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is one of the later Wichuraianas which possesses it to such a degree 
that I cannot pass it over. This is * Evangeline,' a pale pink with 
white centre, of which the odour is so strong when in flower that on 
a July or August evening it will fill all the garden. Among the dwarf 
Polyanthas perhaps the only one possessing distinct fragrance is 
* Ellen Poulsen.' 
7. The plant must grow well or it is useless. No quality is so 
essential. How many lovely roses we have had which have been 
discarded for this reason ! From ' Souvenir d'Elise Vardon ' down 
to 'Mrs. Charles Pearson' we have admired them, bought them, 
planted them, budded them — all to little purpose. They will not 
grow, and there is an end. 
8. The habit of the plant is important, and for garden decoration 
a plant of good branching habit, readily throwing up young shoots 
from the base or near it, is to be preferred. 
If we trace the history of almost any young Rose shoot it continues 
growing at the apex until a flower is formed, when growth in length 
ceases, and sooner or later other buds behind the terminal flower- 
bud begin to grow. In many of the summer-flowering Roses the 
terminal flower is not produced till the following year, and we get 
the so-called sterile shoots, well known in the Briar Rose, the lower 
buds pushing lateral flower buds almost simultaneously with the 
formation of the terminal flower. 
In the Ramblers and Wichuraianas, on the formation of the terminal 
flower-spike, one of the lower buds pushes to form the sterile con- 
tinuing laterals, which, if allowed, will bear the flowers of the following 
year. In the Hybrid Perpetuals after the summer flowering we 
get strong, straight, upright shoots produced, on many of which a 
terminal flower forms in autumn, and if this be bent down, flower- 
ing laterals will be produced along its length in the following 
year. 
It is characteristic of many of the Hybrid Teas and some Teas 
after the summer flowering to push up from near the base a single 
strong flowering spike, which seems for the time being to absorb 
all the energy of the plant, making the plant one-sided in appearance, 
a habit that requires correcting at pruning time. 
Most of the strong-growing Teas, Chinas, and dwarf Polyanthas 
branch well and freely from the base, and readily form large bushes 
if allowed, and where considerations of space permit look very well 
in the garden when allowed to grow freely. 
9. Good foliage is a great asset in a Garden Rose. Its character 
varies greatly in different varieties, both in texture and colour, and 
also in the shape and number of the leaflets. 
In the Hybrid Perpetuals the surface is always matt or more or 
less dull, while the colour may vary from the light greens of ' Mrs. John 
Laing ' and ' Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford ' to the darker green of 
* Horace Vernet ' or the dark reddish tint of the young foliage in 
' Hugh Dickson.' 
