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ROSES 



Evergreen (Sempervirens). — Habit: 

 Climbing. Very vigorous. Reddish bark. 

 Foliage: Dark green, retained late in the 

 season. Seven leaflets, glabrous. Prickles: 

 Hooked. Flowers: Scanty in corymbs, once 

 in June. Culture: Hardy. Prune by cut- 

 ting out entirely shoots that need thinning. 

 Type: Felicite Perpetuelle. 



Hybrid Perpetual. — The most important 

 group for general garden cultivation. For 

 practical purposes of the amateur ail the 

 sundry roses which bloom once in the sum- 

 mer and again more or less intermittently 

 in the autumn are now included here. Hybrid 

 China Roses differ from Hybrid Perpetuals 

 in that they bloom once only, in summer. 

 Habit: Various. Generally stiff, upright, 

 sometimes inclined to pendulous. Foliage: 

 Dull green, wrinkled, not shiny. Prickles: 

 Various, generally strong and fairly abundant. 

 Flowers: Of all types, partaking of Tea, 

 Damask, French, Bourbon, etc., produced 

 in summer and autumn. Culture: Good gar- 

 den soil, rich and deep, inclined to heavy. 

 Prune by cutting back, according to habit; 

 if very vigorous, prune less severely than if 

 weak, as heavy pruning tends too much to 



