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THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. 



A HALF STANDARD ROSE Ml". A. Richardson). 



the Rose may at ieast claim 

 that its must pressing wants 

 shall receive clue attention. 

 Fur instance, from the fore- 

 going instructions, it will be 

 gathered that Roses can only 

 be grown with success if pro- 

 perly planted in well-prepared 

 and rich soil. Now this is 

 after all their most pressing 

 need, for Roses so planted 

 will continue to grow and 

 flower, at all events fairly 

 well, for years, however 

 much they may be afterwards 

 neglected. More disappoint- 

 ment has, 1 feel sure, arisen 

 from indifferent planting in 



unprepared soil than from any other cause that could well be named. The nurseryman is 

 censured for supplying such " had plants," or the natural soil of the garden is at fault, or 

 the climate, or what not, whereas I should not he far short of the truth if 1 said that in 

 ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the indifferent planting alone that is to blame. 

 Indifferent pruning is also in such gardens, I am afraid, the rule rather than the exception. 

 And yet what can he easier than to prune an exhibition Rose, where good flow ers and not 

 the symmetry of the plant is the first consideration. In tact, it matters little how long 

 or how short the shoots are left, provided all the old, dead, and weak' growths are clean cut 

 out. Another point in which most growers fa ll is in selecting unsuitable varieties for ordinary 

 garden cultivation. Whereas exhibition Roses may for our present purpose be divided into 

 two distinct classes, viz.: (i) Those adapted for an exhibitor's garden only; (2) Those 

 which can he easily grown by the non-exhibitor as well. The following selection can 

 be confidently recommended to the non-exhibitor as the groundwork of his collection. 



Selection of Exhibition Roses for Ordinary Garden Cultivation. 



HYBRID Rerpetuals. — White: There is as yet no really good white Hybrid Perpetual; 

 Merveille de Lyon and Margaret Dickson are, however, the best we have. Pink: Mrs. 

 John Laing, the most dependable of all the Hybrid Perpetuals ; Mrs. R. G. Sharman- 

 Grawford, rather subject to mildew, hut otherwise a most charming and free-flowering 

 variety; Marie Finger, a most taking shade of salmon pink'. Medium red and rose : Ulrich 

 Brunner, a Rose of grand growth and constitution ; Suzanne ,V\. Rodocanachi, matchless in 

 ,ts particular colour glowing rose colour ; Dupuy Jamain, very dependable, and a good 

 grower. Crimson : A. K. Williams, the most perfectly formed of all the Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 and where it succeeds a most desirable variety ; Marie Baumann, still one of the most reliable 

 of the soft crimson varieties, rather subject to mildew ; Fisher Holmes, also good ; Captain 

 Hayward, a line shade of crimson-scarlet. Dark crimson : Charles Lefebvre, still unequalled 

 in its class; Prince Arthur, a deep-coloured sport from General jacqueminot; Prince C. de 

 Rohan, the most dependable of the very dark' varieties. 



Hybrid Teas. — White: Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, almost a Tea Rose. Pink: 

 La France, nearly always in flower ; Caroline Testout and Viscountess Folkestone, both 

 very distinct, and in all respects charming. Medium red : Marquise Litta, makes excellent 

 growth, and is quite distinct in colour. 



Teas and Noisettes.— White : Innocente Pirola, Hon. Edith Gifford, Souvenir de 



