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puis, tiny lit 

 ecorations or for the 

 they are also pretty, 

 lankecn yellow, with 

 in ci ilour. • rloire des 

 '"ully free. One ol 

 class. Perle des 

 obtained — a little 

 pure white flowers, 

 )se everyone should 



Colour. They are very beautifu 

 in 48 size being useful for tab! 

 conservatory. As half Standai 

 The best kinds are : Perle d'< )r, na 

 orange centres, as vet unsurpassed in 

 Polyantha, bright rose, and wonderl 

 the best decorative Roses in any 

 Rouges, the brightest crimson yet 

 gem. Anna Marie de Montravel lias 

 produced in great abundance. A Ri 

 possess. Blanche Rebatel, a rosy crimson variety, very dis- 

 tinct, and almost as free (lowering as the last. Little Dot, 

 soft pink, very diminutive. Cecilc Brunner, bright rose 1 , 

 each tiny flower being ol perfect shape. A vigorous 

 grower, and a good dwarf hedge plant. Golden Fairy, a 

 pretty Rose, but more white than golden. ■ There is just 

 a suspicion of yellow in some of the Mowers. Mine. E. A. 

 Nolle, a delightful little Rose, with apricot buds and 

 white expanded flowers. Very free and vigorous. Etoile 

 d'Or, pile chrome yellow, very small ami pretty, the 

 plant of dwarf growth. Magdelcinc de Chatellier, a 

 stronger grower than the last-named, and perhaps the 

 purest yellow yet obtained. Mosella, a delightful novelty, 

 much larger than any ol the preceding. The flowers are 

 quite 2jin. in 

 diameter, the 

 base of the 

 petals of a soft 

 canary yellu,,, 

 the outer ones 

 being white. 

 A good grower, 

 quite Tea-like 

 in this respect. 

 It will be 

 necessary to 

 make a sub- 

 section of these 

 larger -flowered 

 kinds if they 

 multiply, as 

 they are out ol 

 place with the 

 smaller form?. 

 C 1 o t h i 1 d e 

 Soupert :s one 

 ol the most 

 perfect formed 

 Roses we have, 

 almost as 

 shapely as a 

 Camellia. It is 

 useful for grow- 

 ing in pots, 

 and the flowers 

 a r e p e a r 1 y 

 w h i t e , wit h 

 r o s y pi n k 

 cent™-, 

 Provence Rose 

 (A', centifolia). 

 — Surely every- 

 one know s the 

 old Cabbage 

 Rose, the Rose 

 so often con- 

 sidered the 

 most fragrant 

 ol its beautiful 

 race The habit of the 

 pendulous, and they thus 

 whilst they are, perhaps, 

 Globular Roses, and one 



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Provence Rojes is rather 

 form excellent Standards, 

 the most perfect of the 

 could wish there were 



more ol this shape. Provence Roses prefer rich soil, 

 rather hard pruning, and plenty of room. The best 

 varieties are : Common, or Cabbage, flowers rosy pink, 

 form globular, growth vigorous. Crested, or Cristata, 

 usually called the Crested Moss. It is a dainty flower, 



and the buds are beautifully crested. It was first seen 

 flowering upon the walls ol a convent near Berne in 

 1.N27. Prune hard, as the crest-like character is more 

 developed if the growth is vigorous. Unique, or White 

 Provence, is believed to be the York Rose. The flowers 

 are paper white. The miniature Provence Roses are also 

 ol this company. They give excellent results if planted 

 in groups in shrubberies. The De Meaux 111 ikes a distinct 

 edging Rose, as it is of neat growth; the colour is pink. 

 Spong is not much different from the above, but the 

 growth is stronger. While De Meaux is a charming 

 Rose, with its while flowers and pink centres; the Bur- 

 gundy Roses are also of this class, but they have practi- 

 cally gone out ot cultivation. 

 Scotch Roses (A', ipinosissima). — These well-known 

 Roses are the earliest to (lower out ol doors, and are ever 

 welcome. They are natives ol Britain, and there have 

 been numerous varieties. The Scotch Roses seed most 

 Ireelv, and would make excellent kinds for the amateur 

 hybridiser, as brilliant colours are much wanted. 

 These are obtained chiefly in the single varieties, 

 and nothing is more lovely than a round bush 

 of a single crimson Scotch Rose, far more effective 

 than many of the single kin Is in gardens. 



The Scotch 

 Roses are ex- 

 cellent for 

 hedges, and as 

 they are very 

 prickly the 

 hedge is a ver : 

 formidable one. 

 The knife must 

 be used 

 severely now 

 and then upon 

 these hedges, 1 ir 

 they become 

 leafless a 11 d 

 unsightly at t he 

 base, otherwise 

 they require no 

 pruning. They 

 are easily pro- 

 pagated by 

 suckers. '1 he 

 Scotch Roses 

 are best seen 

 in shrubbery 

 borders where 

 they have roi im 

 to spread out. 

 The flowers ol 

 the double 

 kinds are like 

 pretty little 

 balls', the 

 double white 

 being especially 

 charming. 

 They are best 

 o b t a i n e d in 

 colour, as ih ! 

 pinks of var ous 

 names differ but 

 slightly from 

 each o t h e r . 

 The colours 

 usually obtain- 

 able are wdiite, blush, light |.ink, deep pink, and 

 deep rose. There is no double crimson as yet, and the 

 variety known as the Double Yellow Scotch is a variety 

 of Rosa lutea and not of R. spinosissima. The single 

 may be obtained in similar shades of colour to the above, 

 but in addition there are some rich reds and buff and 

 fawn colours. The Scotch Roses have produced one 

 hybrid, Stanwell Perpetual, a good garden Rcse and one 

 of the first to flower and the l ist to fade. 



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