THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



Hybeid Peepetuals. — These are distinct in growth and foliage, the leaves being 

 larger, stifFer, and more rngose (wrinkled) than are those of Teas and ISToisettes. They 

 also comprise our darkest roses, in fact, all rose shades and colours, with the exception of 

 yellows and orange shades. Some fifteen hundred varieties have been named, but three- 

 fourths of these are seldom grown now, and year by year are being improved upon. 



Tea-scented Eoses. — These sprang from Eosa indica as the result of various 

 crossings. They are remarkable for delicacy of perfume and softness in colour, and 

 have smooth glossy leaves. Of late a few deep-red-flowered varieties have been 

 introduced, but the general shades are yellow, bronze, pink, copper, and white. In 

 some flowers these are produced separately, and in others a combination of several tints 

 is found, but always melting into one another in the most pleasing and delicate way. 

 The growth of the Tea-scented Eoses is also distinct from all but the Noisettes, clearly 

 showing their Chinese origin. For some years these two classes have been approaching 

 each other so closely that at present it is impossible for even expert judges in some 

 cases to define one from the other, and the National Eose Society, with most large 

 growers, has decided to amalgamate the two classes. 



Noisette Eoses. — Eosa Noisettiana was probably a natural cross between E. indica 

 and E. moschata, originating in America and being sent to France from there in 1815 

 or 1819. This was sent from Monsieur Noisette to his brother, a Parisian florist, 

 and hence the name Noisette, We look upon this as the more correct origin of the 

 name, so many of the earlier varieties not flowering in bunches " similar to the hazel- 

 nut," as has been claimed. Nor did they long retain the extra vigorous growth of 

 the first few varieties, while many Teas soon sprang up with equally long and 

 vigorous growth. 



We might select a variety or two from each class to point out how confused they 

 have now become. Caroline Kuster and Eeve d'Or are of very opposite habit, yet both 

 are Noisettes. Gloire de Dijon and Souvenir de Paul Neyron from the Teas aff'ord two 

 more striking examples, and it would be only too easy to quote a dozen or more of 

 similar cases. For climbers, both in the open and under glass, Tea and Noisette Eoses 

 are admii'able, also for growing in pots for early forcing, while few classes have been so 

 extensively added to and improved. Moreover these long-assumed tender roses are, as 

 a class, as hardy as most others, while experience proves them at least equally capable 

 of recruiting strength and vigour after a severe ordeal. They are absolutely free from 

 the disease known as red rust (for description of which see notes on Diseases and 



