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THE BOOK OF THE ROSE 



CHAP. 



mostly crossed with them, form the bulk of the per- 

 petual Roses, and have therefore increased immensely 

 in culture, popularity and number of varieties, while 

 the sorts which bloom only in the summer have 

 naturally been neglected, though perpetual forms have 

 now been raised among the Ayrshire, Polyantha, 

 Scotch, and Moss classes. The H.P.s and Teas, using 

 the terms in their widest and most inclusive sense, 

 would thus embrace all the best Roses, that is, those 

 which give the finest and most perfect blooms ; and 

 a large number of Rose-growers will be content with 

 them. 



The live-stock-keeper's adage, that it costs no more 

 to keep a good animal than a bad one, may, with some 

 reservations, be applied to Roses ; and the H.P.s and 

 Teas, in the wide sense that I have mentioned, certainly 

 furnish the finest flowers. Still, for old associations 

 some may cultivate the Provence (Cabbage) or York 

 and Lancaster ; for beauty of yellow and copper shades, 

 the Austrian ; for exhibition of a pot Rose in a mass 

 of bloom, the Hybrid Bourbon or Hybrid China; for 

 fancy in the bud stage only, the Moss ; for beauty of 

 foliage and fruit, the Rugosa ; for toys, the Pompons 

 or Fairies ; for certain forms of bouquet decoration, 

 the Polyanthas ; for sweet foliage, the Sweet-briars ; 

 and for rapid climbing, the Boursault, Evergreen, 

 Ayrshire, or Banksians. 



Summer Roses 



The Provence Rose (Rosa centifolia). — The type here 

 is the old " Cabbage " Rose, so called merely because 

 it is full, with its petals folded like a cabbage. It is 



