GARDEN ROSES i;9 



Rose, and fragrant with Sweet - Brier, Wallflower, 

 Clove, and Stock. 



I may not urge the reappearance of this village 

 beauty to the modern Rose-garden, but in the mixed 

 garden and in the shrubbery the constant, brave * old 

 Monthly,' the last to yield in winter, the first to bloom 

 in spring, is still deserving of a place. He, at all 

 events, is no more a Rosarian who sees no beauty in 

 this Rose than he is a florist who does not love the 

 meanest flower which grows. Nor must he neglect 

 some other old favourites in this family, such as 

 Cramoisie Superieure, honestly named, glowing and 

 brilliant as any of our crimson Roses,i and forming 

 a charming bed, or edging of a bed, especially in the 

 autumn ; and Mrs. Bosanquet, always fair, and good 

 as beautiful — the same, like a true lady, in an exalted 

 or a low estate, on a standard or on the ground, alone 

 or in group, composed, graceful, not having one of 

 its pale pink, delicate petals out of place. Both of 

 these Roses thrive well in pots, but they are most 

 attractive, I think, on their own roots out of doors, 

 in a bed of rich, light, mellow loam, pruned according 

 to vigour of growth, and pegged down when their 

 shoots are supple, so as to present a uniform surface. 



When speaking of the Moss-Rose generally, I anti- 



^ With this exception, perhaps, of Bardon Job, sent to us by 

 Nabonnand in 1887. 



