1898. 



GARDENERS 1 



MAGAZINE. 



75i 



Perpetual Roses. 



s t valuable roses for garden cultivation are those which have 

 ™ E h° racteristic of so-called perpetuality. A very large number of 

 the cnar ^ unworthy of the name. There are many which 



and among these is the incomparable 



uV brid perpetuals s 

 hieve so much in summer 



ke of Edinburgh— that any attempt to bloom well in autumn is 

 generally unsuccessful. 



and e?n?riiS! \ rand «t of autumnal bloomers are the hybrid teas, 

 seau S„V r h Sp,Cndid varieties as La France > Augustine Guinois- 

 Clara W a t,nn r °^ the hi ^ hl y fra ^ rant Viscountess Folkestone, 

 Marouk T i^' - Darlin *' White Lad V> Madame Pernet Ducher, 



MeTvS,2v ^"If' and GIoire Lyonnaise. Roses of this character 

 rartSSSrft&i.W 1 CQlture ' combini "g ^ they do the finest cha- 

 ofX flL. ybnd P er Petuals with the free-flowering qualifications 



teas ' David R. Williamson. 



peren 



POLYGO 



Madame 



lemon- 



^ Others, whose first period of flowering is not so 



* e " rtrtttTas to exhaust their capability, flower with great facility during 

 Autumn months. Among these I would especially commend A. K. 



vnfams one of the brightest of our dark crimson roses— if such an _ 



iression be admissible, as I think it is ; its formation is a near HOUGH being a large genus, only a few of the polygonums are of real 



loach to absolute perfection, and I think its value can hardly be over- va ue as ornamental plants, and on this account many of them are almost 



Amatwl whether as a summer or autumn flowering rose. Before me, unknown outside tho mtiL*: c k * • 1 J , 



StS at this late season of the year, are some very fine specimens there are ho ^er 7 ^"u r u" Am ° ng them 



5.h.s truly inestimable rose ; but it has many almost equally charming of hard ' [' * * ma11 number of the most interesting and pretty 



temporaries in the vases adorned by its crimson hues, among which y P erenni als, their singular beauty entitling them to a place in the 



are the finely contrasted Margaret Dickson, one of the finest varieties the collectlon of every admirer of that class of plants, and excepting one or 



. . = - ^ . -1 - : * , two species, which for some unaccountable reason are difficult to manage, 



manrL^? gM ™{ not L bein S P artiaI to an y soil > situation, or time of 

 2f„ rh'zomatous root stocks fitting them to all sorts of 



conditions, and they thrive under the most adverse circumstances. 



W »I« DUm - alP u n T ' S a handsome Plant, forming in the course of a 

 m7JT S an ' C f bush , two to three feet in height, and producing its 

 numerous panicles or plumes of white flowers uninterruptedly from June 

 till September ; very useful as a border plant or for cut flowers. P. 

 amplexicaule produces its pretty, bright rosy red flowers in racemes borne 



rnZ7, H mS c ' othe l WIth '*her large foliage ; the root stock is deep 

 rooted and woody. This species flowers during the summer and autumn. 



afi ? ne belon S s t0 qmte a different class from the former, beimr close- 

 growing covering larg: patches of ground, and having handsome 

 foliage, linear or lanceolate in outline, and dense spikes of bright rosy 

 flowers. Its close-growing and perpetual-flowering habit adapts it for 

 growing either on the rockery, in borders or in baskets 



P. spaerostachyum somewhat resembles the pretty P. amplexicaule as 

 tar as habit is concerned only it is dwarfer, closer, and less rapid in 

 growth. It forms loose bushes, the wiry stems being clothed with hand- 

 some, bright green, lance-shaped foliage, the racemose flowers on the ex- 

 tremities of the stems being of the brightest and most intense rose colour, 

 making it one of the most showy of hardy herbaceous plants. Unfortu- 

 nately its culture has not been always the most successful, and more 

 than once this charming plant has disappeared from the 

 logues of the specialists, as well as out of the 



already proved themselves 

 Medea, a magnificent 

 Alexandra of Russia, excellent 



N'ewtou'nards firm has given to the world, as exquisite in its texture, and 

 as commanding in its dimensions, as it was in July. The date at which 

 lam writing is November 3, and the roses I am mentioning, honoris 

 ■ ausa, were gathered to-day. Associated artistically and most effectively 

 h these are the recently originated Countess of Caledon and 



Abel Chatenay, which have 

 precious acquisitions ; Enchantress, 

 coloured variety, and Empress 



^ " - - - w. J. Grant, a notable Irish 



beautv, which has recently become a naturalized American under 

 the title of Belle Siebricht, but is likely to retain, at least in Great 

 Britain, its original name ; Marie Van Houtte, one of the sweetest of 

 tea roses, and Madame Hoste, worthy of a similar description, though 

 both of these varieties, possessing delicate petals, are very susceptible to 

 atmospheric influences, and have of late suffered considerably through 

 the influence of rain. Marquis of Salisbury and Cheshunt Scarlet are 

 still blooming profusely and retaining their fresh fragrance in the absence 

 of the sun. Medea, with closely compacted petals, and the primrose- 

 hued Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, which also is somewhat too closely 



striving to unfold their secret charms, with 

 But varieties such as these, with their affluence of 



folded, are heroically 

 wonderful success. 



petals, require more sunlight to open with facility than at this late period 

 they usually receive. 



More successful in the direction of floral development during the late 

 autumnal season are the majority of the teas and hybrid teas. Con- jugucs w me specialists, as wen as out 

 spicuous among the former are Madame Chedane Guinoisseau, which, the amateur, necessitating its reintrodiiction 

 though defective in central fulness, is the loveliest yellow rose, with the 

 wception of Rosa Harrisoni, within the range of my acquaintance, even 

 including the Marechal Niel, which I regard as quite unsuited, by reason 

 of its delicacy, for open-air cultivation ; and Madame Bravy, creamy white, 

 an odorous and most attractive rose, greatly undervalued in comparison 

 with others of more commanding hues, but its exquisite beauty, by its 

 pendulous habit, is largely concealed. Of a different character is the 

 beautiful buff-coloured Anna Olivier, which is among 



among lilies, with long-shaped, 

 uprightly-borne flowers, one of the finest of 

 a veritable garden 



from the 



Lilium excelsum is 



roses what 

 handsome, 

 autumn treasures, 



, _ gem. Papa Gontier, which should perhaps 



be regarded as a hybrid tea, raised by Nabonnand, and introduced into 

 Itivation in 1883, is perhaps the most important of his many bright 

 creations, inferior only in colour to L'Ideal (which is not much of a 

 ombing variety) but superior to it in every other respect. Etoile 

 - Lyon has much the same colour, and many of the attributes, 

 l. b f. limitat, °ns, of Marie Van Houtte. Fiammetta Nabonnand, 

 nerauy supposed to be the result of a cross between Papa Gontier and 

 wKI u « a & racefu Hy formed, late-flowering rose. Madame de 



mZ I .?° wer , s easily ' but does not grow to its full size in autumn, 

 «w when it has been exactingly disbudded. " " - - -• 



Madame Lambard is very 



Mada 



gorous 



Bin* I ,? ' a very fascinating rose, its faintly suggested carmine 

 ka win*? , , y llow .ish- white petals being finely effective. I must give 

 te fard^ lrcu K lat ' on ,n my garden, for I like it much bette 

 «K j :^' ns ' wh .^N notwithstanding- its richlv vellow colour. 



Jardins 



unsuccessful production ; it is, neverthe 



r than Perle 



*ith abort; va "« " v V"""»««»awg its richly yellow colour, often comes 

 ■ vi uve, divided " blooms. 



* late-flnwtri 1 f ° rget -' ™ hile dea l in S with this somewhat elaborate class 

 •eofmv nlH g * va "t ties ' that venerable tea rose, Souvenir d'un Ami, 

 Covered bvth . best - lov ed favourites ; and its snow-white variation, 

 it is IilJi ♦ eminent Oxford rosarian, whose honoured name and 

 *We summil Der P etu ate-Souvenir de S. A. Prince. Throughout the 

 b^gg^ffft r ptomm these bloom almost, I might say, without 

 l °ibed ilk. 



**y are either Ti 8 Van Houtte — a charming companion for these 

 Noisette roses Dl00m 'ng luxuriantly or preparing rapidly to bloom, 

 ^d autumn „ !i general ruIe > are not very reliable for what may be 

 *«rikj n ™ P™. auction ; though Caroline Kuster and Aimee Vibert 



a re amomf T*' n the 0lher hand ' China and polyantha roses, 

 ** 10 make fi na i j moSt - thoro ughly perpetual of all, always seem to 

 f if conscious i ana t , s P ecia lIy heroic efforts on the confines of winter, 

 a *ay. Their a , penod of involuntary floral cessation were not 

 ^ I'rimrose »"^ r :_ ud ! at .. thisseason are like Henry Kirke White's 



cata- 

 gaiden of 



P. compactum, although not quite as showy as the former, has a dwarf 

 habit with pretty heart-shaped and bright green foliage, as well as white 

 flowers, these latter appearing uninterruptedly through the whole of the 

 summer. Its fitness to be used as an undergrowth constitutes this species 

 a very useful plant, especially for exposed positions. 1\ cuspidatum 

 (P. Sieboldi) : To do justice to this species it should be used as a solitary 

 plant on the lawn, border, or shrubbery, and there are few plants more 

 ornamental and stately than it. Heing of rapid growth it soon forms a 

 compact clump from six to ten feet in height. Its slender stems, with its 

 more or less fan-shaped branches, bend outward, displaying the bright 

 green, heart-shaped foliage and axillary, catkin-like spikes of green 

 flowers. This plant can, however, only be effectively used in 1 irge 

 gardens. P. sacchaliense, like the last, can be used with great effect as a 

 foliage plant, with the difference that it refuses to grow exactly where 

 one wants it to on account of its stolons or rhizomes rapidly running 

 away from the orginal plant, and I have known cases where in the course 

 of time the suckers travelled through a hard piece of roadway and were 

 found growing two hundred yards away from where the original plant 

 was placed. The foliage of this is much larger than in any of the former, 

 and is of the deepest green colour and forming, with the showy, pure 

 white racemes of flowers, a fine combination, being, in spite of its 

 straggling habit, well worth a place in a collection of hardy plants. 

 Some years ago it was strongly recommended as a valuable fodder plant, 

 and large quantities were bought up in this country and exported to the 

 Continent, principally to France, but not having heard much about 

 it lately one may presume it was not the success anticipated. 



P. vaccinifolium is a very desirable trailing or climbing plant, and, 

 considering its usefulness for both out and indoors, it is, I consider, not 

 often enough grown. Its habit is shrubby, with wiry stems that grow 

 rapidly over pieces of rock work, old walls, banks, or borders. The 

 leaves being rather small and of the lightest shade of green, set off the 

 racemes of pale pink flowers produced in the greatest profusion through 

 the whole sumrrer. P. baldschuanicum is still very rare, though exceed- 

 ingly beautiful, and I feel sure, when better known, it will not be missing 

 even from the smallest collection of herbaceous plants. It is one of the 

 most rapid-growing climbing plants I know Here, at the Hale V arm, 



U 1 ^ mm mm. — . m m ^ 0^ mm MM*) «Vw»fti * 



fiSj^W a -° St ' 1 might Sa ?' WUh0Ut IT S ant s Rwwn "in pots for one year and'then planted » the 

 ineir period of rest is in every instance extremely circura- the t.niest plants ,ro p y October! itrown 



nmrose <l K • 1J j^t*^^ cue ukc ncnry ivitkc vv unto 



_ ^ Crimsnn u u? whirlin g storms, and cradled in the winds." 

 " <, ty Ty , , amb , ier m of late given evidence of something like 



' -■e -Wrnf y S enera ting on the west wall of mv garden a 



uw *r of miniature buds . 



UCtober) grown 

 j>ed foliage and 



graceful, charming pani 



^ mi ■ A • 



^trpmiiies of the branches, is more beautiful than anything at present 

 flnwprinir On account of its slender habit there is need of support, such 

 as a dead tree, over which it twines in a very short space of time The 



Shern" part of Germany," resembling, when seen from a distance, a 

 southern pan wJtn jtJ plumes of whlte flower , Therc lt |„ t i e 



huge PI yr_,.» :»c culture, as it seems to be perfectly hardy, none of the 

 t0 oo5 dvin^Huring the winter ; the leaves, however, fall off after 

 rhetsShaVfrost. It was introduced abou- < M fron EMM < < 



specimen 



