GARDEN ROSES i8i 



a decided improvement, and is still very effective in a 

 bed, from its vivid crimson tints; but very few of 

 those amateurs who may pay me the compliment of 

 furnishing their Rosaries with the varieties which I 

 commend the most, will, I think, have room, when I 

 have completed my catalogue, for the Damask Per- 

 ^petual Rose. 



It can vie no more with that section, the most 

 perfect and extensive of all, which we will next con- 

 sider, so far as its garden Roses are concerned, viz., 

 the Hybrid Perpetual, a family so numerous and so 

 beautiful withal, that two of our most fastidious Ros- 

 arians, ejecting from a select list every flower which 

 has not some special excellence, give us the names of 

 1 20 varieties as being sans reproche, * I have inserted 

 in this list,' says Mr. Rivers, * Roses only, whether new 

 or old, that are distinct, good, and, above all, free and 

 healthy in their growth ; the flowers are all of full 

 size, and perfection in colour ; in short, any variety 

 selected from it, even at random, will prove good and 

 well worthy of cultivation.' ' Roses suitable for Exhi- 

 bition,' is the heading of Mr. George Paul's list ; and, 

 as an exhibitor, he has proved oft and convinc- 

 ingly a knowledge of what to show, and how to show 

 it. But I am anticipating this part of my subject, 

 and, returning to our garden Roses, recommend, as 

 the most robust in growth and prolific in flower, the 



