ROSES FOR AUTUMN BLOOMS. 



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fieurs jaunes,' ' Gloire de Dijon,' ' Kaiserin Friedrich,' ' Madame Chauvry,' 

 ' Madame Moreau,' and ' William Allen Richardson ' ; pink and rose-colour, 

 ' Pink Rover ' and ' Climbing Belle Siebrecht ' ; crimson, ' Deschamps,' 

 ' Fellemberg,' and ' Gruss an Teplitz.' The last named is one of the 

 most striking Roses of recent introduction, and cannot be too highly 

 recommended for the richness and brilliancy of its colour, as well as for 

 the extraordinary profusion in which its flowers are produced in autumn. 

 The introducer informs me that it was the result of three consecutive 

 crossings ; in the first instance ' Sir J. Paxton ' (Bourbon) was crossed 

 with ' Fellemberg ' ; the offspring of this union was then crossed with 

 ' Papa Gontier,' and the progeny was again crossed with ' Gloire des 

 Rosamanes.' As a creeping or trailing variety for banks and mounds, 

 Bosa Wichuriana is excellent, its pure white star-like Ijlossoms contrast- 

 ing well with the bright grass-green foliage. 



It is satisfactory to know that, notwithstanding the rich choice of 

 materials for the autumn Rose garden that are already in existence, the 

 production of new varieties of pronounced autumn-blooming characteristics 

 is still engaging the attention of hybridisers, and Miluable new shades of 

 colour, as well as distinct departures in style of flower and habit of 

 growth, may be looked for in the future. In this latter connection I may 

 mention Mr. Pernet-Ducher's interesting hybrid ' Soleil d'Or,' a cross 

 between the ' Persian Yellow ' and the Hybrid Perpetual ' Antoine Ducher.' 

 This Rose, flowers of which have been seen at the meetings of this 

 Society during the past spring and summer, may be considered to be the 

 first of a race of perpetual or autumn-flowering Briar Roses, and it is to 

 be hoped that the raiser may have further introductions of the same race 

 to follow. I also have great hopes of the varieties that are being raised 

 at Waltham Cross from the free-blooming varieties so largely grown in the 

 South of France crossed with the Chinese varieties. These have already 

 given us such fine autumnals as ' Corallina ' (tig. 234), ' Enchantress,' 

 ' Queen Mab,' ' Salmonea,' and others, and several other seedlings of great 

 promise have been exhibited from time to time. The enthusiasm of 

 raisers of new Roses is keenly alive to any preferences on the part of the 

 public in all that pertains to their favourite flower, and now that due 

 appreciation of autumn-flowering Roses is being manifested it may be 

 relied upon that the raisers will be found equal to producing all that is 

 required of them. 



