CLIBRANS’ LIST OF ROSES. 
“Bloom like sweet roses in the summer air.” 
— “Love’s Labour Lost,” II., 2. 
The Rose, “ England’s Floral Emblem,” is, in its 
THE QUEEN various forms, probably the widest-known and most- 
OF FLOWERS, loved flower on earth. Ancient writers have told of its 
charms ; the earliest poets sang its praises. Small won- 
der for a bloom that has retained its popularity through the ages to stand 
to-day as the “ Queen of Flowers.” 
What would have been said by the early admirers 
ROSES of the Rose could they have seen the many gloriously- 
ANCIENT AND beautiful forms that are in existence to-day ? Every 
MODERN. desirable feature of the Rose has been enhanced and 
further improved by the skill and untiring patience of 
the Hybridist. New forms have been brought into existence that are of 
stronger and improved constitution and growth, more profuse in bloom, richer 
and purer in colour, and intensified in fragrance ; a type or series of types that 
was unknown to the ancient. 
So many and so varied are the different types of 
THE Roses that it is now possible to select forms that are 
ADAPTABILITY adapted for any purpose — highly-refined, delicate blooms 
OF ROSES. for cultivation indoors, or in a favourable situation out- 
side ; dwarf-growing, free-blooming sorts, naturally 
adapted for bedding purposes, producing a long and continuous display of 
bloom. Other varieties remarkable for producing flowers of faultless form 
and outline ; varieties of climbing habit for covering walls, fences, pergolas, 
&c. ; strong-growing, hardy sorts, of rambling habit, that delight in growing 
over rocks, ledges, rough banks, and similar positions. Other sorts adapt 
themselves for growing as hedges, and so on. 
We have endeavoured in the following pages to include 
SELECTION all varieties that are of real merit, excluding those that 
OF SORTS. cannot with confidence be recommended. This has 
necessitated the discarding from our Collection very 
many varieties that do not reach the standard of merit we consider needful. 
Eight acres of land devoted to the cultivation of 
ACRES Roses is undoubtedly a large area; we find, however, 
OF that it is not large enough to cope with the heavy 
ROSES. demand we experience, season by season, for our plants. 
It is an accepted fact that Roses grown in the North 
of England are possessed of a stronger constitution, and invariably succeed 
better when transplanted to another place than do Roses grown in the more 
Southern parts of the country. To this fact, together with the results atten- 
dant upon the special care that is bestowed upon every detail connected with 
our Rose Department, we attribute our huge output. Our Nurseries are 
open for inspection by any of our friends. We shall be pleased to make 
arrangements for a conveyance to meet the train, either at Hale or Altrincham 
Station, upon receiving intimation of the proposed visit a few posts in advance. 
