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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



If the beds are large enough to admit of it, they may be very 

 ■well margined or fronted with groups of the ever-blooming 

 miniature Polyantha roses, of which the best are Mignonette and 

 Gloire des Polyanthes, pinks ; Anne-Marie de Montravel and Ma 

 Paquerette, whites ; and Perle d'Or and Golden Fairy, orange- 

 yellow. 



The best Tea-scented Pioses for massing — that is to say, the 

 varieties that can most certainly be relied on to be effective in 

 any season — are Marie Van Houtte, Madame Lambard, Hon. 

 Edith Gifford, Comtesse de Panisse, a very handsome and re- 

 liable Tea that has been unaccountably overlooked by exhibitors ; 

 Anna Olivier, Madame Charles, Madame Chedane Guinoisseau, 

 loveliest of yellow buds; Madame Hoste, most free and constant, 

 a great acquisition, which may also be said of Ethel Brownlow; 

 Narcisse, Souvenir de Gabrielle Drevet, Princesse de Sagan, a 

 rich velvety maroon-crimson Tea, lacking size and fulness for 

 exhibition, but ever-blooming and most effective in the garden ; 

 E. Indica (Lowe), a lovely single red Tea, of which a group of 

 dwarf plants present a charming appearance throughout the 

 entire season; and Jean Ducher, when the weather is not wet 

 and cold. 



To obtain large isolated bushes and genuine tree standards, 

 the one thing necessary is the employment of suitable varieties. 

 Of these, the best are Anna Alexieff, Madame Alfred Carriere, 

 Prefet Limbourg, Marie Van Houtte, Madame Perny, Madame 

 Gabriel Luizet, Glory of Cheshunt, Madame Nachury, Jules 

 Margottin ; and of summer-flowering roses, Persian Yellow, 

 Harrisonii, White Provence, Chenedolle, Celestial, a rose similar 

 to, but of far greater beauty than, Maiden's Blush, and the Double 

 Marbled Sweet Briar ; of these, the first ten varieties named 

 make especially fine large-headed standards. 



A Pillar-rose, so called, and a Rose-pillar worthy of the name, are 

 not of necessity synonymous. The requirements in a variety to 

 make a good rose-pillar are, that it should be very vigorous but not 

 too long and rampant a climber, very free flowering — perpetual if 

 possible — with handsome and abundant foliage, and a hardy 

 constitution. The roses that make the finest pillars will generally 

 do so from a single plant, but of some varieties it is frequently a 

 good plan to employ two or even three plants at the base of each 

 post for the better formation of a first-rate rose-pillar. The best 



