Schulthcis. — Delicate pink and rose. 

 John Gricr. — Bright red. 



Madame Alice Bureau. — Eich rose, very bright. 

 Madame Bright rose, large and double. 



Madame Charles Vcrdlcr. — Full, dark rose-coloured. 

 Madame Elize Faisson. — Large, bright cherry-red. 

 Madame Ferdinand Jamain. — Clear deep rose. 

 Madame Fillion. — Finely-cupped, salmon-rose. 

 Madame Furtado. — Bright rose. 

 Madame Korr. — Deep pink, with rosy centre. 

 Madame Marie Cirodde. — Ver^' pale rose, large and 

 fuU. 



Madame Montet. — Delicate rose-coloured ; large 

 petals. 



Madame Morcau . — Large and double, shaded 

 crimson. 



Madame TJuccnot. — Deep violet -crimson. 

 Mdllc. Marguerite Bombrain. — Delicate silvery-rose. 

 Miss Hassard. — Flesh-coloured pink. 

 Miss Boole. — Soft silvery-rose. 

 Souvenir de Beveson-Gower. — Eich ruby -red. 

 Souvenir de Monsieur Boll. — Bright cerise, large. 

 Triomphe de France. — Bright carmine, large and 

 good. 



Yirgile. — Eich salmon-rose. 



William Jesse. — Deep bright rose. 



These will all be found sweet Eoses ; perhaj^s the 

 Duke of Edinburgh being the least fragrant of any 

 among them. Apart from their fragrance, most of the 

 Hybrid Perpetual Eoses named in our Hst of Exhi- 

 bition, Pillar, and Garden Eoses, are equally fit for 

 moulding into standards. It is well for the Eosa- 

 rian to study local characteristics and growths of 

 particular Eoses in different places as far as may be, 

 before going largely into standard Eoses. Other 

 qualities being good, the Eoses that grow most freely 

 in any given localities are the best to choose for 

 standards. 



Following out our idea of making fi-agrance one 

 of the most essential qualities in standard Eoses, 

 Marechal Niel must stand at the head of all the 

 Tea and Noisette Eoses, inasmuch as it is either or 

 neither, or both combined, and excels them all for 

 the fulness of the fragrancy, and the weight and 

 numbers of its well-filled blooms of gold. 



Celine Forestier is about the sweetest of the Noi- 

 settes after ^Marechal Niel, and the pure white 

 Lamarque has also a pleasant odour. Desprez a 

 Fleur Jaune, a curious combination of buff and red, 

 rare among Eoses, is also fragrant. 



The only Bourbon worth growing for its fi'a- 

 grance, and that is peculiar, is Souvenir de la 

 Malmaison, which is especially useful in the autumn. 



