506 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



It is only recently that we have obtained a group of Roses of various 

 colours between the Tea-scented, Chinese, and Bourbon, the varieties of 

 which are hardier than the original Tea- scented, and which bloom con- 

 ' tinuously from June till growth is arrested by the autumn frosts. Some 

 of the most remarkable of these are : — ' Aurora,' ' Boadicea,' 1 Camoens,' 

 ' Chameleon,' 1 Comtesse Festetics Hamilton,' ' Corallina,' 1 Dainty,' 

 ' Empress Alexandra of Russia,' ' Enchantress,' ' Fairy Queen,' ' Fortuna,* 

 * G. Nabonnand,' ' General Schablikine,' ' Gloire des Polyanthas,' ' Gruss 

 an Teplitz,' 1 Madame Abel Chatenay,' ' Madame C. P. Strassheim,' 

 ' Madame Eugene Resal,' 1 Madame Laurette Messimy,' 1 Mdlle. Germaine 

 Raud,' ' Morning Glow,' 'Papa Gontier,' 'Princesse Alice de Monaco,' 

 ' Queen Mab,' ' Salmonea,' 1 Sulphurea,' 1 The Alexandra,' 1 Yvonne 

 Gravier.' 



Of course, in speaking of " ever-blooming Roses for garden decora- 

 tion," I do not mean to imply that they will bloom all the year round in 

 this climate out of doors, but they will do so if removed at the end of the 

 Rose season to the warmth and shelter of glass houses. 



Now there are thousands of Englishmen who see but little of their 

 gardens except at the short period when in residence at their country 

 seats, which is, with many, the late summer or early autumn, and at 

 that season these Roses may be had in their fullest beauty. 



The process of cultivation is simple in the extreme, and one which 

 any ordinary workman in the garden may be deputed to carry out. If the 

 prospective position of these Roses is defined when clearing away the 

 remnants of the summer grouping plants (Geraniums, &c.) in October,, 

 these Roses may be made to take their place from other out-of-door 

 positions, or they may be obtained by purchase. When planting, leave 

 the earth rising well up among the lower branches, placing small branches 

 of evergreens among them for shelter from the frosts and cold winds of 

 winter. This is the least troublesome way of realising our object, and as 

 a rule answers perfectly ; but, although these Roses are much hardier than 

 the old fashioned Tea-scented, we have yet to learn how they might fare 

 wholly unprotected in the open during a winter of more than common 

 severity. But should they be found to sutler seriously under such a con- 

 tingency it would cost but a small amount of money and labour to repair 

 the mischief. 



Here, however, is another and a safer, although I could not say a 

 better plan. Purchase the plants in small pots in May, repot them in 

 June, and grow them on either under glass or in the open, planting them 

 out with the bedding plants in the May following. Under this manage- 

 ment, if the early flowers (June) are not wanted, it is a good plan to pinch 

 the flower-buds out when about the size of a small pea, taking care not to 

 remove or injure any of the leaves. Dig the plants up after the summer 

 and autumn blooming, repot and remove to shelter, reintroducing them to 

 any position in the flower-garden in the following spring. 



Of course I am assuming that in the preliminary stages of cultivation 

 the ordinary care and attention of good gardening are practised. Into this- 

 I need not enter here. Nothing more is required to ensure brilliant 

 masses of flowers that will vie with any denizens of the garden, and last 

 longer in an attractive form than many of them. 



