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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 15, 1905. 
Notes on the . . . 
Rose Illustrations 
ON CENTRE SHEET (pages 568 and 569). 
'Souvenir d’Un Ami. 
On© of the finest of the old leading or 
standard Tea Roses never absent from the 
exhibition table is the subject as named above. 
It is of vigorous constitution, and therefore 
suitable for almost any purpose and for any 
cultivator. It may be grown as a bush, a 
standard, or as a pot plant for early work 
under glass. If used as a bedding plant it 
requires to be pegged down in order to keep 
it dwarf. For this same reason, it is well 
adapted to form a large bush or to train as a 
pillar Rose. The blooms are beautifully cup¬ 
shaped, with a firm centre, and salmon-pink, 
more or less shaded with rose when highly 
coloured. 
Rosa wichuraiana as a Weeper. 
The natural habit of this Rose is similar 
to that of the British R. arvensis. When 
left entirely to itself it forms a flat carpet, 
covering the ground. After a number of years 
the additional annual growths rise above one 
another until the plant forms practically an 
■ elevated flat table of stems and foliage. On 
•.the other hand, the long rambling annual 
: stems may be trained to pillars or arches in 
.any fancilul way. Our illustration on this 
.occasion shows a particular method of growing 
fit, namely, as a weeper. This is brought 
•about by budding or grafting it on stems of 
;any convenient Height, using the de la 
drifferae, or R. muitiflora in some of its 
iforms as a stock. The shoots formed then 
bang down gracefully, and if wanted to 
assume any particular form have to be trained 
over a framework of wire or other contrivance 
to keep the branches arranged in the desired 
form. Without support, however, the 
branches form a natural weeping Rose when 
grown as a standard. The single white 
flowers are very effective against the small 
dark green shining leaves. The species is a 
native of China and Japan. 
Hugh Dickson. 
The above is a new Hybrid Perpetual, first 
put into commerce last year by Mr. Hugh 
Dickson, the Royal Nurseries, Belfast. The 
flowers are of intense and bright crimson, 
fading at the margins to a brighter hue, where 
they appear to be shaded with scarlet. The 
bloom itself is cup-shaped and made up of a 
large number of broad petals, which become 
reflexed at the edges after a time. Our illus¬ 
tration represents a bloom in the early stages 
■of expansion, showing how firm it is, and 
therefore capable of maintaining its form for 
some considerable time. The blooms are 
deliciously scented. The plant itself is of 
strong, vigorous growth, with very large and 
almost leathery leaves, some of which are 
shown in the illustration, but scarcely display 
their true character owing to the lack of space. 
It is a great acquisition to its class, and 
besides gaining several First-class Certificates, 
was also accorded the Gold Medal of the 
National Rose Society when first shown at 
their exhibition. 
Mme. Abel Chatenay. 
The flowers of this popular and beautiful 
hybrid Tea Rose are of a light rosy-salmon 
shade, with a pale vermilion-rose on the back 
of the petals, and this is well seen even after 
the outer petals have become reflexed, show¬ 
ing the close centre of the cup-shaped bloom. 
Tlie greatest intensity of colour occurs at the 
base of the petals on the outside, and for this 
reason the Rose is most handsome when seen 
at the stage represented by our illustration 
and until the central petals have all. spread 
out. The plant is of strong, vigorous growth, 
and if used for bedding purposes should be 
pegged down. In the form of a large bush, 
however, it is very attractive and well worthy 
of cultivation in that- particular way. It may 
also be treated as a pillar Rose. 
A. Singer. 
The bloom of the above Rose is of medium 
to large size, very full, and shapely. The 
petals are of clear warm rose and silvery-rose 
on the reverse. As the blooms expand the 
petals become reflexed at the edges, and are 
sweetly and fairly strongly fragrant. It is a 
new Hybrid Perpetual Rose raised upon the 
Continent and introduced by Mr. Hugh Dick¬ 
son, who sent us a bloom. The plant is of 
vigorous growth and semi-climbing habit, 
while it branches and flowers freely. So far 
it has been a variety of great promise, and as 
sent to us we were much..impressed with its 
distinct and handsome form. 
Frau Karl Druschki. 
Our illustration of the above popular Rose 
was taken from an early bloom which had not 
been very kindly treated by the weather. 
Nevertheless, it has proved a very good Rose 
for a great variety of purposes. When grown 
under glass the petals are pure white, but in 
the open air some of the outer ones may be 
more or less tinted with red on the back, but 
we think this is largely dependent upon cir¬ 
cumstances. When fully expanded these 
additional tints are, of course, hidden. The 
variety may be grown as a bush, standard, or 
pillar Rose in the open, or as a pot plant, for 
which purpose it is well adapted, and can be 
brought into bloom earlier under those con¬ 
ditions. It is the most distinct addition to 
the hybrid perpetual class of its colour. 
Dorothy. 
Our supplementary illustration of last week 
showed how suitable is this Rose for decora¬ 
tive work in the cut state. With such a large 
number of blooms on a plate it was impos¬ 
sible to give any conception of the size and 
shape of the individual bloom when grown in 
form suitable for exhibition purposes. We 
reproduce a single bloom in order to show its 
cup-shaped, elongated form, with conical 
centre, or high pointed, as many rosarians 
describe it. The petals are broad, more or 
less reflexed at the edges, and of a delicate 
flesh colour, shading to blush at the edges. 
The outer ones are more or less tinted with 
rose on the back, especially the smallest and 
outermost. Cut blooms in the state repre¬ 
sented are exceedingly handsome. It is being 
put into commerce by Mr. Hugh Dickson for 
the first time. 
Billiard et Bar re. 
Tire above is a Tea Rose of vigorous and 
climbing habit, and therefore well adapted 
for training as a pillar Rose. It is equally 
amenable to pot culture under glass in order 
to bring it into bloom some months in 
advance of plants in the open air. The 
flowers are of beautiful conical shape while 
still in bud, but after a time they are.cup¬ 
shaped, with all of the outer petals spreading. 
The flower is of a rich golden-yellow, tinted 
with apricot fading to lemon, and of a some¬ 
what paler hue at the edges. The buds in 
their early stages remind us of William Allan 
Richardson. The blooms even on pot-grown 
plants are of large size and decidedly tea- 
scented. It was put into commerce only a 
few years ago. 
All of the above Roses are represented on 
our centre sheet, and besides those whose 
names we have already mentioned we are in¬ 
debted to Messrs. G. Paul and Son, the Old 
Nurseries, Cheshunt, and Messrs. William 
Paul and Son, Waltham Cross, Herts. 
An Arch of Rambler Roses. 
(See Supplement.) 
About a fortnight ago we gave a supple¬ 
mentary illustration of an arch of Roses lead¬ 
ing into a garden occupied by herbaceous 
plants, representing the old style of garden¬ 
ing. In this instance we show borders of her¬ 
baceous plants, but they are narrower and 
more closely surrounded by hedges. The arch 
of Rambler or Polyantha Roses in front is 
really the dominating feature in this picture, 
" and shows what may be done to beautify the 
quiet and secluded walks Of a private estab¬ 
lishment in the vicinity of the garden and 
dwelling-house. 
Few Roses produce such a display of bloom 
as those raised from the original R. multiflora, 
and popularly termed Polyantha Roses. The 
blooms in this instance are moderate in size, 
but produced in large clusters, and therefore 
capable of remarkable effects whether grown 
on pillars, on chains or on arches, as in this 
particular instance. 
The pil lars may consist of wood or iron, the 
latter being more durable, although rustic 
pillars, consisting of trees with side branches 
left at some length on which to train the 
stems, are more artistic. The overhead or con¬ 
necting arch may also consist of wood or iron, 
the support being immaterial after the Roses 
have attained the development shown in our 
illustration, as everything is hidden by the 
canopy of leafy branches and the galaxy of 
Roses. Most of these Rambler or climbing 
Polyantha Roses are only summer bloomers, 
that is, they bloom in June or July, and then 
merely make preparations for another season. 
Clematis Montana in Perthshire. 
The note below relates to a plant of 
Clematis montana, photographed some weeks 
ago in the Carse of Gowrie. The plant 
in question was placed in its present position 
probably about ten years ago. Originally 
planted at the foot of a wooden shed, not 
shown in the picture, the shoots have 
scrambled right over the roof of the shed, and 
are now making their way up the roof of the 
dwelling-house. To the right the shoots are 
tumbling in profusion over an iron railing 
which runs along the front of the house. No 
pruning whatever is practised, unless a few 
shoots be removed to allow the light to pass 
through to the windows. The plant was a 
mass of bloom, and surely, growing in such 
wild profusion in Perthshire, one can form 
some idea of the beauty of Clematis montana 
as it tumbles o’er its native crags in the 
Himalayas. The plant here described is grow¬ 
ing in stiff clay and faces due south, and has 
for years been subjected to all the rigours of 
succeeding Scottish winters—a fair proof of its 
hardiness. Carse Laddie. 
