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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



J° LY 9, 1898. 



Single Roses. 



riiiar, iwyai jianu, a«« ^wiiu^ 5 crimson Bedder a fV. 

 THOSE rose growers who have not tied themselves down exclusively to bright red roses we have, and are all quite recent introd t' 

 the culture of over-sized hybrid perpetual 5, find that the presence of single f rom double kinds, and thus partial reversions to tvnp n 8 



roses gives a pleasing variety to the rose garden ; and it is therefore not 

 surprising that real lovers of the rose often prefer the simpler forms ; 

 consequently the culture of single roses has very much increased in recent 



Turning to the high coloured singles it mnetkl TT~~ ~ — 

 Pillar, Royal Scarlet, and Cooling's Crimson Bedder s Sl* at ? arai »« 

 bright red roses we have, and are all quite recent intm/*- on, y sin Kle 

 from double kinds, and thus partial reverai^ 



has not retained the perpetual character, but the other rst " nam «l 



in q mirlrpH Hpcrrpfv Carmine Pillo*- t> _ 1 ^ 



years 



been 



their hybrids, of the finest and most useful kinds ; improved forms and 

 new colours have been added to the list of roses worthy of culture. But 

 much remains to be done. When single roses regained the public fancy, 

 the kinds which first came into notice were, of those with white flowers, 

 Rosa macrantha, R. Biggiriana, R. rugosa alba, R. moschata alba, R. 

 multiflora (Polyantha simplex), all fine forms ; R. laevigata (/?. sinica\ 

 the camellia rose, is too shy in this country to have here maintained the 

 reputation won in kindlier climes. Paul's Single White, of which so 

 fine an illustration is given herewith, proved a real advance. It is perpetual 

 in flowering, in colour pure, in habit graceful, and is probably as yet the 

 finest single white rose. It is a hybrid noisette, R. altaica, a large lemon- 

 white Scotch, and R. pulverulenta, are the two earliest single roses. 



Most of the single roses with pink and rose-coloured flowers are too 

 smill and insignificant for garden purposes. The best of these are Rosa 

 macrophylla, a tall, almost tree-like climbing variety ; R. rugosa, the true 

 large flowered form, and its variety R. America, more pendant in habit, 

 and with black crimson ovate fruits 5 R. pomifera, pale blush pink with 

 fine fruit, and the single Gallicas. The Indicas, free-flowering and 

 perpetual, are almost the only others, but R. rubrifolia and R. lucida are 

 much grown for their foliage, and deservedly so. Mr. Jackson Dawson, 



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in a marked degree. Carmine Pillar and Roval p ° ssesse s it 

 flowers in large bunches, each bloom opening in sur^"' the ' r 

 duration of the time of flowering is materially increavH t "i! and the 



nuwcrs in idigc uum-nv-o, «_a.^u uioom opening in mr^l; " ,cir 



duration of the time of flowering is materially increased ln°.K and the 

 Royal Scarlet this property and the perpetual character h av tZVl 

 a continuous blooming variety, the first blooms of the new prnwS. i 

 immediately following the first bunches. gr0wth alm <*t 



In addition to their great usefulness for garden decoration sinrU 

 roses possess an indirect value, inasmuch as they lend themselves a\ 

 to hybridization ; and it is evident that the introduction of new ^ y 

 must modify extensively the characteristics and habits of roses and m ' 

 produce novelties of a kind yet undreamt of— only care roust be takJn t 

 retain the hardiness and vigour of our present kinds. 



" cW George Laing Paul 



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Rose Growers' Difficulties. 



There is, I should imagine, scarcely any other plant generally 

 grown which is so beset with enemies of all kinds as the rose. From 

 the time it unfolds its first leaf until the foliage disappears at the 

 approach of winter, it is seldom free from troubles of one sort or another 

 But, although the enemies of our Floral Queen are so numerous, they can 

 nearly all be traced back to one common origin — the weather. In fact 

 if only our roses could have the climatic conditions they most delight in 



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SPECIMEN OF PAUL'S SINGLE WHITE ROSE, AT ENYS. 



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Rosa canina, the dog rose, is 



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aremucn used as climbers in America. 



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, , ■ T. " "'"ciiLd. ivus>a canina, me ciog rose, 



always beautiful, and its varieties, Andersoni, deep rose-pink, and, 

 think Om.ssa, very large blush-white, are very showy indeed. R. sancta, 

 with bunches of large china-pink flowers and woolly leaves, has been 

 lately introduced from Abyssinia, has proved identical with flowers found 

 in the wreaths of the Egyptian mummies, and evidently no novelty. A 

 new hybrid of R. smica and R. canina R. anemone, has blooms for all 

 me world like the Japanese anemone, and is a singularly attractive 

 climber with shiny-green foliage. 



Of SVnoU an °n S hyb u ids > ve P roved the value of the sweetbriar. 



real SlSfc] Austrian briars and the sin g le Sc ^h are 



have & remark * b k l y a "™tive during their flowering season, and 



&^>L;Ld OU its n hyb% Si Cd d ° ub1 ?' I but f berber folia 



and Eac flowers very rarelv nnf merel >\ C as . cma «ng curiosities, 

 growers hke the Rev V hp5 u y favounn & distinguished amateur 

 That Ic ! H - Penibe "on with its blooms. 



resembles a clematis." The gj? * 2e ; ' m r {o ™ and * ize » m «ch Aft^TrL^L 10 ^ ^ em ?S tne plants 



ardent ro 



would disappear almost entirely. . . 



The fact is, our cultivated roses are so extremely sensitive to weatner 

 changes of all kinds, as to be greatly at the mercy of the seasons . i 

 refer, of course, to the choicer specimens of the race, the hybrid per- 

 petuals, the hybrid teas, and the teas and noisettes. Indeed, I had sucn 

 roses in my mind when 1 said just now that, were it not for un f av0ur *JZ 

 atmospheric conditions, rose growing would be sheared of all, or ™J 

 nearly all, its anxieties and troubles. For were our attention direaw 

 solely to the cultivation of our native roses, or of such garden van«i» 

 Bennett's Seedling, and similar sorts which are of strictly vigorous u> 

 stitution and perfectly hardy, we might snap our fingers at the 

 and its vagaries, and year by year, with the most meagre attention, 

 forward with certainty to a short, but abundant, harvest ^ bloom. 



But, to proceed from generalities to more detailed illu st m jj 

 suppose for instance, a young rosarian, smitten with the beami , 

 flowers he has seen at a rose show, determines to try and raise spec, 

 as fine m his own garden. He selects, as he has been advised, a ^ 

 situation for this his first rose-bed. The ground is carefully prep ^ 

 and at last the long-looked- for plants arrive from the nursery . ^ 



w w«; mca ui geiting inc pwuw — -- c ar ian is not in 



prove unusually severe, some of the more delicate sorts may n 



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