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forerunner in this late- flowering race for about thirty-four years now, 

 but its merits as a late Hose were not for some years fully appreciated. 

 It is now surpassed by 1 Caroline Testout ' and other varieties, yet it 

 ought not to be discarded ; for its fragrance alone it is worth retaining. 

 These Roses have been grown well and their worth clearly demonstrated 

 at Kew. Their cultivation should be taken up more, and I am surprised 

 that it has not been done more extensively in the London parks and 

 gardens. Far better have some beds of Roses in lieu of so much tender 

 bedding material, with its short season and great additional labour in 



Fig. 155.— * White Pet ' Pompon. [The Garden,) 



maintenance. Lord Ilchester, at Holland House, has given an object 

 lesson in what may be done with these free-rlowering autumnal Roses. 

 In this his lordship is to be congratulated for his enterprise, and 

 Mr. Dixon, b is gardener, for the way in which he has carried out the 

 cultivation. We find at Gunnersbury that far greater success accrues 

 since we have adopted the Continental system of liberal applications of 

 farmyard and other special manures. This was done upon the suggestion 

 of Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, who is himself a keen observer with respect 

 to all cultural details, having noted the methods adopted abroad in order 

 to obtain the desired ends. This manure we apply in the autumn as soon 

 as the Rose-beds have been repaired, or freshly-planted ones completed. 



