July 8, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD . 
515 
WO BEAUTIFUL 
RAMBLER 
ROSES 
Mrs. F. W. Flight. 
This is a new rambler Rose, which was 
ircordeil an Award of Merit at the Holland 
louse Show on July 12th, 1904, when 
l was exhibited by Messrs. Wm. Cutbush 
md Son, Highgate, London, N., who placed 
photograph at our disposal. The illustra- 
lon prepared from this shows the habit of the 
|lant, while a separate truss will give an idea 
If the beautiful shape of the blooms. These 
[re semi-double, of very large size for a 
ambler Rose, and produced in enormous 
russes of twenty to thirty blooms each. The 
doom as a whole may be described as a soft, 
charming pink with a white centre when in 
perfection, and measuring about 2 in. in dia¬ 
meter. The variety is well adapted for cover¬ 
ing walls, pergolas, pillars, trellises, etc., 
and is equally well adapted for cut-flower 
purposes. 
Lady Gay. 
The parentage of this variety is evidently 
closely related to that of The Farquhar. It 
was derived from R. wichuraiana, but not 
from R. multiflora, the parent of Crimson 
Rambler. It has much the same habit of 
growth as Dorothy Perkins, but the flowers! 
are much larger, and produced in branching 
Rambler Rose Lady Gay. 
trusses on long drooping shoots. The petals 
are very numerous, and rose fading to pink. 
Its habit of growth would enable it to bei 
utilised as a weeping Rose or a rambler, 
according to the pleasure or fancy of the cul¬ 
tivator. ' We had it photographed at Regent’s 
Park on the occasion of the bis show, where 
it was exhibited by Messrs. W illiam Paul 
and Son, Cheshunt, who received an Award 
of Merit for it, and likewise at the Temple 
Show, 
Spray of Rose Mrs. F. W. Flight. 
PRUNING 
ROSES 
IN SPRING AND SUMMER. 
The art of pruning Roses is now a very 
complicated one, and he who would prune 
them correctly should understand the kinds 
with which he is dealing. The reason why 
the subject is so complicated is that Roses 
have been produced from a number of species 
of very different habit as they grow in the 
wild state, and when brought into gardens 
they may be grown for exhibition purposes 
or for garden decoration, and should be 
pruned accordingly. The subject is further 
complicated from the fact that many of the 
wild species have been intercrossed and mixed 
with one another—that is, the progeny are 
frequently different from the parents. 
For instance, most of the Hybrid Per¬ 
petual Roses should be grown as bushes, 
and they may be either of moderate growth, 
or vigorous, and in either of these cases the 
pruning must be somewhat different. Some 
of them are climbers, and must be pruned 
according to the methods which have been 
found best to ensure plenty of blossom after 
the pinning. 
Then, again, we may have Hybrid Teas of 
moderate growth, or they may be of vigorous 
growth, but may still be regarded as plants 
to be grown in the form of bushes. The ordi¬ 
nary form of Mrs. W. J. Grant is of 
vigorous growth, but there is another variety 
which is a climber, and must be treated 
accordingly when pruning. 
When Roses are grown for mere garden 
decoration they should be less severely pruned , 
so that the plants may form taller and 
wider bushes, in order to give a greater quan¬ 
tity of blossom, even if the blooms be smaller 
than those intended for exhibition purposes. 
It should also be remembered that a whole 
New Rambler Rose Mrs, F. \V. Flight. 
