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there is Messrs. W. Paul's ' Queen Mab,' a pretty dwarf apricot, which I 
saw finely in flower at Mr. Leopold Rothschild's garden ; * Ducher,' pure 
white, and 'Mistress Bosanquet,' a very old Rose (I think of Laffay), a 
cream colour. 
One novelty, * Cora,' lemon with a tip of carmine, I remember I bought 
for the charming description in the raiser's prospectus — " Merveille de 
grace et de fraicheur " — and he wasn't far wrong in his description. 
Of the older sorts of Chinas ' Fabviers ' and ' Cramoisie Superieure ' 
are good, but not so hardy, nor consequently so useful, as the Crimson 
China. 
'La Vesuve ' is a purplish crimson, and ' Abbe Miolan,' if you like 
purples, is slightly stronger in growth, but marvellously free flowering. 
A sub-section of the Chinas are the two varieties ' White Pet ' and my 
own ' Red Pet,' dwarfs, more resembling the Polyanthas in habit, and 
size, and ma.ss of flowers than the Chinas. ' Perle des Rouges,' now called 
a Polyantha, should, so I think, be classed with these. My list of Chinas 
is not exhaustive, but those I have named are the best. Chinas like a 
light soil, and where this is heavy should have sand added. 
Speaking of Polyantha Roses they are excellent bedders, but from 
their dwarf habit most valuable as edgings to other Rose beds. They 
have the quality that you may plant them thickly without their becoming 
mildewed. 
The first two were Guillot's ' Paquerette,' white, and ' Mignonette,' 
pink : they are still amongst the best, but the now more graceful whites, 
' Anne Marie Montravel ' and * Camille de Rochetaille ' are, I think, freer 
bloomers. 
As a deeper pink or rose colour ' Gloire de Polyanthas ' is charming. 
In yellows ' Perle d'Or ' and ' Mad. E. Nolte,' a lighter shade, are the 
best. 
In fawns and salmons * Filius Straussheim,' ' Cecile Brunner,' and 
* Georges Pernet ' complete the list of Polyantha Roses. 
Imagine these plants a foot high, with, say, 200 or 300 expanded 
miniature Roses three or four times the summer and autumn throughout. 
Could any plant be a better representative of bedding plants ? I may add, 
it is desirable to remove the dead flowers when the petals have all dropped. 
We have still to look to the hybrid perpetuals for the bright reds and 
pinks. I have been breeding for these in the single and semi- double 
Cheshunt and Royal Scarlets ; have obtained some measure of success 
in getting dwarf autumnal reds, but we have more free-flowering kinds 
still to seek. 
The best red H.P.'s are ' Victor Hugo ' and ' Cheshunt Scarlet ' ; 
' Bacchus,' a claret colour ; and the old ' General Jacqueminot ' and its 
offspring ' John D. Pawle.' ' Mrs. J. Laing ' and * Mrs. Sharman 
Crawford,' in rose colours, and 'Paul's Early Blush' are amongst the 
best, though they are rather tall for bedding Roses. * Boule de Neige ' 
is probably the finest white. The old ' Bourbon Malmaison,' pollarded 
down as you would pollard a Willow, still makes a grand bed, and the 
very old 'Bourbon Armosa' should for its freedom not be omitted. But 
the hybrid Teas are the bedding Roses ^a?^ excellence, with one draw- 
back—they are rather tall. ' La France ' and its white variety averages 
