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SELECT ROSES, AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. 
No. 3 is nearly double, and is very graceful 
on the plant ; 4 is quite double. Nos. 1, 2, 
and 4 should be grown in bushes, as from their 
erect habit of growth they soon become un- 
sightly as standards ; 3, from its half-weeping 
habit, makes a first-rate standard. At the 
winter pruning, all the Austrian Briers should 
have only the extreme tips taken off, and the 
very weakest shoots thinned out ; immediately 
they have done flowering they should be cut 
back tOAvhere they are likely to make vigorous 
shoots. 
Rosa Sulphured. 
Yellow cabbage, sulphur-yellow, with deep 
yellow centre. Those who wish to grow this 
fickle beauty should plant it against a wall, in 
as many different aspects as possible ; it is 
most likely some will then flower every year. 
Plants trained on both sides of a wall, will 
sometimes open the flowers on one side and 
not on the other, and perhaps but once in 
many years open them alike on both sides in 
the same season. At the winter pruning cut 
it the same as recommended for the Austrian 
briers. 
CLIMBING ROSES. 
Where the climbing roses are grown as 
pyramids young larch or fir trees, about ten 
feet high, should be taken up with roots, the 
side shoots trimmed to within about two 
inches of the stem, leaving the leader unin- 
jured, and they should be planted where the 
roses are wanted. After they have been 
planted a few days the roses may be planted 
against the larches. At the winter pruning 
the young shoots of the larch may be cut 
nearly to where they were cut the previous 
season. The advantage of having a living 
larch is, that it makes a very neat pole ; it 
does not rot, and consequently does not break, 
and the top is covered with green leaves in- 
stead of being bare. The roots are not found 
to be injurious to the roses. When the larches 
have grown as high as they are wanted the 
tops should be cut off. The Ayrshire, Sem- 
pervirens, Boursault, and Hybrid Climbers, 
make very fine pyramids, and are very hardy. 
In some very favoured places many of the 
fine free-growing Noisettes and Isle de Bour- 
bon roses may be planted against pillars, and 
where such is the case nothing can exceed 
their beauty ; still some of the others ought 
to be grown, as they make a most magnificent 
show in the months of June and July, and 
may be grown to a much larger size than the 
Noisettes and Bourbons. 
Ayrshire Roses. 
1. Alice Grey, creamy white. 
2. Dundee Ramble, white, edged with pink. 
3. Myrrh Scented, creamy blush. 
4. Queen of the Belgians, white, creamy 
centre. 
5. Ruga, pale flesh. 
6. Semi-double, white shaded pink. 
No. 2 is very double ; 1 comes into leaf 
very early in spring, and makes an interesting 
plant for a rock-garden on that account ; 3 has 
a distinct scent of myrrh ; 5 has a scent some- 
thing like the Tea-scented Odorata. All are 
very rapid growers, and abundant bloomers. 
The Ayrshire make the best roses to plant 
on shady banks or under trees, as they stand 
the drip of large trees better than any other 
roses. 
$em,pervirens. 
1. Adelaide d'Orleans, pinkish rose. 
2. Banksiaaflora, white, yellowish centre. 
3. Brunonii, vivid bright pink. 
4. Felicite Perpetue, creamy white, back 
of the petals pink. 
5. Ranunculacea, pale blush. 
6. Princesse Marie, pinkish rose. 
7. Rampant, pure white. 
No. 3 is only semi-double, but is very 
showy ; the whole of this class are remarkable 
for their bright shining green leaves, which 
they retain on the plants till winter, and for 
their large clusters of flowers. 
Boursault Roses. 
1. Amadis, bright purplish crimson. 
2. Elegans, bright purple, striped white. 
3. Inermis, vivid rich rose. 
No. 1 is a splendid pyramid rose ; 2 is a 
most abundant bloomer ; 3 is very fine, but 
not a fast grower. 
Hybrid Climbing Roses. 
1. Indica Major, pale blush. 
2. Madame dArblay, or Wells' White, 
white. 
3. The Garland, changeable creamy white. 
Nos. 1 and 2 are very strong growers, and 
bloom in fine clusters ; 3 is a moderate 
grower, and is one mass of very small flowers. 
The above classes of climbing roses require 
but little winter pruning ; merely the old 
weak wood should be taken out, the previous 
year's shoots should be left the full length, or 
should only have the extreme tips taken off. 
In summer the climbers are inclined to make 
very strong shoots from the bottom near the 
ground ; these should be taken off as soon as 
they make their appearance. 
Banhsian Roses. 
1. Jaune Serin, bright yellow, nearly double 
the size of the old yellow Banksia. 
2. Odoratissima, white, very fragrant, and 
double. 
