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they have lost caste. Still, they are well worthy of a place in 

 some sheltered spot in the garden. 



Group 21. — The Polyantha Bote. — -This is a comparatively 

 modern group, similar to the last, hut sufficiently distinct from 

 it, from the cultivator's point of view, to demand separation. 

 The flowers are small, and produced in enormous clusters ; the 

 growth varies much, hut is generally vigorous. 



Section VIII. 



Group 22.— The Banhsian Hose. — This is the last of our 

 summer- flowering groups. The flowers are very small, and 

 produced in clusters. The prettiest varieties are the ordinary 

 white and yellow, the former of which is sweet-scented. Both, 

 in this country, require a wall and warm soil, and they should 

 he pruned immediately after flowering. 



Division II. — Autumnal Boses. 

 Section IX. 



Group 23.— The Berberry -leaved Bosc. — The " Berberifolia 

 Hardii " is a well-known variety, with small single yellow 

 flowers, and a chocolate-coloured spot at the bottom of each 

 petal. It is not only singularly beautiful, but has the great merit 

 of distinctness. 



Section X. 



Group 24. — The Perpetual Scotch. — The only variety in this 

 group of special value as a garden rose is the " Stanwell Per- 

 petual." It flowers early and late, and is deliciously sweet. 



Group 25. — The Perpetual Moss. — It is a great thing to have 

 Moss Roses flowering in the autumn, although the mossy sur- 

 rounding of the buds is not so prominent a feature here as with 

 the summer-blooming kinds. 



Section XI. 



Group 26. — The Macartney Pose. — Both the single and the 

 "Maria Leonida" are well worthy of cultivation. They are 

 best grown on a wall or fence, or in some sheltered spot in the 

 garden, as they are not very hardy. 



Group 27. — The Clinophylla Pose. — "Lucida duplex," 

 which we place under this heading, is one of the loveliest of 

 blush roses. I must confess that I have some doubt whether it 



