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Roses. It should be pruned very little, merely cutting 

 out any dead wood, and is then free-blooming and a 

 good autumnal, but the plant is only worth growing as 

 a curiosity or from old associations. 



Perle des Jar dins (Levet, 1874). — Of good stout stiff 

 growth, with reddish wood and fine foliage, doing well 

 as a dwarf, but a Rose of shocking bad manners. We 

 want much a well-shaped Tea of a good decided yellow 

 to take the place of Marechal Niel when it is off bloom ; 

 and Perle des Jardins is always promising to do this, 

 and very, very seldom doing it. It comes divided, or 

 quartered, or malformed in some way almost to a cer- 

 tainty during the summer, but manages to stave off 

 execution of just judgment by the aid of better shajDed 

 and far more valuable blooms in the autumn. At that 

 season it will often prove the only available sort which 

 is really yellow, and even one bloom of this colour will 

 make a wonderful improvement in a bouquet of autumn 

 Roses. It comes better under glass and would probably 

 do well in a hot climate, but is worth growing for its 

 autumnal bloom alone. 



A climbing sport of this Rose (Henderson, 1891) has 

 been issued, but so lately that I can give no certain 

 account of it. There is also a white sport called White 

 Perle. 



President (Paul and Son, 1860), see Adam. 



Princess Beatrice (Bennett, 1887). — A poor grower, 

 with a delicate constitution. It is one of the veiy 

 earliest, and grows rapidly enough till the bloom has 

 formed, and after that has passed often stands almost quite 

 still, making neither growth nor bloom during the rest of 

 the season. It must have very fine dry weather, and 

 even then is not much good out of doors ; but it is a 

 well-shaped bloom, with lovely colour, though not large, 



