214 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES 



large and globular, generally superb ! no Ulrich 

 Brunner, and no Xavier Olibo. 



We had a few of the lovely Tea-scented Roses, 

 Bougere, Devoniensis, Madame Willermorz, Safrano ; 

 but we had no Catherine Mermet, no Comtesse de 

 Nadaillac, no Jean Ducher, no Marie Van Houtte, no 

 Niphetos, no Souvenir d'Elise. And yet our ignor- 

 ance was very blissful, even as they who won victories 

 with bows and arrows were as pleased as though they 

 had been guns. 



In ordering these Rose-trees, I advise the amateur 

 to ask for dwarfs or for low standards. The height 

 which I prefer for the latter is about 2 feet from the 

 ground to the budded Rose, because these lesser trees 

 escape the fury of the wind, requiring no stakes to 

 support them after their first year ; because they are 

 more conveniently manipulated than either dwarfs or 

 giants ; and because their complete beauty presents 

 itself pleasantly to our eyes, without bringing us down 

 on our knees, or requiring us to stand a-tiptoe : but on 

 the whole I lik& dwarfs the best. They should be planted 

 in November,! the soil just covering the junction of 

 the rose with the stalk, and the surface round them 

 should be dressed with a stratum of manure, both to 



^ Hints of Planting Roses, by a Committee of the National Rose 

 Society, may be obtained by remitting seven penny stamps to either of 

 the Secretaries, the Rev. H. H. D'Ombrain, Westwell Vicarage, 

 Ashford, Kent, or E. Mawley, Esq., Rosebank, Berkhampstead, Herts. 



