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ROSES — Hybrid China, Bourbon, and Climbing. 
HYBRID CHINA ROSES. 
A fine group, in which there "arc varieties of almost every shade of colour. Tho following maybe considered 
as tho most distinct ; they are generally of very vigorous habit, aud as Pillar Roses form magnificent objects. Wheu 
grown as Standards the shoots should be trained in the shape of an inverted cone ; this will ensure an abundance of 
bloom. The flowers of many of the varieties are extremely largo aud well-formed. These Roses will thrive in 
almost any soil, and should be very sparingly pruned, merely thinning out the old wood that has produced bloom, 
and slightly shortening the shoots that are retained. 
Standards. Dwarfs. 
8. d. 8. d. 
♦Beauty of Billiard, bright red 16 1 0 | 
♦Blairi, S' P T, rose colour 16 10 
♦Brennus, S P T, crimson. . . . 16 10 
♦Chdn^dole, S P T, vivid crimson .... 1 6 1 0 
Madame Plantier, T, puro white .... 1 6 10 
Standards. Dwarfs. 
s. d. s. d. 
Madame Lauricd de Barny, flowers 
very large, full, and imbricated, clear 
rose ; a very superb variety ; will 
make a fine pillar Rose 2 ,6 
Vivid, P, vivid crimson 1 6 10 
HYBRID BOURBON ROSES. 
These Roses are nearly allied to the preceding, defined from them, however, by the greater substance of their 
foliage and flowers ; nearly all the varieties form very fine Standards, and many are sufficiently vigorous to plant 
against pillars. The great beauty of their flowers, and the profusion iu which they are produced, render those Roses 
very valuablo for pot culture aud for exhibition ; they require tho same treatment as is recommended for the Hybrid 
Chinas, but should be rather more closely pruned. 
Standards. Dwarfs. 
s. d. s. d. 
•Charles Lawson, ST, vivid rose, shadod 16 10 
•Coupe d’Hebd, S PT, bright flesh, pink 16 10 
Standards. Dwarfs. 
s. d. s. d. 
•Frederick the Second, S P T, purplish 
crimson 1 6 1 0 
•Paul Ricaut, S T, brilliant carmine ..16 10 
AUSTRIAN BRIARS AND DOUBLE YELLOW ROSES. 
This group contains all the really Double Yellow Roses in cultivation. The “ Old Double Yellow” is well known 
as a capricious bloomer, and should bo planted in a. warm dry situation against a wall, otherwise tho flowers will not 
expand. Harrisoni is a hybrid Scotch Rose of great beauty ; tho “ Persian Yellow” (which is decidedly the best in 
cultivation) is a true Austrian Briar, and produces large, globular, very deep golden yellow flowers : this and Uar- 
rteoni succeed woll as Standards. All the kinds are very early bloomers, ami should be pruned as directed for Hybrid 
China Roses. 
Standards. Dwarfs. 
s. d. s. d. 
Copper, coppery red 1 0 
Double Yellow, bright yellow 10 
•Harrisoni, bright yollow 1 6 1 0 
Standards, Dwarfs. 
x. d. s. d. 
•Persian Yellow, deep yellow 1 6 1 0 
Yellow, bright yellow l o 
CLIMBING ROSES. 
BANKSIAN BOSES. 
Strong plants of the following at Is. each. 
These are vigorous climbing Roses, distinct in appearance from all other classes ; all tho varieties have deep 
shining green foliage, and shoots, with the exception of Fortuniana, entirely spineless ; the flowers aro white or 
yellow, deliciously fragrant, and produced in large clusters. They also flower much earlier than any other Roses. 
It is requisite to plant thorn against a wall, otherwise they do not flower freely ; vory little pruning is required as 
tho flowers are produced on laterals from tho previous year’s shoots. 
•Jaune serin, bright yellow I * White, pure white 
Jauue vif, yellow | *Yellow, bright yellow. 
The annexed classes of hardy Climbing Roses are adaptod for a variety of purposes : planted in long rows against 
stout poles, and festooned from one to the other, they form an appropriate approach or boundary to a Rosarium. 
Many of thorn form beautiful objects on lawns when budded on tall stocks (with a variety of colours in each), and 
trained in the form of domes. For ornamenting the trunks of large trees, for covering rough banks, rocks, or fences 
they may also be used with great advantage. When planted in the latter situations, of course no pruning is requisite' 
but as Standards, or on pillars, they must be annually thinned out, and the wood that has flowered should be removed! 
'^OR LISTS OF NEW FRENCH GLADIOLI, SEE PAGES 23 & 21. 
