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hybridisation, but the Eose Congress held at Antwerp in 1894 clearly proved that 

 British growers were a long way ahead of all others. 



"We propose to treat upon Classification, giving a few chief characteristics of each 

 section ; various methods of Propagation and Pruning ; on Insects and Diseases, with 

 methods of prevention and eradication ; and also to give selections of varieties for 

 various purposes and positions. Eoses for exhibiting will be treated in the chapter on 

 Florists' Flowers. 



Our chief aim will be to help those with little or no knowledge, and in this 

 endeavour we shall have the approval of experts, whose great desire is to increase the 

 number of cultivators of the queenly flower they love so well. 



Classification. 



This is a very large subject if treated botanically, we therefore propose to leave out 

 those classes in which the species or varieties are not generally grown, and to treat more 

 fully upon the others. 



Pkovencb Eoses. — These owe their origin to Eosa centifolia, a native of the 

 Caucasus. Our Cabbage Eose belongs to this class. All the varieties are very hardy, 

 sweetly scented, generally of dwarf growth, prefer a rich, deep loam, and need close 

 pruning. Provence Eoses do best upon their own roots, and are propagated from 

 suckers and cuttings. There is a section of this class producing very small blooms 

 ahd the plants are exceedingly dwarf in habit. They are pretty for edgings to beds 

 and for pot work. 



Moss EosEs. — These are supposed to have originated from a sport out of one of the 

 Provence Eoses, and known as Eosa centifolia muscosa. All growers are acquainted 

 with their characteristic glandular-mossy peduncles and calyx. They need the same 

 treatment as the Provence. 



Damask Eoses. — Syria is the home of these roses, which were introduced to this 

 country in 1573, and are the parents of many beautiful garden varieties. Both these and 

 the Provence are much used in the East for the distillation of rose-water. The calyx 

 and peduncles are slightly hairy and sticky, the foliage light green and standing out 

 stifily. These and the French, or Gallica Eoses, have been crossed and recrossed with 

 other classes to such an extent that they have been incorporated under the heading of 

 Hybrid Perpetuals, or, as the French growers have it. Hybrid remontant, a better 

 term than ours, many of the varieties being far from entitled to the name perpetual. 



