AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



' AYitli the excej)tion of Baroness Eothscliikl. Merveille de Lyon. 

 Mabel Morrison, and a few others — at most half a dozen— all Roses 

 are s^veet-scented. There are some. howeA-er. that are exquisitely 

 so, and the following dozen will take high rank among such : 

 Charles Darwin, a free groAver, Avith A-ery rich crimson flowers of a 

 full and globular form : Due de Montpensier, glowing scarlet, and 

 intensely SAveet-scented : Socrates, coppery yelloAv. the most fruity - 

 smelling rose groAvn ; Catherine ]\Iermet, pink, perfect form, per- 

 fume like a ripe Peach ; Comtesse Riza du Pare, coppery pink, a 

 good garden Rose, and A'ery sweet : Earl of Dufterin, very dark 

 crimson, large and A-ery full ; General .Jacc|ueminot. gioAAing scarlet, 

 with darker shadings, one of our A^ery best garden Roses, and 

 highly fragrant ; La France, bright lilac-pink. AAutli sih-er}' Avhite 

 shadings, (extra) ; Madame Clemence Joigneaux. pink and carmine, 

 A'ery large, and a A-igorous grower : Miss Hassard. flesh-colour, A^ery 

 SATeet ; LTdeal, copper, metallic pink, rose, and yelloAv. all suftused 

 into one another, small, btit a grand Rose. Avith delightful fragrance, 

 which can be recognised a long AA'ay ofl' : and SoiiA^enir de S. A. 

 Prince, a pure white form of SouA-enir d'un Ami. one of the oldest 

 and sweetest Roses. It Avere equally easy to name tAA-eh^e more so 

 sweet that one would haA'e difliculty in choosing betAveen them. 

 Of the aboA'e, I think LTdeal and Socrates are the SAveetest. 



' The best growers amongst the sweet-smelling Roses are to be 

 fotmd in those bearing light or rose-coloured floAA'ers. You will, 

 lioAA'eA'er, find the folio Aving tAveh-e fairly good ; A, K. Williams, 

 E. Y. Teas, Prince Camille de Rohan, Annie Wood, Emily Laxton, 

 Empress of India, Eclair, Raoul Guillard, Jean Soupert, ]vladame 

 Isaac Pereire, SouA-enir de Charles Montault, and Paul Yerdier. 

 Amongst the light-coloured Roses Ijearing fragrant flowers I regard 

 Madame Gabrielle Luizet as the best : Augustine Guiuoisseau i or 

 White La France) is also A^ery good : others of all criLjur^, po-vess- 

 ing A'arious degrees of sweetness. Avill be found in Caroline d'Arden, 

 Marchioness of Lorae, Duchess of Albany, ^Ir. J. BroAvnloAv. Mrs. 

 J. Laing, Marie L. Pernett, La France. Francois Courting, Marie 

 Yerdier, Felix Genero, Dr. Grill. ]\Iarquis de YiA^ens, G. Xarbon- 

 nard, The Puritan, Danmark, Charles Gates. Bessie Johnsou, 

 Adam, Goubault, Lamarque, Madame Joseph Godier. Charles ]\Ior- 

 gottin, Elizabeth Yigneron, Alice Dureau. Rosy Morn. If you 

 are interested in sweet-scented Roses. aaJia' not grow the old 

 Cabbage Hose, also the China A-arieties and Peine Blanche ? " — 

 Gardening III nstrated. 



* It is said that in hospitals the poor sick patients, if alloAved to 

 pick a Rose, ahA'ays select La France. There are some tAA^o dozen 



