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Bobrinsky, vivid crimson scarlet, fine form, but delicate in wood. 
General Brea, rich pink, large and full, and the sweetest scented of Perpetuals. 
Leon des Combats, 1 red, amounting to purplish crimson; both magnificent— 
Madame Masson, J the first is the fullest, the second is the largest. 
Paul Dupuy, rich scarlet crimson ; and, I think, a very gem. 
Heine des Fleurs, pink, a fine form, and dilFerent in its form from most others. 
Baronne Laray, rich pink. This is a lovely Rose, and it has been more 
admired than any I have bloomed this year, excepting Hebe and Jacquin, 
which were grown in superior ground—the kitchen garden—which, take 
England all over, is the best Rose ground. 
I shall plant a good many near my Pear-trees, under a north wall, 
as they come out a little later, and hold their colour for several days in 
such a situation; and moreover, they are richer in colour. 
I have bloomed well the following Hybrid Pole Roses (summer) :— 
Brennus, Chenedole, Paul Perras, and Celine. With regard to these 
Hybrid Bourbons, and Hybrid Chinas, and rampant Noisettes, I may 
observe, it is useless to cut their leaders short. You will get no Roses. 
Let the leaders, i.e. main shoots, grow where they like, and after they 
have perfected their wood they will next year throw out side branches, 
which will bloom transcendantly. The best of the above poles is 
Brennus. Chenedole, however, is very fine, and close upon it in merit. 
Celine is, like Chateaubriand, a profuse bloomer, and has had Roses on 
her ever since the 17th of June till now, the 21st of July. She is 
strong in wood, and though semi-double, her large clusters are grand. 
In reading over my last article, I see I have not expressed exactly 
what I meant. I should not have said, “These five will always bloom 
twice with me.” It is an exception, and not a rule. Such Roses as 
Kean, Ohl (a very magnificent Rose, and one that has bloomed grandly 
this year), Paul Ricaut, and Madeleine have bloomed -twice; but I 
think this is to be attributed to my short cropping, and cutting back 
early a portion of stems that would have bloomed. I have not succeeded 
in doing this with Hebe or Jaussens. 
My plan with all my Roses is to crop lightly, water and manure 
well, and prune severely. I grow for succession and specimens, and 
not for a galaxy. The blooms I remove immediately, and place them 
in a tier stand in phial bottles of water, cutting back the branch not to 
the next eye, but to the strongest. By this means I am supplied with 
good -Roses through the season—that is, up to the time of frosty weather 
or weak suns. For late development, I think the semi-double Roses 
are valuable. 
I must now apologise, first, to Ohl, La Reine, and Madame Aimee, 
who have bloomed grandly in a richer soil; and, secondly, to your 
readers for the unreasonable length of this article. 
W. F. Radclypfe, 
Rector of Rushton, Blandford, Dorset. 
P S.—My experience up to this time is that the Geant, for beauty, 
habit, and quick succession, is without a rival. I have a Rose which I 
have not mentioned, because it is evidently wrongly tallied. It came 
to me as Brea. It is not that. I ordered Bedeau at the same time, 
which died, as I supposed : I am of opinion the tallies were misplaced-^ 
I will describe the Rose: Vigorous in habit, thornless, perfectly green 
